RFI Responses.pdf

Fire Alarm Replacement James L. King Federal Justice Building

Miami, FL

GSA Building # FL0087AD

Request For Information

Number

Drawing/ Spec.

Number Additional Data (RFI) Request for Information.

Carbon Monoxide Detection:

The Building has a basement level for what seems to be enclosed Parking. Is there a Carbon Monoxide Detection System for mechanical ventilation at that level. If so, is it to be monitored by the fire alarm panel? Is the replacement of the Carbon Monoxide Detection included in this bid? If so, is there a quantity of detectors and of exhaust fans?

Basement Mechanical Rooms:

Are there duct detectors in the mechanical rooms at the basement level.

3 Security Systems:

Is there a list of individual security systems with which the fire alarm system is to be interfaced.

4 SCIF Please identify the quantity and location of any SCIF rooms.

5 Security Systems:

Is there a list of individual security systems with which the fire alarm system is to interface?

Elevator Machine Room:

Please identify Elevation Machine Room for Elevator #8. Confirm that the said rooms are not sprinklered.

7 SF Locations:

What does SF-1 serve and where is the actual fan located?

What does SF-5 and SF-5 Dampers serve and where are they located?

Where is SF-6 (elevator #8) located?

8 Stair/Elevato r shaft Fan:

Is there a documented sequence of operation of the existing Stair Pressurization Panel?

Suppression Systems:

Are there any Clean Agent Suppression systems in the building that are required to be monitored by the fire alarm system? Are there any other independent Suppression systems (pre-action) in the building? Is there a suppression system in on the 2nd Floor HUB room 20047 and Computer Room 20046? Is there a Ansul Suppression System in the kitchen on the 2nd Floor?

Additional Elevator:

On the Basement Level, there is a passage way from Elevator 8 that leads to another elevator that seems to be controlled from the adjoining Federal Detention Center. Is this Elevator #7? Please confirm whether the said elevator is controlled by the alarm system in the Federal Detention Center or it is to be controlled by the new system being installed.

Fire Alarm Replacement James L. King Federal Justice Building

Miami, FL

DATE: 4/22/2020

Solicitation #:

Number of Items: 20 Request For Information

Date GSA Response / Comments Response By Date Open / Close

Carbon monixide detection is required as part of the new system.

Rex Burch

No AHUs in basement Rex Burch

Door release from each floor to the stairwell. Rex Burch

None Josh & Ruben

No Rex Burch

Elevator machine room # is on the 9th floor. Rex Burch

SF-1 - serves AHUs and basment and is located on roof SF 2 - Stairwell #1 north SF-3 - Stariwell #2 south SF-4 - elevator shaft - 6 public elevators SF-5 - elevator shaft #7 SF-6 - elevator shaft #8 SF-7 - elevator shaft #9

Rex Burch

Yes. This will need to be investgated during the design phase.

Refer to HVAC drawings included with this amendment.

Rex Burch

No Rex Burch

No. That elevator belongs to the federal detention center. Rex Burch

Adjacent Building Fire Alarm:

There is a passageway between this building and the adjoining Federal Detention Center. Is there any interconnecting between the fire panel in the jail and the fire panel in JLK building?

Guard Booths:

Is there fire alarm annunciation required in the guard booth located on the North East 5th Street (North Side) of the building or the guard booth on 4th Street (East Side) the on the Ground Level?

DAS/BDA/ER

RCS:

Please confirm that there are no DAS (Distributed Antenna System), BDA (Bi-Directional Amplifiers) or ERRCS (Emergency Responder Radio Coverage) required.

Is It possible to include a complete replacement of the Fire Alarm System, using another Manufacturer? Is the Gamewell FCI – By Honeywell (E3) and exclusive manufacturer for the Fire Alarm System; this system appears to be limited to the Fire Command Room, so the replacement of the “Entire Building Wide Fire Alarm System” it may prove to be more efficient and cost effective if another fire alarm manufacturer is allowed.

15 Fire Pump

Please provide copies of the latest sprinkler inspection report. What is the size (GPM) of the fire pump?

When was the last sprinkler inspection? Please provide the sprinkler system service provider contact information

Elevator inspection report

Please provide the latest elevator inspection report and the Elevator Service Provider Contact

Building Automation

Please provide the latest Building Automation inspection report and the HVAC/Building Automation/Stair Pressurization Service Provider Contact Information.

18 Please provide the preferred program for project scheduling (i.e. MS Project).

19 Please confirm proposal due date. Were Solicitation Amendments SF30 forms issued for Amendments?

20 The solicitation has several references to the Statement of Work dated January 2020; however, the Statement of Work included in the Amendment 0002 package is dated August 2, 2019 (rv. 10/27/2019).

