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Recommendation to adopt Specifications RFP No. PD11-043 (RE-ISSUE) and award a contract to Helinet Aviation Services, LLC, of Van Nuys, CA (not a MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), for the purchase of an airborne to ground high definition video down link system for a total amount not to exceed $808,961. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 19, 2010 and September 6, 2011, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute all necessary documents to receive and expend grant funding from the Urban Area Security Initiatives of 2009 and 2010 (UASI 09 and UASI 10), in the amounts of $5,000,692 and $3,278,573. These grant monies are for use by City departments, including Fire, Harbor, Health and Human Services, and Police. These grants focus on protecting City assets and resources; they provide funding for public safety training, which assists in the development of plans and protocols. Additionally, the UASI grants afford Long Beach the opportunity to purchase equipment for reporting activity and data storage, biohazard detective devices, aerial technology, and security to critical infrastructure sites.
The Long Beach Police Department (LBPD) is building a citywide public safety video network to connect airborne to ground high definition video law enforcement resources and to the LBPD’s video network located at the Emergency Communications Operations Center (ECOC). This video downlink system is designed to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between agencies, allowing public safety agencies to share video surveillance and collaborate on large-scale regional incidents requiring a unified command. Video data collected from the LBPD helicopters will be sent to on-site police mobile command resources and into the Long Beach Common Operating Picture network for law enforcement and disaster resources.
The Airborne to Ground High Definition Video Link Request for Proposal (RFP) was originally advertised in the Press-Telegram on June 15, 2011, and 657 potential bidders ...
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