HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemo2CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM :
Glenn Marcos, Director
Department of Purchasing
Pamela Bums, PB
Sr. Procurement Contracts Officer
DATE : February 11, 2005 FILE :
SUBJECT: Acquisition of Ocean Rackmount Avid
Media Video Enhancement System
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
I conducted an investigation to determine whether Ocean Systems, located at 4016 Blackburn Lane,
Burtonsville, Md. 20866, is the sole source provider of the Ocean Rackmount Avid Media Video Enhancement
System ("System"), including training and one-year maintenance, for the Department of Police.
According to the Miami Police Department, the Ocean Rackmount Avid Media Enhancement System wi].1
provide the Department with the capability of viewing, processing and/or analyzing surveillance video 1:ape
from crime scenes. The dTectiveTM Forensic package is currently utilized by federal, state and local law
enforcement agencies to provide the tools to quickly clarify, manage and present video evidence.
The Ocean Rackmount Avid Media Enhancement System is a professional, stationary turnkey system. This
system and the d'TectiveTM forensic bundle enables users to do field acquisition, clarification, analysis, and
presentation of surveillance video images to produce results never before available. The analysis of this video
evidence is paramount to the successful identification and arrest of the offender(s) and prosecution of these
cases. Evidence captured on videotape has been found to be more accurate, more reliable and more convincing
than eyewitness testimony alone. As such, this system is the only video analysis system that provides, at a
minimum, the following proprietary features: 1) a universal digital file decoder to allow work with digital file
formats (DVR dCoder), 2) searchable data base feature for video to allow investigators to quickly sort through
video by subject, 3) deplexes an unlimited number of cameras simultaneously, 4) multiple streams of
uncompressed video simultaneously, allowing real time forensic results, 5) integrates a suspect or witness
written transcript directly into the metadata of the video via a simple word search, and 6) match surveillance
with radio transmissions and 911 Communication's tapes.
According to Ocean Systems, it is the manufacturer of the dTectiveTM forensic package, its software is the sole
property of Ocean Systems and is available only from Ocean Systems. Further, it is the only Avid integration
partner certified to manufacture the RackmountTM version of the Avid Adrenaline for Windows XP
Professional. It also has the ability to publish video evidence to a variety of formats for CD-ROM, DVD, or for
streaming on the web, and can be included in online databases for access by detectives in a police department.
Accordingly, I am recommending that the requirements for competitive bidding be waived, and these findings
be approved: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission waive the necessity of competitive bids
and approve the attached Resolution for the sole source purchase of the Ocean Rackmount Avid Media Video
Enhancement System, to include training and one-year maintenance, from Ocean Systems, for the Department
of Police, in an amount not to exceed $38,119.00. Funding is to be provided by the Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant IX Program, Account Code No. 142023.290548.6.840.
APPROVED BY: 1.
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DATE: