Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-03-17
Buyer: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 32234000 | 35125300: Security cameras

Technical requirements: The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) will be going out to the market shortly, and is seeking expressions of interest from CCTV integration companies that are suitably experienced, with a proven track record to engage in a procurement exercise with the Borough to provide the Council with a new public space surveillance CCTV system surveilling the towns, villages and car parks which are already equipped with circa 129 analogue CCTV cameras. There are likely to be new camera locations identified and others cameras removed or relocated. The Council will require a new high definition video surveillance system to be transmitted using new wireless equipment.
The purpose of this PIN is to engage with the market and to provide some details of our future requirements. Below is an outline to potential bidders the existing camera locations and the potential line of sight (LOS) implications from a wireless survey previously carried out by Purdicom. The Purdicom representative familiar with this wireless transmission design for the Council is Adrian Wheeler, adrian.wheeler@purdi.com
The proposed wireless design together with a camera matrix is attached to assist in the survey and study by interested companies. The Council will be identifying landlords/tenants of premises that may need to be used to accommodate the wireless paraphernalia or cameras and will be seeking appropriate Wayleave permissions.
Potential contractors will be free to utilise their own wireless provider; the Council and its consultants will not suggest any particular provider should be used.
A public Wi-Fi wireless network already existing across Windsor and Maidenhead town centres. The new CCTV wireless network is to be installed to run alongside this existing network. Due to both networks operating in the same airspace the project will require agreements of frequencies to be used between the exiting provider and the successful integration company. Paul Trotter from InTechnology WIFI can be contacted to discuss the new CCTV wireless network with regards frequencies to be used etc. paul.trotter@intechnologywifi.com Mobile 07872 542705.
As well as the public space CCTV cameras there are 4 carparks that are to have their existing recording platform upgraded. The carpark recorders will remain at each of the carpark locations and their images are to be visible in the control room, the new CCTV wireless network should be able to support the transmission of these live and recorded images.
As part of the wireless design several lampposts have been identified that will be used as relay points. The successful integration company will be required to provide a list of lampposts that are required to be used as part of the new Wireless CCTV network. The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead will carry out structural tests to ensure they are structurally sound. It is understood some of the lampposts have spare mains electrical isolation that can be used for the wireless network; those lampposts that do not will have a new isolator installed within them by the lamppost maintainer.
There are also a number of traffic cameras that exist across the Borough that already operate on a wireless network; this separate wireless network is currently under review to see if it is also suitable and required to be part of the new wireless CCTV network. Details of this will be provided within the tender package.
Within the wireless camera schedule the column header “Wireless Network Connection” is used to show cameras that it is understood the wireless design can support. The column called “Connection Required if Wireless is not an Option” is used to show the cameras that cannot be part of the wireless network or those cameras that have been identified as being part of the wireless network. It means at that location the local wireless network cannot be linked to the main wireless network and instead the images will be transmitted to the main control room via a BT Redcare RS1000D circuit. An example of this configuration is in Datchet where all the cameras will be connected wirelessly together but camera 119 will be the point where these images will be transmitted to the control room via a BT Redcare RS1000D circuit.
The information provided herein is intended to give potential providers advance notice of our likely requirements, all details will be finalised and confirmed in tender documents.
If this is an opportunity that is of interest to you please express your interest to procurement@rbwm.gov.uk stating your, Company Name, Contact Details, and requesting copies of our Wireless Camera Schedule and CCTV Design. All parties that have expressed an interest will be notified when a formal notice calling for competition is placed.
The information provided herein is intended to give potential providers advance notice of our likely requirements, all details will be finalised and confirmed in tender documents.
If this is an opportunity that is of interest to you please express your interest to procurement@rbwm.gov.uk stating your, Company Name, Contact Details, and requesting copies of our Wireless Camera Schedule and CCTV Design. All parties that have expressed an interest will be notified when a formal notice calling for competition is placed.