TSA procures a cutting-edge multi-media presentation system called Orator Plus

Orator Plus

TSA has announced that it has awarded a sole source contract worth $242,330, if all options are exercised, to Orator Plus, Inc., a six-year-old company based in Monterey, CA, that has developed a multi-media presentation system that TSA intends to use to display panoramic photos and videos of buildings, transportation systems and venues it wants to secure.

The presentation system, which is also known as Orator Plus, can fuse together images and video from a variety of different sources, and present them to decision makers as something of a war-room on a thumb drive,” Hector Gonzalez, the president of the company, told GSN: Government Security News exclusively. “It’s like PowerPoint meets the movie Minority Report,” said Gonzalez. 

Orator Plus can handle still photos and video captured on hardware that the company will supply to TSA, as well as inputs from more exotic sources, such as Google Earth or feeds from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Gonzalez explained.

“This contract will address the requirements of [the] Transportation Security Network Management (TSNM) I-View project to record panoramic still and video images of transportation systems and infrastructure,” said TSA in its contract award announcement on May 7. The fixed-price purchase order to Orator Plus has an initial amount of $188,330 for the base period, plus an additional $54,000 for four one-year options.

“Orator Plus creates personalized interactive presentations for a wide variety of applications,” explains the company’s Web site. “Orator Plus presentations can display large amounts of data in numerous media formats simultaneously, allowing access in a non-linear method utilizing a customizable menu system.”

The Orator Plus software enables an organization to capture photos, videos and other inputs from multiple sources without encountering a common obstacle, explained Gonzalez. “Usualy, every different sensor uses its own software, and you’re forced to flip from one application to another,” he said.

By contrast, Orator Plus allows a government official to call up and view whatever input he or she wants to see, without having to flip from one application to another.

“TSA has a requirement to purchase still cameras, video cameras and associated camera equipment, along with presentation system software, software licenses and software training to capture imagery data without regard to format; and display the imagery on a standard laptop or desktop computer,” said TSA’s award announcement.

Further information is available from Brandon Prindle, of TSA, at 571-227-3002 or brandon.prindle@dhs.gov.