Please clarify.

General Fire Alarm Are there fire alarm as-builts available?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a current floor plan that shows the room names/uses in order to determine the actual number of notification appliances as well as initiating devices?

No connecction required between the fire panel in the jail and the fire panel in JLK building.

Rex Burch

Yes, remote annunciator required in Marshals Command Room located on the ground floor and also in the O&M office.

Rex Burch

The building does not currently have DAS or BDA system, however, a test should be performed as part of the base bid and if needed, a BDA system would be added as a contract modification.

Rex Burch

Any UL listed and FM approved system will be considered. Rex Burch

Included with RFIs

Not availible

Not availible

MS Project Josh Lockwood

Proposals are due September 18th, 2020. Josh Lockwood

The latest statement of work is dated January 9, 2020, Revision 1.

No Rex Burch PDFs will be provided with this ammendment. CAD files for the same drawings will be provided to the awardee.

JL

General Fire Alarm There is a stacked electrical room and a stacked telephone room across from each other on all floors. It appears the fire alarm riser is located in the telephone room and the return fire alarm riser is located in the electrical room. The electrical room appears to be separated from the remainder of the building by 1-hour fire rated construction. Will it be acceptable to re-use the riser conduit and pull boxes.

General Fire Alarm The intent is to provide distributed power supplies on each floor. Confirm that a power supply can only serve one floor. Running strobe circuits through multiple floors in a Class B format will not be acceptable, correct?

General Fire Alarm There are several areas (i.e., Front Lobby, Courtroom, etc.) where it may not be feasible to remove and re-install devices, conduit and wire. Front Lobby has marble wall finish and hard ceilings. Will it be acceptable to re-use conduit in these areas even though it may be 1/2-inch?

General Fire Alarm Will it be feasible to perform limited testing of the existing fire alarm system to ensure the interfaced systems (elevator recall, AHU shutdown, fire pump, water flow, supervisory, etc. are actually connected and monitored by the existing fire alarm system?

General Fire Alarm Does the new conduit have to be red?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a detailed list of existing fire alarm devices with description of location via the existing NFPA 72 Annual Inspection Report?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide the semi-annual stair pressurization report for both stairs?

General Fire Alarm It appears some of the elevators are only equipped with Primary and Secondary elevator recall. It also appears the prisoner and other elevator may not be equipped with primary and secondary elevator recall. Should we include 3 modules per elevator or elevator bank (primary recall, secondary recall and elevator hat)?

General Fire Alarm Will daytime work be permitted if it does not affect occupants (i.e., mechanical rooms, stairs, electrical closets, telephone closets, unoccupied areas, etc.)

General Fire Alarm What are the exact work hours for this project?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a list of doors that are locked and need to be unlocked by the fire alarm system?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a list of delayed egress doors?

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a list of magnetic hold-open devices that need to be released upon activation of the fire alarm system?

General Fire Alarm Confirm a U.L. Listed power conditioner will be required and that this is not the same as a surge suppressor.

General Fire Alarm Existing wall-mounted speaker/strobes are mounted too high. Will GSA accept the existing locations or will it be required to lower the devices per PBS-P100 and referenced NFPA 72 documents? If lowering the device, how should the Contractor price patching and painting the following surfaces: drywall (patch and paint entire wall or just install 2x4 or 4x4 metal plate); wall-paper (replace wall paper or install 2x4 or 4x4 metal plate), wood paneling (2x4 ior 4x4 plate)?

Yes Rex Burch

Correct Rex Burch

Yes. These areas will be approved on a case by case basis. Rex Burch

Yes Rex Burch

Yes Rex Burch Yes Rex Burch

Yes, provided it was performed. Rex Burch

Yes Rex Burch

Yes Rex Burch

6p.m. to 6 a.m. Rex Burch

Design team will need to fully investgatie this during the design phase. For pricing purposes, plan for connection to a total of 50 existing doors devices.

Josh & Ruben

Yes. Confirmed.

Josh Lockwood

Existing wall heights will be acceptable. Rex Burch

General Fire Alarm Confirm the existing emergency generator has the capability to be monitored for generator running and general trouble. If it is capable, this project must include this, however, if it is not capable, is the upgrade in order to monitor these two signals part of this project?

General Fire Alarm The underground parking garage (i.e., Basement Level) reportedly has an exhaust system. Is it the intent for this project to include carbon monoxide detection as part of this fire alarm system upgrade/replacement?

General Fire Alarm PBS-P100 requires speakers in the stairs and speakers on the elevator cars. Confirm upgrade of the elevator cabs and wiring to the elevator cabs is part of this project?

