Addendum 1 Solicitation 864-12012024.docx

Addendum No. 1 to Solicitation No. 864- 12012024

Randolph Community College 629 Industrial Park Avenue Asheboro, NC, 27205 (336)633-0234 cghussey@randolph.edu Date: January 17, 2025 To: All Prospective Bidders

Dear Prospective Bidder, This Addendum serves to provide the following clarifications, modifications, or additional information regarding the solicitation referenced above. Please note that all provisions of the solicitation not modified by this Addendum remain unchanged.

1. Questions and Answers from submitted emails and the site visit.

A list of questions submitted by prospective bidders/proposers and the corresponding answers.

· Question 1: Is the pole at the parking area of the Computer Technology Center (CTC) owned by the school?

· Answer: Yes, Randolph Community College owns the pole.

· Question 2: Can the contractor use a direct burial cable?

· Answer: Yes, a direct burial cable is acceptable.

· Question 3: What is the voltage on the pole at the Computer Technology Center?

· Answer: The voltage is 208V.

· Question 4: Does the pole light (at CTC) run on a photocell or any other type of power controller?

· Answer: Yes, the pole light is powered by a photocell.

· Question 5: Can a dual lens camera be used in place of two cameras in the AE hall near the Marketing department?

· Answer: Yes, a dual or multiple lens camera is acceptable.

· Question 6: Whose responsibility is it to supply patch panels?

· Answer: The contractor is responsible for supplying patch panels if they use them.

· Question 7: What is the estimated cost of this project?

· Answer: The estimated cost for this project is $30,000- $40,000. Depending on the total cost of the project and budget limitations, some cameras discussed in the project may need to be removed from the solicitation.

· Question 8: There is no information on the rating or category of the network data cables, please advise if these should be Cat5e or Cat6.

· Answer: Cat 6 cables will be required

· Question 9: Will any of the buildings require Plenum cables?

· Answer: NO Plenum cables are needed.

· Question 10: Is there an existing pathway to the Computer Technology Center (CTC) light pole or will a new pathway be required?

· Answer: There is not an existing pathway. The contractor will need to determine a pathway.

· Question 11: Will OSP rated cable be required for the cable to the light pole? And will it be required to be transitioned to indoor cable?

· Answer: Yes OSP rated cable will be required.

· Question 12: Will any of the outdoor cameras require lightning protection?

· Answer: No lightning protection will be needed.

· Question 13: Will RCC provide all POE Power required?

· Answer: Yes, Randolph Community College will provide all POE power.

· Question 14: Will any of the cameras require mounts or will all cameras be surface mounted?

· Answer: A camera mount must be utilized for camera’s number 8 (corner mount), number13 (pole mount) at least. All other mounted cameras could be surface mounted if the installation is weatherproof and able to achieve the required viewing area.

· Question 15: Must the equipment be Digital Watchdog?

· Answer: No, but the equipment must be equivalent to Digital Watchdog.

· Question 16: How many pulls to the server room will be required for the Computer Technology Center (CTC)?

· Answer: 3 pulls to the server room will be required.

· Question 17: Is the wireless ethernet available?

· Answer: Yes, but hard-wired is preferred for all connections.

· Question 18: What server does the equipment for the Purchasing area camera need to connect to?

· Answer: All cameras should connect to the Randolph Community College equipment, and none should connect to the County School equipment. RCC Computer Services employees can verify the equipment as needed. The main camera server in the Computer Technology Center.

· Question 19: Who provides the switches for the project?

· Answer: Randolph Community College will provide the switches for this project.

· Question 20: What types of servers do the cameras link to?

· Answer: Cisco Discovery and Meraki Servers. Windows Based OS Servers

· Question 21: How many servers will the vendor need to connect to? Is there one in every building?

· Answer: The cameras will need to connect to one camera server.

· Question 22: Will the vendor need to remove any blue cables?

· Answer: No, all cabling will be reused or removed by Randolph Community College.

· Question 23: Are there any restrictions on times when the work can be completed?

· Answer: Generally, no, however, any work that needs to be done should be scheduled by the vendor with the Randolph Community College project manager, Matthew Needham, to ensure there are no competing projects or disruptions in the area.

· Question 24: Are patch panels required and if they are, who will provide them?

· Patch panels are not required and are placed as the vendor chooses. If the vendor chooses to use patch panels the vendor must supply the patch panels. RCC has no specifications for the type of patch panel to be used.

· Question 24: Will the vendor need to pull new wire in the Business Education Center (BEC)?

· Answer: Yes, there are no existing wires to be used.

· Question 25: Must the work be National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compliant?

· Answer: Yes, the work must be National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) compliant.

· Question 26: When must patch panels be used?

· Answer: Patch panels are not required but can be used “as needed” by the vendor.

· Question 27: Are the cameras and software solutions required to have analytics capabilities?

· Answer: No, analytics capabilities are not required.

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