Description
The Watervliet Public Schools are seeking a qualified vendor to provide a cloud-based door access control system for three campus buildings. The system must be modern, unified, and improve building safety, enable emergency lockdown capabilities, and reduce long-term administrative burden. The selected vendor will be responsible for furnishing all equipment, materials, software licensing, and labor necessary to deliver a fully operational door access control system at each building. The scope of work includes hardware, cabling, labor, software, and licensing. The proposed system must meet all mandatory platform requirements, including cloud-managed architecture, emergency lockdown, hybrid cloud failover, native video security integration, credentials and reader capabilities, guest management, and intercom readiness.
Some key features and requirements of the proposed system include:
• Cloud-managed access controllers, door readers, and associated mounting hardware
• Support for 1-door, 4-door, and 16-door controller form factors
• Centralized management of all buildings, doors, users, credentials, schedules, and alert rules
• One-tap, district-wide or building-specific lockdown capability
• Ability to configure custom lockdown scenarios
• Automatic provisioning of temporary first-responder credentials during an active emergency
• Native video security integration with individual door events on the same management dashboard
• Support for low-frequency and high-frequency NFC cards, key fobs, and Bluetooth Low Energy mobile credentials
• Double-badge schedule override
• Industry-leading hardware warranty of no less than 10 years on all controllers and readers
• Open API for integration with the District’s student information system, HR platforms, and third-party systems
• Comprehensive, exportable audit trail of all door events, credential changes, and administrator actions