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1) Do you have any requirements or restrictions on brand or equivalent or better for the devices?

All cameras must be NDAA compliant and have a minimum of 8MPs and set-up for high humidity environments

2) What is the recording schedule? – fps, motion or continuous, storage duration, Continuous monitoring with a 4TB storage hard drive, looking for a minimum of 2 weeks of recording stored.

3) Do you want local edge recording on each camera for back-up?

Not necessary.

4) Do the dorms have a drop ceiling for access?

Second floor of dorms have access hatch to access crawl space area between ceiling and roof.

5) Can you please provide a layout of the dorms with locations of the IDF or MDF communications closets?

Pictures of comm closet are attached

6) Are Scaled Drawings available, if so please post.

723 plans and 725 (Example building) as-builts are attached

7) Are Ceilings Suspended? Or Hard Lid?

Sheetrock, non-tiled, ceiling with an access panel in second story for roof access.

8) Are there existing Cable Trays for wiring above ceilings

Existing CCTV runs can be used as template for new wiring. See current CCTV wiring and comm panel in comm closet pictures.

9) Can Existing Wiring be utilized?

Existing wiring is coax, would prefer Power-over-Ethernet. No Wi-Fi will be used for these cameras.

10) Is a “UPS” required? If so, What Time/Power Duration is required?

Not required but preferred. If used, maximum of 2 hours power would be needed.

11) Are “Or Equal” Equipment substitutions allowed?

Suitable substitutions maybe allowed but each item should be identified and approved prior to use.

12) Is “Plenum Wire” acceptable?

Plenum-wire may be used.

13) Is “After Hours Access” for said work, available to contractor at no add’l cost to the

Gov’t?

Negative

14) What is the height of Exterior Cameras? (If any) Please provide/post other “Q & A” requests.

Varies by building, highest point is approximately 30ft.

15) Please provide a list of equipment to be installed

11 x16 channel NVR 4TB cap, 33x 8MP PoE wired cameras, 6x 8MP PoE wired interior cameras to include power supply and preferably a battery backup UPS system and all peripherals and wiring necessary to support this installation.

16) Are there pipe chases between floors?

Some small pipe chases exist between floors, may not be usable for wire. Site visit should be conducted to clarify.

17) What is the range of the budget for this project, and is it already appropriated?

This is appropriated funds, a magnitude for this requirement is not available

18) Because of the high cost of the parts can we bill when parts arrive on site, or in the alternative are progress payments allowed?

This requirement is Firm Fixed Price

19) How many feet of new wire will have to be run?

Unknown, site visit can be conducted to gather measurements.

20) Are there existing cameras on site, if so what kind of wire was used for the installation, if so can we use it for the installation?

21) What kind of cipher lock and quantities are required e.g. X-10

Unknown?

22) Are Scaled Drawings available, if so please post.

723 plans and 725 (Example building) as-builts are attached

23) Are Ceilings Suspended? Or Hard Lid?

24) Are there existing Cable Trays for wiring above ceilings?

Existing CCTV runs can be used as template for new wiring. See current CCTV wiring and comm panel in comm closet pictures.

25) Can Existing Wiring be utilized?

26) Is a “UPS” required? If so, What Time/Power Duration is required?

27) Are “Or Equal” Equipment substitutions allowed?

Suitable substitutions may be allowed but each item should be identified and approved prior to use.

28) Is “CAT 6 Plenum Wire” acceptable?

Yes

29) Is “After Hours Access” for said work, available to contractor at no add’l cost to the

Gov’t?

Negative

30) What is the height of Exterior Cameras? (If any)

31) Please provide/post other “Q & A” requests.

31) Please provide a list of equipment to be installed

11 x16 channel NVR 4TB cap, 33x 8MP PoE wired cameras, 6x 8MP PoE wired interior cameras to include power supply and preferably a battery backup UPS system and all peripherals and wiring necessary to support this installation.

32) Are there pipe chases between floors?

Some small pipe chases exist between floors, may not be usable for wire. Site visit should be conducted to clarify.

33) How many feet of new wire will have to be run?

34) How many feet of new wire will have to be run?

35) Please show on the drawings where the interior, exterior cameras and NRVs are to installed.

Pictures of currently installed CCTV cameras and current recording equipment are attached.

A site visit may be conducted if needed to better show all available equipment.

36) Is there a current incumbent for this project?

37) Will the camera locations remain the same?

Yes

38) Are the existing cameras analog or digital?

Analog with coax cable.

39) For the exterior cameras, can the existing conduit be reused, if available?

Yes, if available, existing conduit may be used.

40) Does any camera need to be relocated?

No, cameras and peripherals are being replaced but nothing should need to be relocated.

41) What is the height of the highest and average exterior camera?

42) What is the estimated distance from the proposed NVR location to the farthest camera?

43) For the interior camera locations, can you specify the type of ceiling and for the exterior camera locations, can you specify the type of walls?

Site visit may be conducted to view current camera emplacements

44) In case of a failure, what is the required run time for the backup UPS?

45) Is there a requirement for a monitor, keyboard and mouse to view the camera footage in each building?

Monitors and mice are currently in use in the buildings for playback, can sustain with those current devices.

46) Is the CCTV system required to be a closed-circuit system or a cloud-based system

Each building runs independently with its own cameras, NVR, and storage.

47) Does the equipment need to meet section 889 NDAA or TAA?

All equipment must be NDAA compliant, unknown on TAA compliance.

48) Do you have any requirements or restrictions on brand or equivalent or better for the devices?

No preferences, all cameras and peripherals must be NDAA compliant and have a minimum of 8MPs and set-up for high humidity environments

49) What is the recording schedule? – fps, motion or continuous, storage duration

Continuous monitoring with a 4TB storage hard drive, looking for a minimum of 2 weeks of recording stored.

What is the camera resolution?

8MP

50) Do you want local edge recording on each camera for back-up?

If this is referencing an SD card in each camera for local storage, that is not necessary.

51) Do the dorms have a drop ceiling for access?

52) Can you please provide a layout of the dorms with locations of the IDF or MDF communications closets?

Please see attached pictures

53) Hold long does there battery backup UPS need to last if no power.

If UPS is used then maximum of two hours.

54) Any preference on cameras and NVR or just as long as meet requirements on page 2 of the bid solicitation?

No preferences, all cameras and peripherals must be NDAA compliant and have a minimum of 8MPs and set-up for high humidity environments

55) Does this mean there would be 33 ea. 8MP cameras plus 6 more for interior? Or is the total just 33?

33 exterior cameras and 6 interior cameras (39 cameras in total). Bldg 723 (Dorm

Management Office) is the only building that will be using the 6 interior cameras and 2 exterior cameras (8 cameras in total). The remaining 31 cameras will be exterior cameras throughout the other 10 buildings.

56) Also, I assume we would be providing power and battery backup for all 11 NVRs not just tor 6 wired bullet cameras.

Yes, if an UPS system is used it will be required for the full system.