The government has launched a public tender worth €1.48 million to purchase a platform that will manage and store information collected by bodycams and municipal video surveillance systems.
The Internal Administration Ministry sent the announcement of the public tender for the purchase of the Unified Security Platform for Video Systems for publication in the Official Gazette, according to information obtained by Lusa.
This platform must be able to centrally manage all types of technology associated with video surveillance equipment, such as portable cameras for individual use by police officers – so-called bodycams – and municipal video surveillance systems, as well as the connection to remote systems installed in nightlife establishments or shopping centres.
The ministry estimates that the Unified Security Platform for Video Systems tender will be concluded by mid-August if there are no “requests for extension of deadlines for delivery of proposals or challenges of an administrative or judicial nature.”
Published in early January, the Decree Law for the acquisition of bodycams entered its final phase this week with the launch of the tender for the platform, according to the ministry.
“A complementary element of the bodycams, the video surveillance platform is a single video management system – avoiding the simultaneous use of various software from different manufacturers – and can integrate sounds, images and video analytics obtained with bodycams from multiple suppliers,” according to the Ministry.
The ministry also said that these criteria aim to favour the free choice of users (GNR and PSP police forces) and ensure competition between the suppliers of portable cameras, allowing the platform “the centralised and integrated management of the information collected, promoting its safe and effective operation by the person responsible for the treatment of data.”
To guarantee the computer security of the system, the video surveillance platform now being tendered must have encryption and authentication mechanisms and features that prevent unauthorised access to the different types of data collected by the bodycams.
The platform must also have “command and control capabilities, map support for consultation and navigation in real-time and identification of the positioning of the bodycam users in real-time, as well as encryption of videos in standby and transit mode.”
The acquisition of the bodycams is included in the Programming Law of Infrastructure and Equipment for the Security Forces, specifically in the Individual Protection Equipment measure, expected to cost €15.3 million.
(Célia Paulo | Lusa.pt)
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