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RCMP Standing Offer for Western Digital Purple or Equivalent Surveillance Hard Drives

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is seeking a two-year regional standing offer for hard disk drives for network video recording systems in British Columbia. - Government Buyer: - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), E Division, Procurement and Contracting Unit - OEMs and Vendors: - Western Digital (specifically the Purple series) is the only OEM named; equivalents from other manufacturers are permitted - Products/Services Requested: - Hard disk drives (HDDs) for continuous 24/7 surveillance use in NVR systems - Capacities: 1TB (10 units), 2TB (10 units), 3TB (20 units), 4TB (50 units), 6TB (10 units), 8TB (20 units), 18TB (10 units) - 3.5-inch form factor, SATA 6 Gb/s interface - Minimum 64 MB cache for 2TB or less, 256 MB cache for above 2TB - Conventional Magnetic Recording (CMR) technology - Minimum 1 million hours MTBF - RAID 1/5/6 compatibility - New and unused, with 36-month manufacturer warranty - Unique or Notable Requirements: - Drives must be compatible with specific RCMP NVR models - Delivery required within 30 days of each call-up - Environmentally preferable packaging required - Procurement is open to Canadian and Indigenous businesses, with preference under the Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) - Subject to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement and various trade agreements - Selection based on lowest price compliant proposal - Only suppliers in British Columbia are eligible

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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) is seeking a regional standing offer for Western Digital Purple Hard Disk Drives or equivalent for surveillance footage storage. The procurement is conditionally set aside under the federal government's Procurement Strategy for Indigenous Business (PSIB) and is subject to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement (2009). The contract duration is 24 months, and the selection criteria is based on the lowest price compliant proposal. The procurement method is competitive open bidding, and the opportunity is open to Canadian suppliers and Indigenous businesses as per PSIB.

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