Alternates; Dealers; Contractor - Continental Access CARDACCESS 3000 - ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION V2.7 Specification

ix. Mag-Stripe Cards
x. Access Authorization Devices, including, but not limited to:

1.9. ALTERNATES

A. Only the manufacturer's equipment that is explicitly mentioned in this specification are
supplied. Substitutes are not allowed.
B. Equivalence: No item shall be substituted without the prior written and approved
documentation that assures that the substituted part/parts are exactly the same,
technically and aesthetically speaking. The substituted parts must provide the same or
significantly improved performance.

1.10. DEALERS

A. All bidders must be a Certified Access Control Integrator by the manufacturer.
B. All technicians and engineers involved in the project must be trained and certified on the
ACS software and associated interfaces by the manufacturer prior to the bid.
C. All bidders must have 5 years installation experience on the ACS product lines.
D. The Integrators of the ACS products shall have been in the Access Control business for a
minimum of 15 years, and have supplied access control systems/components of similar
configuration, size and complexity.
E. All bidders must maintain a technical support group for providing round the clock
technical assistance.

1.11. CONTRACTOR

A. The contractor of the access control system will meet the following requirements:
1. He will have had a minimum of 5 years of experience in installing, commissioning
and supporting access control systems of similar size, configuration and
complexity.
2. He will have at least two technical staff members who have been trained and
certified by the manufacturer to install and support this system.
3. He will maintain an adequate supply of replacement parts for all system
components installed, as recommended by manufacturer.
B. The installing contractor shall be responsible for the following:
1. Determining operational requirements and planning/designing the system.
ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION, v 2.7
a. Keypads,
b. Prox-Readers,
c. Smart-Card-Readers and
d. Biometric Identification devices
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