1-Attachment A - Acronyms Definitions 2026.pdf

Attachment A

Baggage Handling System Maintenance and Repair Services Request For Proposal

Acronyms / Definitions

Acronym/Term Definition

Airlines Refers to entities/companies which operate flights and/or services from the Airport, synonymous with Carrier.

Airport Salt Lake City International Airport located in the City and County of Salt Lake City, Utah.

BDS Baggage Dimensioning System – Laser scanning heads to measure the height, width, and length of bags.

BHS “BHS,” “Baggage Handling System,” or “Baggage Handling Facilities” means the City’s baggage handling system and related facilities at the Airport. Includes all aspects of the baggage system.

BIT Baggage Inspection Table located in the Checked Bag Resolution Area.

BMA Baggage Measuring Array.

BPE Baggage Power Enclosure – an enclosure that houses 480VAC BHS power.

BPM Baggage Processed Message – sent to Airlines by the baggage system and containing information about bag movements and events for reconciliation purposes.

BRP

Baggage Removal Point.

BSD

Baggage Status Display – used in the CBRA by TSO’s to view bag information used to screen bags.

BSM

Baggage Source Messages. An electronic message between a Carrier Host/Reservation system and the BHS.

Business Day

Monday through Friday excluding any day that is a recognized City Holiday.

Carrier Synonymous with Airline.

Cache

A form of memory, used in computers to provide high speed access to recently used data.

CBIS

Checked Baggage Inspection System. A portion of the BHS responsible for security screening.

CBRA

Checked Baggage Resolution Area.

City

The City and County of Salt Lake City, Department of Airports, or any governmental agency succeeding such entity in its role as operator of the Airport.

CIP

Common Industrial Protocol.

CM

Corrective Maintenance. A scheduled task or set of tasks to adjust, repair, maintain, and/or replace components in order to avoid an unexpected failure.

CMF

Central Monitoring Facility where TSA monitor and direct BHS security screening operations 24/7.

CNB

ControlNet Bridge Module – typically one module for each remote I/O rack, redundant ControlNet has two modules per rack.

CoCoS

Counter Collection Service – retrieves statistical information from the PLC and stores it in a database.

Contract Administrator

“Contract Administrator” means the person designated by the Director of the Airport Facility Maintenance Department to perform day-to-day administration of the contract. The Director of Facility Maintenance may from time to time designate a substitute or successor Contract Administrator by written notice to the Contractor.

Contractor Means a qualified and duly licensed independent Contractor, who is contracted by the City to operate and maintain the BHS as set forth in the Contract Documents.

Contractor Employee

“Contractor employee” or “Contractor personnel” shall include employees and personnel of the Contractor and sub-contractors, if any.

Contractor’s Proposal

"Contractor’s Proposal" shall mean the Proposal as finally submitted by Contractor and accepted by the City and consisting of Contractor’s plan of operation under this

Contract.

Controller

When used in conjunction with a conveyor system, refers to the electrical device that is programmed to control the conveyor equipment and related hardware, see also PLC.

ControlNet

An open industrial network protocol for industrial automation applications.

Control Room

Area where BHS operations are monitored and directed.

Conveyor

General term for a mechanical device to transport products, can be a roller, gravity, or a belt.

CoServer

One of two computers in the Marathon configuration that provides system redundancy.

CTX Computer Tomography Examiner.

Curbside

Designated areas immediately adjacent to the Terminal where passenger baggage is loaded into the BHS.

Demand An operational requirement imposed on any part of the BHS to process baggage.

DHS

Date Historian Server maintains a “real-time” copy of the database located on the Sortation Allocation Controller. The database on the DHS is used by the reporting and search functions on the Management Information System and Web applications.

Dieback Synonymous with cascade. A condition where baggage stops due to a downstream fault and baggage continues transportation towards the stopped area. As baggage arrives and can no longer move forward, the conveyors stop in a cascading manner.

Diverter

Mechanical device in a conveyor system that sorts products or items to chutes or adjacent and conveyors.

Downstream

Direction of conveyor in which material is transferred.

EAMS Enterprise Asset Management System.

EDS Explosive Detection System – TSA furnished and maintained checked baggage screening equipment.

EOB End of Business, the time when normal business on a working day concludes, assumed to be 17:00hrs Monday to Friday excluding City published holidays unless otherwise stated.

EM Emergency Maintenance. An unscheduled task or set of tasks to adjust, repair, maintain, and/or replace components during an unexpected failure.

EPROM Electrically Programmable Read Only Memory.

ETD Explosive Trace Detection.

Ethernet A high-speed communication link between computers.

Ethernet/IP An industrial network protocol that adapts the Common Industrial Protocol to standard Ethernet.

