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Federal buildings are specified long before they're procured

By the time a solicitation is published, the technology decisions are already locked into the specification. DWG works with contracting officers, program managers, A&E teams and prime contractors during planning — when a specification can still be corrected without a modification.

The specification is the leverage point

A federal security procurement is judged on whether the delivered system meets the spec. If the spec is wrong, everyone downstream is contractually obligated to deliver the wrong thing.

We evaluate technologies across manufacturers against the stated requirement, confirm interoperability with systems already installed at the facility, review the bill of materials line by line, and flag supply-chain and lead-time exposure before it becomes a schedule problem. How the work gets done is shaped around you: we can coordinate with the integrator or contractor you already use, bring the right integration and field resources in ourselves, or anything in between — whatever the project needs.

How we engage

The greatest opportunity to improve a project exists before anything is purchased. We support every phase — the earlier we're involved, the more value we add.

1. Plan

Requirements review, site constraints, budgetary direction ahead of the solicitation.

2. Evaluate

Multi-manufacturer comparison, interoperability with installed base, cybersecurity review.

3. Specify

Specification assistance, BOM review, value engineering, lifecycle costing.

4. Procure

Quoting, availability confirmation, lead times, supply-chain flags.

5. Deploy

Nationwide fulfillment, staged releases, multi-building coordination.

6. Support

Technical support, spares planning, standardization across the portfolio.

Core capabilities

Enterprise physical security infrastructure across every major discipline.

Video surveillance

  • IP camera systems
  • Video management systems (VMS)
  • Network video recorders
  • Edge, cloud and enterprise storage

AI & video analytics

  • Object and behaviour detection
  • License plate recognition
  • Search and forensic review tools
  • Operational and business insight

Access control & identity

  • Enterprise access control platforms
  • Smart and mobile credentials
  • Door hardware and locking
  • Authentication and biometrics

Visitor management

  • Visitor registration and badging
  • Watch list and screening
  • Contractor and vendor check-in
  • Real-time on-site awareness

Intercom & entry communication

  • IP intercom systems
  • Video entry stations
  • Emergency call stations
  • Two-way communication at entry points

Emergency notification

  • Mass notification systems
  • Public address and paging
  • Multi-channel alerting
  • Campus and site-wide communication

Lockdown systems

  • Coordinated building-wide lockdown
  • Single-action activation
  • Integration with access control
  • Notification tied to activation

Fire & life safety

  • Fire alarm control panels
  • Smoke, heat, CO and duct detection
  • Notification appliances
  • Alarm communications and monitoring

Intrusion detection

  • Enterprise intrusion systems
  • Perimeter detection
  • Sensors and detection technologies
  • Alarm communications

Mobile & temporary surveillance

  • Mobile surveillance trailers
  • Rapid-deployment camera systems
  • Remote and off-grid power
  • Construction, event and temporary sites

Network & infrastructure

  • PoE switching and fiber optics
  • Structured cabling and wireless
  • UPS and power systems
  • Cabinets, racks and enclosures

Engineering & procurement services

  • Product evaluation and solution design
  • Multi-manufacturer comparisons
  • Bill of materials review and value engineering
  • Lifecycle planning and technical consultation

Questions we help you answer

Most suppliers focus on selling products. We focus on helping you make an informed decision — and these are the questions worth settling first.

  • Does the specification describe a system that can actually be built?
  • Will this integrate with what's already installed at the facility?
  • Are there compliant alternates if the named product isn't available?
  • What are the real lead times against the period of performance?
  • Is there a more cost-effective product that still meets the requirement?
  • What does this cost to own over the life of the facility?
  • Are there supply-chain concerns with anything specified?

Answered early, these prevent the expensive corrections that surface once equipment is on site.

Vendor-neutral technical expertise

DWG works across a broad portfolio of leading security manufacturers. Rather than promoting a single product line, we help you evaluate qualified solutions on the criteria that matter.

Technical criteria

  • Technical requirements and objectives
  • Performance and interoperability
  • Standards compliance
  • Cybersecurity considerations

Commercial criteria

  • Availability and lead time
  • Lifecycle cost
  • Budget alignment
  • Future scalability

Resource coordination

  • Work with the integrator or contractor you already use
  • Bring in integration, field and engineering resources where you need them
  • Product, engineering and deployment coordinated as one project
  • Shaped around what the end user needs, not a fixed model

Who we work with

Facilities

  • Federal office buildings
  • Military installations
  • Federal civilian agency sites
  • Research and laboratory facilities
  • Warehouses and logistics sites
  • Leased federal space

Project types

  • New construction
  • Security modernization
  • Technology refresh programs
  • Multi-site standardization
  • Analog-to-IP migrations
  • Expansion projects

Project teams

  • Contracting officers and specialists
  • Program and project managers
  • Facility and security managers
  • Architects and engineers
  • Prime contractors
  • Systems integrators

Bring us in before the solicitation is written

There is no cost to have our specialists review a draft specification or a bill of materials.

DWG — Digital Watchguard Inc. · 800 Shames Drive, Westbury, NY 11590 · 516-933-4900


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