Exhibit B2 - USCIS Security Specific Requirements.pdf

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Request for Lease Proposal (RLP) USCIS Specific Requirements

FSL II (Public Facing)

1. Site Security

2. Structure Security

3. Facility Entrance Security

4. Interior Security

5. Electronic Security Systems

6. Security Operations and Administration

FSL III (Public Facing)

1. Site Security

2. Structure Security

3. Facility Entrance Security

4. Interior Security

5. Electronic Security Systems

6. Security Operations and Administration

Exhibit B-2 USCIS Security Specific Requirements

Gov _____ / Lessor ______

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FSL II (Public Facing)

A risk assessment may determine the need for further or enhanced countermeasures to be included as part of this lease.

All level II measures in the GSA PBS desk guide apply plus the additional USCIS measures below:

1. Site Security

a. Illumination of entrances, exits, parking lots and garages:

• Facility entrances, exits, parking lots and garages will be illuminated to a minimum of 5 lumens, at all times.

b. Visitor Access to Control Parking:

• Designate employee and visitor parking areas. Use signs designating visitor and/or employee parking areas.

• Designate Government Official Vehicle (GOV) parking areas. GOV parking should be parking areas closest to facility.

c. Application of barriers (e.g., raised curbs, fencing bollards, planters, etc.):

• Will be determined during Preliminary Facility Security Level (FSL) Assessment.

• In new construction, CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) methods will be utilized to control flow of persons and vehicles. The use of natural barriers will be utilized when available.

d. Authorized Parking:

• Access to Government-Owned Vehicles (GOV) must be covered by video surveillance.

2. Structure Security

a. Blast Resistance Windows:

• Film will be applied to all external windows

• The Lessor shall provide and install shatter-resistant material not less than 0.18 millimeters (7 mil) thick on all exterior glass windows and doors in Government-occupied space, meeting the following properties - Film composite strength and elongation rate measured at a strain rate not exceeding 50% per minute shall not be less than the following:

o Yield Strength: 12,000 psi o Elongation at yield: 3% o Longitudinal Tensile strength: 22,000 psi o Traverse Tensile strength: 25,000 psi o Longitudinal Elongation at break: 90% o Traverse Elongation at break: 75%

• New glazing systems will be designed with a minimum ½-inch bite.

b. Blast Resistance Façade/Structure/Progressive Collapse/Under Building Parking:

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• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

c. Burglary Resistance of Windows:

• If windows on ground can be opened, they will be lockable.

d. Protection of Air Intakes:

• Lessor will provide an emergency shutoff procedure of HVAC systems and secure accessible air intake grilles from tampering and removal.

e. Security of Ventilation Equipment and Controls:

• Protect the systems controls from unauthorized access.

f. Emergency Generators:

• If provided, the Lessor will locate emergency generators, either pre-existing or installed as part of Tenant Improvements, in a secure area, protected from unauthorized access and vehicle ramming, if outdoors.

• The emergency generator and its fuel tank must be located at least 25 feet from loading docks, entrances, and parking areas. (If the 25 foot distance cannot be achieved, a combination of standoff, hardening, and venting methods must be implemented to protect utilities from vehicle borne improvised explosive devices of XXXX pounds of TNT equivalency).

3. Facility Entrance Security

a. Employee/Visitor Access Control:

• Occupant/Visitor Screening:

o Magnetometers and X-rays at public entrances. Magnetometers and X-ray machines will be installed by the Government at the public entrance.

o Armed security guards, provided by the Government, will direct the occupants and visitors through the screening equipment. Appropriate lobby and entrance/exit space will be made available for this purpose. This space will be considered part of the lease common area and not ABOA square footage.

• Lobby Queuing:

o Lobby should be designed to accommodate guard station, Magnetometer and X-Ray machine.

o The A&E firm will work with USCIS project manager to determine throughput and pedestrian traffic flow to minimize queuing.

b. Perimeter Door and Door Locks:

• Secure perimeter doors with non-removable hinges and electronic security system devices.

• Doors will have mechanical locksets for manual key override.

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c. Control of Keys and Access Media:

• Lessor will provide a key plan and provide high security locksets with interchangeable removable cores with core change key.