General Fire Alarm Will speakers be required in the ALL elevator cabs including prisoner or Judge's elevators?

General Fire Alarm Please provide the contact information for the elevator company in order to secure a quote to install speakers in the elevator cabs and associated wiring.

General Fire Alarm Confirm that a fire speaker is required in every room unless the design team fire protection engineer can prove by calculations that a fire speaker is not needed due to alarm levels

General Fire Alarm Confirm that there is NO exceptions to PBS-P100 statement "7. All fire alarm wiring must be solid copper wiring. Stranded wiring must not be used."

General Fire Alarm Based on visual inspection, the conduit in the Basement level is 1/2-inch. This is most likely the case in several areas throughout the building. Confirm that all conduit must be removed (not abandoned in place) and that only 3/4-inch conduit and flex drops are permitted.

General Fire Alarm Confirm that strobes are required in all areas where the public has access.

General Fire Alarm Confirm that strobes are required in all offices where there are more than 1 desk or where there may be a small meeting table (i.e., Judge's Chamber, etc.)

General Fire Alarm Confirm that strobes are required in Attorney interview rooms.

General Fire Alarm Will the strobe in an Attorney interview room be sufficient for the notification of the prisoner side or will a strobe be required in the prisoner side?

General Fire Alarm What is the height to the highest occupiable floor? PBS- P100 has different requirements for buildings that have an occupable level at or below 120 feet versus over 120 feet.

General Fire Alarm Please provide the evacuation requirements (i.e., fire floor-floor above-floor below with notification to all other floors outside of the zone, fire floor-two floors above-floor below with notification to all other floors outside of the zone or total evacuation)

General Fire Alarm Will the elevator lobby and machine room smoke detectors be programmed as a supervisory or alarm signal?

General Fire Alarm PBS-P100 requires a minimum of 2 SLC circuits per floor. Please confirm this is still required even though there are minimal number of SLC devices per floor (less than 10). Does this apply to the Penthouse Level?

No upgrade to elevator cabs, this will be waived. Rex Burch

No upgrade to elevator cabs, this will be waived. Rex Burch

N/A. See above. GSA BM

Correct. it is not the intent to have a speaker in every room but acceptable audible levels are expected in all areas/rooms.

Rex Burch

Correct, no exception. Rex Burch

All conduit is to be removed and replaced with 3/4 inch red color conduit or EMT. Some areas (case by case basis) may not be feasible due to finishes etc. , and should be discussed with the GSA FPE. Flex conduit is limited to 6 ft.

Rex Burch

Yes, Correct Rex Burch

Yes, Correct Rex Burch

Yes, Correct Rex Burch

Attorney interview room will be sufficient for the notification of the prisoner side

Rex Burch

12 floors + Penthouse above grade. Building height 190 ft.

One level below grade.

Rex Burch

Fire floor-floor above-floor below with notification to all other floors outside of the zone.

Rex Burch

Alarm Signal Rex Burch

Yes, Correct, and includes Penthouse level. Rex Burch

General Fire Alarm PBS-P100 requires a remote annunciator at the primary Fire Department entrance to the Building. Is there an existing annunciator at this location? Can you specify where this entrance is? If this entrance is the Front Lobby, how do you propose we deal with the Marble finish for pricing purposes?

General Fire Alarm During the meeting, it was stated that an annunciator is required at the O&M contractor's office. Please confirm this is the case as this would be the 3rd required annunciator (Fire department entrance, U.S. Marshals room and the O&M contractor office). This is in addition to the annunciator provided on the main fire alarm control panel.

General Fire Alarm Do the 3 locations that are required to have annunciator (Fire Department entrance, U.S. Marshals room and the O&M contractor office also require a remote microphone and full control of the voice activation system.

General Fire Alarm Please confirm interface with smoke control is not within the scope of this project other than stair pressurization and AHU shutdown upon activation of a local duct detector.

General Fire Alarm A phasing plan is needed for an upgrade project of this size. Replacement of the head end and the risers (Network circuit, SLC circuit, Audio circuit, Synch circuit, etc) should be up and running prior to beginning work on floors. Power supplies and amplifiers should be installed on the floors. The work on the floors could begin after this on a floor by floor basis starting top down or however it is best for GSA. If this rough plan is acceptable, this will help us price the job properly.

General Fire Alarm It does not appear the existing fire pump is monitored. If the controller has the option to monitor, we can include it, however, if it does not, please confirm upgrade of the existing controller in order to provide this is not part of the scope of work.

General Fire Alarm Can GSA provide a list of Air-handling units by location and cfm?

General Fire Alarm Exposed conduit noted in the Cell area. Will exposed fire alarm conduit be permitted in this area for the new fire alarm system?

