Tift County staff recommend MCA Avigilon-compatible system for Gazette renovation to preserve county standards

County Manager Jim Carter and Public Works Director Jason Jordan told commissioners on Nov. 4 that the Gazette renovation contractor’s bid included a different surveillance provider than the county-standard Avigilon equipment. McWright, the contractor, offered two options: (1) supply Avigilon equipment through McWright with a contract increase of $48,211 (raising the system cost to $85,885.81) or (2) remove the surveillance system from the original contract so the county could procure it separately.

Staff obtained quotes from Mobile Communications America (MCA) and presented two MCA alternatives: (a) supply the same system quoted by McWright for $56,725.46 or (b) supply a system with reduced server storage capacity matching current county specifications for $42,798.41. Staff recommended purchasing the MCA system priced at $42,798.41 and removing the surveillance system from McWright’s contract, to be handled by the county through a change order at the project’s end.

The board indicated it would place the procurement recommendation on the Nov. 10 consent agenda; no formal vote or public comment occurred in the work session. The work-session record does not include technical details about storage capacity differences beyond staff’s statement that the lower-cost MCA option would match current county server specifications.