• Lessor will also provide construction cores to be exchanged with permanent cores at acceptance.

d. Emergency Exit Doors/Delayed Egress:

• All doors designated “emergency exit only” will be equipped with automatic door closer and delayed egress panic hardware with a local audible alarm with key reset.

• The delay time will meet local fire code requirements.

e. Door Hardware Schedule:

• See USCIS Special Requirements.

4. Interior Security

a. Blast Resistance Interior Spaces:

• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

b. Blast Resistance Mail Screening and Receiving Location:

• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

5. Electronic Security Systems

a. The Lessor will be responsible to provide and install all electronic security systems. The Lessor will maintain these systems and all associated security equipment for 364 days which will commence on the official date of GSA facility acceptance. The lessor is responsible for transferring all security warranty information and software licenses to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services at the end of the lessor’s maintenance responsibility; at which time the government will take complete ownership and maintenance responsibility through the remaining term of the lease. The complete requirements for the electronic security systems are provided in the attached Facility Security Specific Requirements (FSSR) for Electronic Security Systems. All security equipment will become the property of the government at the end of the 364 day period and at its sole option, the Government may abandon property in the space following the expiration of the Lease or retain the right to remove the equipment. The Lessor will be relieved of any liability in connection therewith after the initial 364 days post GSA facility acceptance.

b. All installed systems, components and devices will comply with all referenced codes, standards and/or government requirements. It will be the Lessor’s responsibility to ensure that the proper coordination between all trade divisions be accomplished so that the ESS system is complete.

c. The Lessor’s designer and installing vendor will be certified and/or licensed by the manufacture of the systems, equipment and components that they are installing.

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d. The Lessor will provide adequate training to USCIS personnel on the operation of all installed electronic security systems and equipment.

e. The Lessor will provide to GSA/USCIS shop drawings, product data, material list and/or cut sheets on all devices, systems and/or components which are to be provided under this scope of work. USCIS will review and provide comments on the provided information.

f. All ESS wiring will follow the USCIS cable plant standards.

g. In each USCIS Facility there will be three (3) major systems that are associated with the ESS. The general description of each of these three systems is listed below:

1. Intrusion Detection System (IDS):

• A complete and functional IDS system is required for after-hours monitoring of all ground floor windows, windows, roof access hatches, and doors that are exterior to the offered space. This will include all openings that would enable unauthorized entrance into the USCIS space.

• The IDS will include battery back-up power.

• The IDS is to include all devices, cabling, head end equipment and any other functional components which are necessary to secure the USCIS space and its operations. This will be accomplished by balanced magnetic switches, glass breaks sensors, dual technology motion detectors, duress alarms and keypads. Refer to the devices and descriptions included in the attached FSSR.

• The Lessor will connect the IDS system to the Government’s alarm answering service, the FPS Mega Center. [USCIS Project Manager will insert appropriate FPS MegaCenter in this block].

• The Lessor will be responsible for providing the analog telephone line (POTS) for the required communication to the Government’s alarm answering service. The Lessor will pay for and maintain this line for the term of the lease.

• In addition to the Mega Center alarm notification, the Lessor will provide an exterior audible local alarm to be located on the outside the building.

• This Lessor provided analog phone line will be installed in conduit from the location of the demarcation to the IDS auto dialer (see note in Alarm paragraph in LAN room requirement). This is to limit tampering or prevent damage. This phone line is to be equipped with line protection and monitoring so that the Mega Center is immediately notified if the Lessor provided phone service is interrupted.

• The IDS system and its devices will be individually zoned in accordance with Mega-Center Alarm Requirements.

• The IDS alarm will remain active during all unoccupied hours. The hours of operation will be determined during the design.

• The Federal Protective Service (FPS) maintains a standard equipment list that must be adhered to.

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• Training will be provided to USCIS and contract guard staff prior to occupancy of the building to insure proper operational procedures are followed.

• The cost of the Intrusion Detection System will be paid for by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

2. Access Control System (ACS):

• A complete and functional ACS system is required on selected doors as described in the USCIS Specific Requirements and the attached FSSR documents.

• The ACS will be capable of being connected to the USCIS Network. To be able to connect to the USCIS network the system, its equipment and components must meet all requirements that are specified in the attached FSSR document.

• The ACS will include battery backup power.

• The ACS is to include all devices, cabling, door hardware, head end equipment and any other functional components that are necessary for USCIS to control all access within USCIS space.

