Description
The VA Overton Brooks Medical Center in Shreveport, LA requires a sole‑source, firm‑fixed‑price contract to upgrade its Rauland Responder 5 (R5) nurse‑call system, replace the existing 9th‑floor video surveillance system, and replace the entry video intercom system on the inpatient mental‑health unit. The contractor (Lone Star Communications, Inc.) must provide all labor, materials, cabling, programming, testing, training, and documentation to install new panic‑button‑enabled R5 Code‑Purple stations, dome lights, staff consoles, input modules, and mini‑consoles; install a new IP‑based camera system with PoE switches, recording server, and monitoring stations; and install a self‑contained video intercom with door release integration. Work must comply with VA, NEC, NFPA, Joint Commission, and infection‑control standards, be performed with minimal clinical disruption, and be completed within a period beginning ≤90 days after award.
• Upgrade/replace panic‑button devices and install new R5 CP stations across multiple nurse‑call locations.
• Provide 14 input modules, 2 mini‑consoles, power supplies, and associated cabling.
• Remove legacy surveillance, install 27 new cameras (dome, multi‑directional) with key‑switch privacy controls, PoE switches, 36 TB recording server, and 35 software licenses.
• Install new entry video intercom (master/sub‑master stations, 4 hands‑free door stations, power supply).
• Perform system integration, testing, on‑site training, and deliver as‑built documentation.