The toolkit is a practical guide to pre-procurement readiness. The toolkit includes many original works, as well as tools and templates contributed by and borrowed formerly from the IWG, and currently from the IJIS Institute, and the IJIS Institute member organizations from jurisdictions across the country. The original toolkit was developed under the leadership of the IWG, which served as an advisory group to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on key issues related to justice information sharing, ranging from procurement reform to emerging technologies. All members of the original toolkit committee were volunteers, and each contributed numerous hours to the development of the first version of the toolkit.