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CONTRACT K-1415-80: A CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NORMAN, OKLAHOMA, AND MEDIASOLV SOLUTION CORPORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $351,847 TO PROVIDE AND INSTALL BODY WORN AND IN-CAR VIDEO RECORDERS FOR THE NORMAN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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BACKGROUND: Public Safety Sales Tax funds in the amount of $750,000 were approved in FYE 2014 for the purchase of an in-car/body worn video camera solution for the Police Department. These funds were appropriated into the Plant & Operating Equipment/Audio/Visual System account (015-6122-421.51-10). These funds were rolled into FYE 2015 and into the same account. An expenditure of approximately $103,000 was taken from this account earlier to add digital memory to our computer system and upon the completion of the camera project it allows enough space to store a few weeks of video before it has to be purged.
An RFP was opened on March 17, 2014, requesting proposals for an in-car and body worn solution and it closed on May 19, 2014. Seven companies submitted proposals and were evaluated. MediaSolv was found to be the best company for the Police Department's needs. The RFP, the evaluation spreadsheet, and MediaSolv's proposal are all attached.
DISCUSSION: The contract is for MediaSolv to provide implementation, installation, and training for the following products:
212 Vision Cameras (body worn)
175 Vision Accessory Kits
125 Vision Docking/Charging Stations
40 Avenger In-car Mobile Video Systems
50 Concurrent Commander User Licenses
The vision cameras are the body-worn solution that is made to attach to the person of the officer. The body-worn system will record both video and audio anywhere the officer goes and operates with a single button. While an in-car system does a great job getting good video due to its stability from being mounted in the car, the body worn camera can go anywhere the officer goes, which the in-car cannot do.
The vision accessory kits are kits that go with the body worn c...
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