IP Intercom System

The Vendor is required to provide IP Intercom System services for School.
- Intercom solution should provide a minimum functionality of two-way communication between individual classrooms and administration/office staff via a dedicated answering station and from administration desk phones, single and multi-zone paging for announcements and bells, custom configuration of bell schedules, clocks with textual displays, and the ability to integrate with third-party devices without limitations to the third party's hardware and software.
- Equipment
• Equipment is subject to change as new/updated equipment becomes available.
• District technology will provide a visual console computer.
• New construction will have 70v paging amplifiers.
• The following equipment is required for school locations:
• E-SIP
• All-in-one alert display for all classrooms
• E-SBM for mobile classrooms
• EMH
• Media player/Bluetooth media receiver
• (2) e300-console phone
• (1) dedicated e300 phone for visual console
• Switches for data rack for an isolated fiber network
• UPS battery backup on all 120v control circuit
• E-365 clocks
• Call-in buttons with DND (ecs-2) button function
• Thunder eagle we1 10/we120 weather radio
• All other equipment needed to make the system function is to be determined by the installer.
- Installation:
• Plenum-rated wire should be used.
• Wire/cable is to be ran in “j” hooks, cabling tray, or beam clamps.
• On new construction, any cabling or wiring running in between the wall for call buttons should be in conduit.
o At least 6” stub-up above the top of the wall.
o Must have plastic sleeves to protect wire at top of stub out.
• On retrofits, use any existing raceways in the walls to supply wire to call buttons.
• Retrofit jobs should have all unused/ old wires removed.
• New construction should have standardized cable lengths for typical classroom setups.
• Provide conduits where cables penetrate firewalls above ceilings.
• If penetrating a firewall, caulk any openings to maintain the integrity of the wall.
• All EMT entering boxes must be served with insulating throat connectors and locknuts.
• All 120-volt electrical conductors must be installed in conduit.
• On new construction, install wire in specified spots in hallways.
- Configurations:
• Each room must have a push-to-call button with an embedded DND option.
• The common/ hallway speakers should be separated by each hall or area which will allow bells in particular locations to be shut off during testing or performances.
• Administration and administration hallway speakers should have their own volume control. This can be digital.
• E-sip, EMH, and weather radio should be in a dedicated rack in the MDF.
• MEDICA players/ Bluetooth receivers will be installed in the closest IDF to the main office.
- IP phones:
• Connection in the county’s IP phones will be coordinated through the district technology department.
• Extensions to page and call will be provided by the district technology department.
- EHM:
• The proposer must provide district the following EHM access with default passwords to the following:
1. Administration offices
2. Maintenance building
3. School locations
• District schools will provide the proposer an all regular event schedule for each location.
- E-console:
• DND enable/ dis-enable function
• Map of the school with room numbers
• Floor plan maps will be provided by the district multiple/ zoomed-in views to be used when the overall floor plan is too small to see the room numbers
• Colored-coded areas must be defined for easy identification.
- Contract Period/Term: 1 year
- Questions/Inquires Deadline: June 19, 2025