Firetide Failing in Dallas
While the City of Dallas is was a flagship 'win' for wireless mesh vendor Firetide, a recent RFP and numerous reports to IPVM indicate major...
By Ethan Ace - about 12 years ago
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Prebid Meetings and Walkthroughs
Integrators who fail to take prebid meetings and walkthroughs seriously can lose the job or lose their shirt when responding to RFPs. While prebid...
By Brian Rhodes - about 12 years ago
Understanding the RFP Process
Dealing with RFPs (or Request for Proposals) is a major component of buying or selling video surveillance systems as large projects typically use...
By Brian Rhodes - about 12 years ago
Low Quality Surveillance RFPs
In our international integrator survey, respondents raised numerous concerns about low quality surveillance RFPs. In this report, we explain and...
By Brian Rhodes - about 12 years ago
How to Specify a Preferred IP Camera
Often users will find a camera that they trust and will prefer to get that camera rather than risk an RFP respondent low bidding a 'junk' camera...
By John Honovich - over 12 years ago
Specifying Surveillance Video Quality
Ensuring high quality surveillance video can be difficult. The challenge starts with specifying what level of quality is needed. There are a number...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
DHS $1.5 Billion Covert Surveillance RFP
In this note, we examine a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) RFP for covert audio/video surveillance equipment and services. The equipment is...
By John Honovich - about 13 years ago
City Mesh Wireless Surveillance RFP Examined
In this update, we examine a US city's RFP for a city-wide video surveillance system including a public safety mesh network. The RFP includes a...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Medical Center PSIM RFP 'Cut and Paste'
In this note, we examine an RFP from a Hawaiian Medical Center that features a 12 page RFP [link no longer available] that looks to be a cut and...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Small City Vendor Lock In RFP Review
The worst kind of specification requires exact products, refusing any alternatives. This is such a bad practice that many organizations and...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Airport Upgrade RFP Reviewed
A US airport has released an RFP looking to upgrade their surveillance system to migrate to an IP video solution. To do so, they want to convert...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Airport PSIM / VMS RFP Examined
Airports security and surveillance systems are some of the most complex and expensive projects anywhere. In this report, we examine a recently...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
City Wide Surveillance RFP Examined
In this note, we examine a city wide surveillance project of over 100 IP cameras across more than 20 locations. This is an especially interesting...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Video Surveillance RFPs Reviewed - Vol 1
In this report, we review 4 recent real-world video surveillance Request for Proposals (RFPs). RFPs provide a good look into the needs, challenges...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
School District RFP Examined
In this note, we examine a County's RFP for school district video surveillance. This specification requests both access control and video...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
City Housing Authority RFP Examined
In this note, we examine a current video surveillance RFP for a housing authority covering more than a dozen sites. The RFP is specified in extreme...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Police Department Surveillance RFP
In this update, we examine a US town's video surveillance system RFP for their police department headquarters. Rather than issuing a performance or...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Transit Center's Surveillance RFP Examined
In this note, we start a new series examining and critiquing published RFPs for surveillance systems. These are actual projects that are currently...
By John Honovich - over 13 years ago
Sample RFP for IP Video Surveillance System
Request for Proposal documents (RFPs) are common and important documents for specifying and bidding video surveillance systems. Video Insight has...
By John Honovich - over 14 years ago
