Adelaide suburbs council seeking mobile CCTV managed service

South Australia’s City of Salisbury, an Adelaide-suburbs council, is seeking to engage a contractor to manage all services relating to the delivery of mobile CCTV or video surveillance systems.

The council said that the use of mobile CCTV or video surveillance has worked as a successful deterrent for anti-social behaviour and illegal dumping, and has subsequently identified the benefit and provided funding for additional services.

Council is seeking a vendor who can provide the flexibility of both overt (visible) and potentially covert (hidden) operations which can be deployed in a variety of environments and placements, including outdoor remote areas.

The system should deliver high-quality video recording capabilities for both day and night operation, ensuring critical details are captured regardless of lighting conditions.

The successful vendor will have the ability for installation and configuration of the equipment, while remote monitoring the equipment to make sure devices are functioning correctly. 

Remote monitoring and access will also be required by authorised council personnel and contractors with compliance to Council's Cyber Security requirements and data hosting on Australian servers.

The equipment must comply with relevant Australian CCTV standards, including minimum pixel density requirements to ensure image clarity in low-light conditions, with Infrared (IR) solution support as standard.

Other features required include license Plate Recognition (ANPR/LPR) functionality for vehicle identification; software with AI capabilities; services to support the software and hardware with faults, operating or network issues; and secure, vandal and weather resistant design to withstand tampering or theft.

Flexibility in deployment - the units to be relocatable and installable on diverse surfaces such as poles, trees, walls, or vehicles, without causing environmental damage - is also required, as is self-powered options (solar or battery-powered) for areas lacking direct power supply.

Real-time alerting and data analytics for incident detection and response is required, as council requires the ability to view footage from a portal in real-time. Cloud storage with a minimum 45-day retention period for recorded footage is needed, with data to be stored on Australian-based data servers in accordance with Council IT policy and Cyber Security guidelines.

Footage also must comply with the Surveillance Devices Act in the event that Council pursues prosecution.

Council would be seeking to enter into a three-year agreement with the preferred tenderer.

Responses to the expression of interest closes at 2pm Adelaide local time on 22 August 2025.

Earlier this year, the City of Salisbury put out a tender for the provision of core infrastructure equipment (server and storage hardware) as well as associated services for installing and commissioning the equipment.