B08_140L6322Q0027_-_Attachment_01_-_SOW.pdf

BLM Alaska – 140L6322Q0027 – SOW - Attachment 01

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW)

Installation of Fire Suppression System Room 178 Building 1541

1. Introduction

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Alaska Fire Service (AFS) has a requirement to install a fire suppression system for the AFS General Support System Data Center, Room 178 in Building 1541.

This project is to satisfy a requirement resulting from a Security Audit report generated on 5/14/2020. The report was named, "BLM General Support System AFS Security Assessment Report Final 05142020". Due to the security categorization (based on information types) of the BLM GSS, automatic fire suppression is required.

2. General Requirements

The contractor will provide all necessary labor, equipment, design, materials, installation, startup, and commissioning of clean agent suppression system for room 178 of Fort Wainwright Building 1541.

3. Qualifications

The contractor shall be regularly employed in the business of installation, inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of clean agent fire suppression systems. The contractor shall be a well-established business that has positive past performance experience.

The contractor shall have on staff a Field Supervisor possessing a current permit issued by the Alaska State Fire Marshal according to 13 AAC 50.13 in the appropriate classifications for the type of work required. The Field Supervisor shall sign all forms utilized for inspection, testing, commissioning and maintenance.

All workmen shall be able and competent to perform the duties assigned to them. In the case of skilled labor, they shall be technicians who are adequately trained and experienced in the trade, who perform satisfactory work. All workers will be under the direct supervision of a Field Supervisor.

The work shall be executed in a diligent manner in accordance with a negotiated firm fixed price and performance period. The performance period for the project shall be completed within ninety (90) days from the Notice to Proceed.

4. Administration

The contractor shall not conduct any work that is beyond this Statement of Work and accompanying specifications unless directed in writing by the Contracting Officer (CO). Any work done by the contractor beyond this SOW and accompanying specifications with the direction of the CO will be at the contractor’s own risk and at no additional cost to the Alaska Fire Service.

The Contracting Officer shall provide a Notice to Proceed (NTP) to the contractor. No work shall be initiated until the NTP is issued by the CO.

5. Responsibility of Contractor

The contractor shall be responsible for the professional quality, technical accuracy and the coordination of all services furnished under this Statement of Work. The contractor shall, without additional compensation, correct, replace or revise any errors or deficiencies in its services, materials or installed equipment.

The contractor shall verify that all materials installed provide an operational and dependable system that will operate as designed at the completion of the project.

6. Work Requirements

The contractor shall be responsible for all required materials, equipment and personnel to manage, administer and supervise the project. All workmanship shall be of high quality and performed in a skillful manner as determined by the COR.

The project is to install a clean agent fire suppression system in Room 178 of Building 1541, Alaska Fire Service. Room 178 is the network data center for the Alaska Fire Service and the Anchorage Dispatch Center. As such, the network and all its supporting equipment must remain in operation throughout the duration of the project. If any work is identified that requires the systems to be shutdown, it will only occur with the prior coordination and approval of the Contracting Officer and only for a duration specified by the contractor as absolutely necessary to complete the required work.

7. Contractor Requirements

a. The contractor shall supply system design and drawings, checkout and certification, and a minimum of one (1) room integrity test,

b. The contractor shall supply materials as specified in a provided bill of materials including detection and control systems and all suppression hardware (tanks, piping, supports, etc),

c. The contractor shall install the detection and control systems,

d. The contractor shall install system hardware,

e. The contractor bid shall include any freight costs for materials and equipment to the site,

f. The contractor shall supply the materials and commissioning to connect the installed system to the existing fire alarm system for monitoring and alarms.

8. Exclusions

a. The Alaska Fire Service shall block abandoned air diffuser in ceiling, clip ceiling tiles and provide and install door sweep,

b. Modification to the existing building fire alarm system beyond adding suppression monitoring points,

c. Fire, fire/smoke or smoke dampers as required to isolate room from building ventilation system during discharge,

d. Room sealing to meet discharge test requirements.

All materials and equipment incorporated into the project shall be new unless otherwise noted. The contractor shall transport and safeguard all materials including any debris resulting from the installation of the system. The contractor shall remove all debris from the worksite.

9. Period of Performance

After award and the issuance of the Notice to Proceed, the contractor shall complete all work within 90 calendar days. Extension requests of the Period of Performance must be submitted in writing to and approved by the Contracting Officer.

10. Warranty

All materials and workmanship must be covered by the standard manufacture warranty of no less than one year from the installation, commission and acceptance date.

11. References

a. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 13: Installation of Sprinkler Systems

b. NFPA 25: Inspection, Testing and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems

c. NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm Code

d. AAC: Title 13 Public Safety; Chapter 50 Codes and Standards; Section 35 Permits

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