Specifications include, but are not limited to: Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Division of Parks and Recreation; procure a qualified Parking Enterprise System Solution (“Solution”) including required hardware, software, spare parts, paper materials, and technical system support and maintenance as part of a turn-key solution. This system must include a minimum of forty (40) Parking Pay Stations (“Pay Stations”) and a minimum of eleven (11) ticketing handheld units (“Handheld Units”), and associated peripherals. The Solution must also provide a back-end software system that will allow DPR to track all revenue, citation status, and pay station status. This combined Solution will enable DPR to manage the parking operations at the meter based state-owned parking areas along the seacoast, with possible expansion. Further, the Solution will allow DPR to better manage our communications with customers. The DPR metered parking season is from April 1 through October 31 and the hours of operation are 8am – midnight seven days a week (including holidays); he Solution must allow DPR to focus on payments for parking, citations, citation collections, Handheld Units, and parking permits. The Vendor Solution must provide: • A fully integrated parking management software system to work with a hosted Solution • The Vendor must supply and support Pay Stations and software to communicate bidirectionally with the database, as well as the necessary paper materials, spare parts. Pay Stations must be vandal and weather resistant. o Pay Stations must be solar powered and the ability to accept line voltage. o Pay Stations must have the ability to connect via LAN, Wifi, Satellite in remote areas, and a minimum of 4G Cellular Network with the ability to upgrade wherever 5G is available, as applicable. o Pay Stations must accept coin via single slot, dollar bills, and magnetic strip/chip and PIN credit/debit cards. • Vendor hardware must be compatible with all major cellular vendors. • Vendor shall provide data connectivity for all hardware.
