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The Minneapolis VAMC requires security cameras and accessories with the Salient Characteristics listed below.
This is a sources sought looking for businesses to provide the supplies listed below for market research purposes. No awards of a contract will be made from this announcement.
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 If you are a vendor that can provide the requested information and required supplies described below with competitive pricing, send your information (to include your organization's Unique Entity Identifier number) with a description of proof of capability to: Jeffrey.Brown8@va.gov on or before November 13th, 2023.
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Statement of Work
Project Title
Replace four (4) security cameras at the Fisher House at MVAHCS.
Procurement Type
Brand Name Only or equal
Place of Performance

The selected contractor shall deliver the item to the Biomedical Instrumentation Service at MVAHCS, One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417. There will be no vendor on site as part of this requirement.

Salient Characteristics

This is a procurement and delivery only requirement. These cameras must meet the following requirements to be compatible with our existing Lenel security system.

Required Basic Integration Minimums for Cameras and Video Servers (Encoders)
1. The camera must support the ability to be accessed and controlled via a Web Server (or Service) resident on the camera.
2. The camera must support at a minimum Basic Authentication and/or Digest Authentication.
3. The camera must provide methods to access MJPEG, MPEG4, H.264, or (part or all) via a common streaming method.
4. The camera must provide the ability to stream video via the following methods: a. Streaming via HTTP GET request b. Streaming via RTP/RTSP.
5. The camera must provide the ability to communicate through HTTP via either port 80 or another port configurable via the HTTP interface or the camera page.
6. The camera must provide the ability to obtain video via the push method (i.e. we are requesting for streaming and the camera continuously transmits video to the recorder until the connection is dropped stopped by the recorder). If the camera supports only the pull method (i.e. retrieval of an image a certain intervals) then the camera must support high frame rate on this method.
7. The video transmitted from the camera must work with the currently used Lenel decoders (currently MJPEG, MPEG4 Advanced Simple profile Level 5 exclusively with I and P frames, H.264 Base profile). MPEG4 and H.264 are only available for RTP/RTSP camera integration.

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