A couple of days ago, a story from Annahar newspaper popped up stating that Beirut municipality is buying around 2,000 security cameras for around 40 Million dollars.
Photo taken from the Annahar article
My friend Elie shared a small research he did, on his Facebook page that I would like to share:
Beirut Municipality is buying 1,500 to 2,000 Cameras at $27,000 per Camera, 40.5 Million Dollars in total !!
I did some research, based on a case study done by Schneider Electric's security camera brand Pelco (One of the biggest brands in this domain).
The case study is about surveillance cameras installed in Italy to help with the security of the G8 summit (Read here: http://www.pelco.com/documents/business-solutions/en/shared/government/g-8-summit.pdf)
The study mentions that two types of cameras were used, so I researched their prices online:
- Spectra III : Costs $1,389.61 ( http://www.amazon.com/Pelco-Schneider-Electric-SD53TCPG1-Spectra/dp/B00FT0JXA4)
- Esprit Camera: Costs $1,861.95 (http://shop.neobits.com/pelco_schneider_electric_es3012_2_pelco_esprit_es3012_2_camera_enclosure_1_fan_s_1_heater_s_1032057567.php)
Let's assume we're going crazy and buying 1,500 pieces of each model (3,000 cameras) instead of a total of 1,500 pieces, and that we're buying them at a full price:
- Spectra III cost: $2,084,415
- Esprit cost : $2,792,925
Total Cost : $4,877,340
Let's assume taxes on these items are 100% + VAT and add some extras, this will bring the total to 10.5 Million Dollars.
Additionally, let’s account for around 7 Millions in Network Design, control rooms, servers and equipment, and another 3 Millions in training and maintenance for the first period.
Total should not exceed 20 Million dollars with all the above exaggerated costs. I think the offers should be re-considered by the municipality.
There is pretty much nothing to add to this. What do you think?
It's either we became worthless brains or careless sheep so that this huge corruption takes place.
