Video surveillance equipment at manufacturing premise: FBR issues evaluation report on pre-qualification of vendors

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has issued evaluation report on the pre-qualification of vendors for authorization to supply video analytics equipment, and services for electronic monitoring of production of several goods on real-time basis.

The FBR released the report here on Tuesday.

Under the SRO 889(I) 2010, the FBR has made it compulsory for manufacturers of dozens of locally-produced products to install video surveillance equipment at the manufacturing premises for electronic monitoring of production of finished items on real-time basis.

The production of specified goods, manufactured in Pakistan, shall be monitored through intelligent video surveillance, and video analytics by installation of equipments including video cameras, sensors, etc, at production lines, as are approved by the Board for real-time collection of data that shows production through object detection and object counting; transmission of data to central control room at the FBR on real-time basis, storage and archiving of data; detection of unexpected stops; quantitative analyses of productions and data analytics for required legal actions.

The vendor shall be required to have and demonstrate ability to provide equipment with high security and efficiency for electronic monitoring of production and video analytics on real-time basis.

The equipment provided by the vendor after integration with the FBR software shall be able to perform the following functions including monitoring capability on real-time basis at factory premises or production lines; the ability to configure the production unit remotely; the system must be capable of sending alert messages and trigger alarms, visible and audible, in case of occurrence of abnormal events such as unauthorized stoppages of production, tempering with equipments and camera etc.

The system reporting should be capable to filter and process the production data for statistical and analytical purposes, and the system should ensure secure data storage and archiving of data for five years from its generation or recording.

The vendor shall also assist the Pakistan Revenue Automation (Pvt) Ltd (PRAL) to install its software on the equipment and run the system during trial period of authorization, the notification added.

According to the FBR's evaluation report, the pre-qualification applications were opened on October 22, 2020 in the presence of representatives of the vendors during the meeting of the FBR's designated "Authorization Committee".

Detailed evaluation of responsive vendors was carried out as per prescribed evaluation criteria given in pre-qualification document, the FBR report said.

The committee recommended pre-qualification of seven vendors to supply video analytics equipment and services for a period of three years.

The committee has also proposed measures for fostering transparency and avoiding collusion between pre-qualified vendor firms, while inviting quotations by manufacturers of the specified goods.

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