Bait Car System

Trade Agreement: NAFTA/AIT/Canada FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama Tendering Procedures: Generally only one firm has been invited to bid Non-Competitive Procurement Strategy: Exclusive Rights Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No Vendor Name and Address: Dyplex Communications Ltd. Dyplex communications Ltd. 107 Woodbine Downs Blvd Units 7&8 Etobicoke Ontario Canada M9W6Y1 Nature of Requirements:

Bait Car System

Takasaki, Alan H. Supply Specialist Public Works and Government Services Canada Acquisitions Branch Vancouver, 219, 800 Burrard St Vancouver, BC V6Z 0B9 Telephone: (604)775-7605 E-mail address: al.takasaki@pwgsc.gc.ca The Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) has been granted approval and is responsible for providing specialized policing by means of ?best practice? services such as the ?Bait Car? program, the ?Global Positioning Satellite? (GPS) stolen vehicle tracking program. The British Columbia Attorney General's Department has mandated to integrate police resources to maximize enforcement of auto crime.

Requirement: The Integrated Municipal Provincial Auto Crime Team (IMPACT) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Vancouver, BC intends to enter into a sole source contract with Dyplex Communications Limited located in Etobicoke, Ontario for the supply and deliver of a baiting car computer system that will accommodate multiple monitoring sites and be installed in specified baiting car vehicles that will enable IMPACT the ability to prosecute auto crime thieves.

The bait car system will include off-the-shelf hardware and software, an offline mapping solution (not internet based), creation of a harness or adapter that will connect to the existing vehicle audio and video system and code development to personalize the user interface

The vehicles will be monitored with a Global Position System (GPS) and be capable of covering the Province of British Columbia.

The technical requirement is to equip the vehicles allowing them to be monitored with a Global Positioning System (GPS) with capabilities of covering the Province of British Columbia; so they can monitor the occupantsof the identified vehicle visually and audibly. The reproduction must be a forensic quality that can be used for court evidence; so that all equipment is installed in an operational manner that is not visible to the naked eye.

Bait cars are electronically monitored by E-Comm on a 24x7 basis and the perpetrator(s) are recorded on video as the crime is committed. Live video is also streamed to E-Comm who in turn is able to provide the perpetrator(s) descriptions to the first responders. A bait car’s progress is monitored by E-Comm staff and the stolen vehicles can be automatically disabled by E-Comm when sufficient police personnel are present to apprehend suspect(s) or the vehicle is being driven dangerously, in a dangerous manner, or at a high rateof speed. With the supplier providing technical support for the installation and operation of the identified equipment to be used as a ?Bait Car?.

Estimate Contract Value: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00

Delivery date: on or before March 31, 2016.

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION Dyplex Communications Limited located in Etobicoke Ontario is the only known supplier that offers an off-the-shelf system that meets or exceed all the mandatory requirements (will provide on request to Al Takasaki (al.takasaki@pwgsc.gc.ca)) and can meet or provide the following:

1. A system that includes advanced software technology that is flexible enough it can keep current with evolving auto crime trends. 2. Modify and personalize a Graphics User Interface (GUI) to meet IMPACT’s specific needs with no additional cost associated. 3. Software that meets E-Comm’s secure technical requirements. 4. Provide an offline mapping solution with yearly updates at no cost. This is required for the software to be entered on the E-Comm secure environment. The mapping solution also has to work in a virtual work environment 5. The creation of a wiring harness/adapter that will be compatible with the current audio and video system. 6. Dyplex’s ability to combine all the necessary elements that meet of a large scale demands of the bait car program. 7. A system must be compatible with the currently installed inputs and outputs on the bait car system. 8. Ability to add additional vehicles.

9. The system isfully customizablefor every vehicle description, input, output, etc.

10. Must have the capabilities to ensure that the vehicles can be monitored remotely and exchanged between different areas of the Province of British Columbia in order to target specific auto theft problems.

11. The system must be able to provide tracking and live video updates through 1 SIM card.

12. The system is rugged and tough enough to work in environments that range from +30 Celsius to -30 Celsius.

13. Uniform forensic quality evidence gathering, of physical and electronic (audio, video and live streaming) add to officer and public safety and enhances likelihood of conviction in court.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

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