FIDS

Flight Information Display System. A mechanism to display flight information at the Airport in real time.

Fiscal Year

Means July 1 through June 30 of any year or such other fiscal year as the City may adopt for the Airport.

Fall back Methods and procedures to be implemented during events which affect operations.

GRAMA Government Records Access and Management Act.

GUI Graphical User Interface.

Heartbeat Part of a protocol used by two connected systems to detect a loss of communication.

HMI Human Machine Interface – display of a graphical and textual overview of mechanical system to allow operator controls.

Hot Backup A redundant or secondary component that will automatically take over operation from a primary when it fails.

HSD High Speed Diverter. An electro-mechanical device for automatically directing baggage to an alternative route.

ICS Independent Carrier System.

KPI Key Performance Indicators. Methods used to determine benchmarks for performance.

MSP Motor Starter Protector. An electro-mechanical device intended to disconnect power to a motor in the event of a fault and/or overload condition.

LEO Law Enforcement Officer

MDI/Smiths

Morpho Detection Incorporated/ Smiths Group, a TSA contractor responsible for operation and maintenance of Government supplied EDS screening equipment.

MTTR Mean Time to Repair.

Non-Working Day City recognized holiday and/or weekends, Saturday and Sunday.

NTP Notice to Proceed.

OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Operator Synonymous with Contractor.

Operation and Maintenance Manuals

Manuals that were delivered to the City for the design, installation, start-up, operation and maintenance of the BHS.

Pd.M.

Predictive Maintenance shall mean techniques and procedures performed while equipment is still operating to determine when equipment is likely to fail. Performing Pd.M.

can reduce costs and provide higher system availability.

PLC

Programmable Logic Controller. An industrial digital computer control system used to control the BHS.

PM

Preventive Maintenance. A regularly scheduled task or set of tasks to inspect equipment, adjust, repair, maintain and/or replace so as to ensure no unexpected failures.

PMP Preventive Maintenance Plan. A description and timeline of methods and procedures of tasks to be performed for maintenance. Synonymous with Preventive Maintenance Schedule (PMS).

PMS

Preventive Maintenance Schedule. Synonymous with Preventive Maintenance Plan.

PPE

Personal Protection equipment.

Reimbursable Expenses

“Reimbursable expenses” are City approved expenses actually incurred and paid by Contractor in its performance of this Contract, which are reimbursed by the City in accordance with the provisions of this Contract on a dollar for dollar basis, with no overhead or profit margin added.

RFID

Radio Frequency Identification is a form of wireless communication that incorporates the use of electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum to uniquely identify an object.

SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition software.

Scheduled Maintenance

Synonymous with Preventive Maintenance.

SDS Safety data sheets.

Service Contract

Means the Maintenance and Management contract, in effect between the Contractor and the City as amended, revised, or replaced from time to time, providing for the maintenance and management of the BHS.

Skycaps

Personnel who assist the Carrier/Airline when moving baggage, typically but not always limited to the ticketing operations.

SLC IATA airport code for the Salt Lake City International Airport

(the Airport).

SLCDA

Salt Lake City Department of Airports (the Airport).

SMP Standard Maintenance Procedure. Written documents detailing the correct methods and procedures to perform a maintenance task.

SMS Short Message Service, a text-based form of communications sent from a telephone.

SOP Standard Operating Procedure. Written documents detailing the correct methods and procedures to complete a task.

Stake holders

Shall include the City, TSA and Carriers/Airlines operating at SLC as well as other parties with an interest in BHS operations and Maintenance.

Start Date

Means commencement date of this Contract.

SSI Security Sensitive Information controlled by USC 552 and 49 CFR parts 15 and 1520.

Sub-contract

Means all sub-contracts entered into by the Contractor with any supplier or sub- supplier of materials, furnisher of services, or any organization that may

Sub-supplier

Means Person hired by Contractor to act as agents or independent contractors in connection with the operation and maintenance of the BHS.

SWPP

Safe Work Practices and Procedures.

Tampering

Unauthorized work performed by any person or persons under the control of the contractor or whom should be under the control of the contractor, including any work which effects the operation of the BHS in any way.

Ticketing Designated areas in the Terminal where passenger baggage is loaded into the BHS.

TS

Technical Specification

TSA Transportation Security Administration.

UI

User Interface

UNIX A real-time computer-based Operating System.

USD United States Dollar.

Windows A registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation representing various computer-based software Operating Systems.

EBS Early Bag Storage.

SKIBIS Secondary Checked Baggage Inspection System. Primary for

Oversized/Ski baggage. A portion of the BHS is responsible for security screening.

SKIBRA Secondary Checked Baggage Resolution Area. Primary for

Oversized/Ski Baggage.