Attachment_01_SOW.pdf

Petersburg National Battlefield Scope of Work

Fire Alarm System Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Services

Service includes inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance of a variety of fire alarm and notification systems, equipment and components such as manual alarm devices, smoke and heat detectors, tamper switches, pressure switches, waterflow switches, remote and graphic annunciators, main fire alarm panel and components, voice alarm system, speakers and horns and other audible and visual devices, wiring circuits and junctions, all other alarm, detection and control and ancillary devices, and emergency power operations. Work will be performed between September and December of 2024 and may be repeated during the same time period for up to 4 subsequent years. Each subsequent year being an option.

CONTRACTOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

• Contractor shall provide all tools and supplies necessary to properly perform all annual inspections and tests in accordance with the latest edition of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, and all annual preventative maintenance required by the equipment manufacturer’s published instructions.

• The Contractor shall comply with all appropriate safety requirements. If the Contractor encounters equipment that is in a condition that may endanger life or property, the Contractor shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer of the condition requiring immediate action.

• The Contractor shall leave areas where he performs work neat, clean and orderly.

• The Contractor shall ensure that the fire alarm system is maintained operable at all times except during testing and maintenance. It is essential that the Contractor carefully schedule with the Facility Manager and Safety Officer all non-emergency shutdowns of the fire alarm system and that back up protection be provided by the Contractor any time that the fire alarm system is out of service for more than 4 hours.

In addition, regardless of the duration of the shutdown, the affected portion of the system shall be tested to insure that protection has been restored.

• The Government reserves the right to make any test or inspection it deems necessary to make sure that all performance requirements are being maintained.

• Each contract employee may be required to sign in when entering a building and state the purpose of the visit, (for example, scheduled maintenance, service call, or repairs) and sign out when leaving the building. Supervisory employees shall indicate their titles adjacent to their signatures.

• Security clearances are required in accordance with NPS policy.

• Non-standard services are those not listed in the Contractor’s proposal and will be set forth in individual work orders. Such services shall be negotiated with the Contracting Officer and services shall be performed only after the scope of the work, the qualifications of the Contractor’s organization to accomplish the services and the cost of the services have been agreed upon by the Contracting Officer and Authority Having Jurisdiction.

• The Government will inform the Contractor of any changes to the inventory.

CERTIFICATIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• The Contractor shall have available at all times a sufficient number of capable and qualified employees to enable the Contractor to properly, adequately, and safely perform all work required under the terms of this contract.

• Fire Alarm Technicians performing contract work shall meet the service personnel qualification requirements in NFPA 72 and also hold at least a NICET Level 2 (Associate Engineering Technician) in Fire Protection Engineering Technology, Fire Alarm Systems. Additionally, the Technician must have experience in the past five years in fire alarm system testing, repair, maintenance, installation, and related activities of buildings and equipment comparable to the buildings and equipment covered by this contract.

• Fire Alarm Technicians accessing the fire alarm control panel of systems shall be factory trained and currently certified for the operating system, including software version, of the particular fire alarm system, and shall provide documentation of this certification to the Contracting Officer.

• Licenses & Permits. Contractor personnel engaged in the activities specified by this contract shall be also required to possess certificates of training, licenses, and permits as required by the state or other local jurisdictions where the alarm system is installed.

• The Contractor shall provide to the Contracting Officer documentation of the certificates of training, licenses, and permits for all new employees not later than seven (7) days prior to that person beginning work under the terms of this contract.

The Contractor shall insure that all certificates of training, licenses, permits, and bonds are current and valid. All offers must include documentation and proof of the above certifications and qualifications for each employee.

INSPECTION, TESTING AND MAINTENANCE

• Perform all annual inspections, testing and maintenance in accordance with NFPA 72.

• Within 30 days of receiving the delivery order, the Contractor shall submit to the

Contracting Officer a proposed work schedule for each fire alarm system.

• Within 14 days after completing the inspection and testing, the Contractor will provide the Contracting Officer a typed Inspection and Testing Report that includes all the information required by NFPA 72. The report shall also include any deficiencies to equipment noted during the testing, and individual costs to correct each deficiency noted. Each cost shall itemize both a parts cost and a labor cost.

• Devices that cannot be calibrated, tested, or serviced in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations shall be reported as a deficiency.

• Before proceeding with any testing, the Contractor shall coordinate the notification of all persons and facilities that receive alarm, supervisory or trouble signals. The Contractor shall contact the Facility Manager and Safety Officer for assistance in coordinating any service.

• The Contractor may be required to perform some inspections and tests outside the normal working hours of the building occupants. Any scheduled work that is disruptive to the tenants (testing audible devices, elevator capture, fan shutdown, etc.) shall be performed after the building occupant’s normal working hours, unless otherwise permitted by the facility manager.

Any damage to the fire alarm or associated equipment (e.g. fans, elevators, generators, pumps) caused by the Contractor shall be repaired by the Contractor at no additional cost to the Government

Delivery address:

Petersburg National Battlefield 1539 Hickory Hill Road Petersburg, VA 23803

Attn: Charles Aznive