The City of Edinburgh Council requires to update Public Realm CCTV and has successfully submitted a European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) bid as part of the 8th City Programme; Scottish Cities Alliance smart cities initiative.

The City of Edinburgh Council operates a Central Monitoring Facility (CMF) at the City Chambers. This facility operates 365 days, 24 hours per day; with 206 permanent cameras and rapid deployment cameras. The CCTV system and fibre transmission which services the system currently is predominantly analogue, requiring an upgrade to digital.

Lot 1 is for the upgrade of the CMF and maintenance, it is the intention to replace the entire system and potentially install additional permanent cameras in new locations.

The public realm CCTV upgrade will be funded from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and match funded from the Council’s capital budget, the maximum budget for the public realm CCTV upgrade is GBP 1 500 000 (inclusive of contingency). In addition, maintenance of the IP Video Surveillance System will be met from the Council’s revenue budget.