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 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 system must meet specific technical and operational requirements, including cloud-managed architecture, emergency lockdown, hybrid cloud failover, and native video security integration.
Some key features of the required 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
• Support for future addition of a visitor management module and video intercom devices
• Industry-leading hardware warranty of no less than 10 years
• Open API for integration with the District’s student information system and other third-party systems.