General Fire Alarm Air-handling units in the penthouse were noted with duct detectors on the supply side only. If it is determined that the air-handling unit is greater than 15,000 cfm, is it the contractor's responsibility to install a new duct detector and associated shutdown on the return air side?

General Fire Alarm Please confirm that an approved, registered fire protection engineer must perform the actual design of the fire alarm and voice evacuation system in accordance with the 2018 edition of PBS-P100, Chapter

7. The fire protection engineer is required to be a full participant during construction (shop drawing review or preparatio, construction inspections, preliminary and final acceptance testing).

No existing remote annunciator at FD primary entrance; will require this at main entrance and GSA FPE will consider all options for installatioins on the marble walls.

Rex Burch

Yes, correct. Rex Burch

Yes. Rex Burch

Correct, stair pressurization and AHU shutdown upon activation of a local duct detector.

Rex Burch

Any phasing plan that is optimal for the project will be considered.

Rex Burch

Fire pump must be monitored per NFPA 20 , even if controller upgrade is required.

Rex Burch

Refer to HVAC drawings included with this ammendment. Josh Lockwood

Concealed conduit is preferred, but such areas will be considered on a case by case basis.

Rex Burch

Yes, correct. Rex Burch

Yes, correct. Rex Burch

General Fire Alarm Can the Superintendent, Site Safety and Health Officer and Quality Control Manager functions all be performed by the same (one) individual? If not, how many individuals should be included in contractor proposals for these division 01 functions?

General Fire Alarm Please confirm work hours required for the project. Can construction work be performed during regular weekday hours? If so, what work can be performed during regular hours and what work must be performed during weekends and non-regular hours?

General Fire Alarm Can the fire protecton engineer be the designer of record? Or, does a Registered Architect or other Professional Engineer have to be the designer of record?

General Fire Alarm Confirm the extent of hazardous materials abatement work required on the project. The soliciation documents reference excvation, disposal of excavated materials, and various other abatement issues, however there are no quantities or project-specific quantities identified.

General Fire Alarm Is there a previous building-wide hazardous materials assessment available?

General Fire Alarm Is a hazardous materials assessment required in the contractor's scope of work?

General Fire Alarm Is the contractor required to design and/or construct swing space for building occupants? If so, confirm the extent and locaiton of this work.

General Fire Alarm Confirm how many hard copy drawings and specificaitons are required with each design submittal.

General Fire Alarm Are any systems other than fire alarm (for example, security, door controls, controlled egress) required to be upgraded in this scope of work?

General Fire Alarm Are architectual, mechanical, electrical and structural record drawings available?

General Fire Alarm Confirm extent of architectural finishes involved in the scope of work (for example, can walls, ceilings, other finishes be patched or plated)?

General Fire Alarm Confirm contractor staging area - is parking, staging area, temporary office space available on site?

General Fire Alarm Is the contractor required to handle costs for after hours escorts if needed? If so, please provide the hourly cost.

General Fire Alarm Can shop drawings be submitted concurrent with the design development?

General Fire Alarm Please provide RFIs that were submitted from any prior site visits.

General Fire Alarm Is pump room monitoring to be ugraded?

General Fire Alarm Is connection of buildings or monitoring of other buildings included in the scope of work (for example, tunnels or other separate buildings)?

General Fire Alarm Will fire protection analysis including fire alarm design narrative as well as design drawings and specifications for schematic, design development and construction documents be required? Given the amount of issues anticipated in this facility, should we assume this is required for pricing purposes?

One individual can perform all. Rex Burch

After hours, 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. are the expected hours of operation for this project. Some non disruptive work may be considered during normal business hours.

Rex Burch

FPE can be designer of record. Rex Burch

Refer to statement of work dated 1/9/20, Rev 1. Section

2.7.3.1. and Appendix C & D. DB Contractor to perform a pre-alteration hazardous assesment during the design phase.

Josh Lockwood

An existing report is not availbe. No known hazardous material exisits in the builing. DB contractor pre-alteration hazardous assessnet to confirm. any required abatement will be handled as a modification.

GSA BM / O&M

Yes Josh Lockwood

No Rex Burch

Three (3) copies. Rex Burch

No, unless needed for fire alarm system to perform that intended function.

Rex Burch

GSA will provide whatever is available by archived documents. Rex Burch

Yes Rex Burch

Parking is not availbe onsite. Vacant space will be provided within the buidling for material laydown area. Protection of this area by the contractor will be required.GSA BM

No. JL

Yes, but subject to revision from review. Rex Burch

Included. Rex Burch

Fire pump is to be monitored in accordance with NFPA 20. Rex Burch No Rex Burch

Yes and Yes. Rex Burch