• The final locations and quantities of devices to be determined during the Lessor’s design of the offered space.

• As identified in the USCIS Special Requirements all identified doors will be equipped with contact/contactless card readers, door position switches, request for exit devices, electric strikes (or magnetic locks), commercial grade door closers, mortised door hardware with the required lockset, high security replaceable cores and needed keying .

• Keying for all doors will be set up on a keying schedule in coordination with the USCIS Project Manager, the Office of Security and Integrity and the door hardware vendor.

• The Lessor will be responsible for the required coordination between their door hardware vendor and the ACS vendor to ensure that the scopes of work are properly coordinated.

• The systems main control panel, server unit, switches and other required head end equipment will be located in the established computer LAN room.

• The ACS system and its components will be compliant with the required Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 / HSPD-12.

• The ACS administrative station, computer, monitor, and other necessary peripherals are to be located in the Security Office. This office will be identified during the design.

• The cost of the Access Control System will be paid by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

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3. Internet Protocol Video Surveillance System (IPVSS):

• A complete and functional IPVSS system is required to provide the necessary coverage of the Lessor’s offered space as described in the USCIS Specific Requirements.

• The IPVSS will be capable of being connected to the USCIS Network. To be able to connect to the USCIS network the system, its equipment and components must meet all requirements that are specified in the attached FSSR document.

• The IPVSS will include battery backup power.

• The installed IPVSS system and its devices will provide the necessary surveillance of both interior and exterior locations in and around the space offered to USCIS.

• The final locations and quantities of devices will be determined during the Lessor’s design of the offered space.

• Any required exterior cameras will be placed to provide proper surveillance of the secure parking areas, building perimeter and all building entrances into USCIS space.

• Where the offered space is a multi-tenant building, USCIS at their discretion, camera coverage may be limited to USCIS space.

• Provide all necessary NVR, controls, servers, switches, routers, CPU’s, monitors to ensure a complete and compliant system.

• The systems main control panel, server unit, switches and other required head end equipment will be located in the established computer room.

• Lessor to refer to the attached FSSR document for the system’s operational requirements.

• The cost of the Internet Protocol Video Surveillance System will be paid by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

6. Security Operations and Administration

a. Mailroom Security Considerations:

• Lessor will provide space suitable for the Government to inspect and screen all mail and packages using X-ray in the mail room.

• Mail rooms will be located on exterior walls with direct adjacency to bulk storage rooms. (See

USCIS Specific Requirements).

• If there is no mail room or mail room is located above ground level, Lessor will provide space at an existing screening location or at an alternative location in the Building acceptable to the Government.

• The space will be located on an exterior wall, 25 feet or less from an exterior door, with a stand-alone air handling system.

• The screeners will physically inspect items that cannot be passed through screening equipment before distribution to the Government agencies throughout the facility.

• This space will be considered part of the lease common area and not ABOA square footage.

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• All mail and packages not examined at a Consolidated Remote Delivery Site (CRDS) will be subject to x-ray screening and/or visual inspection.

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FSL III (Public Facing)

A risk assessment may determine the need for further or enhanced countermeasures to be included as part of this lease.

All level III measures in the GSA PBS desk guide apply plus the additional USCIS measures below:

1. Site Security

a. Visitor Access to Control Parking:

• Designate employee and visitor parking areas. Use signs designating visitor and/or employee parking areas.

• Designate Government Official Vehicle (GOV) parking areas. GOV parking should be parking areas closest to facility.

b. Application of barriers (e.g., raised curbs, fencing bollards, planters, etc.):

• Will be determined during Preliminary Facility Security Level (FSL) Assessment.

• In new construction, CPTED (Crime Prevention through Environmental Design) methods will be utilized to control flow of persons and vehicles. The use of natural barriers will be utilized when available.

c. Authorized Parking:

• Access to Government-Owned Vehicles (GOV) must be covered by video surveillance.

2. Structure Security

a. Blast Resistance Windows:

• Film will be applied to all external windows

• The Lessor shall provide and install shatter-resistant material not less than 0.18 millimeters (7 mil) thick on all exterior glass windows and doors in Government-occupied space, meeting the following properties - Film composite strength and elongation rate measured at a strain rate not exceeding 50% per minute shall not be less than the following:

o Yield Strength: 12,000 psi o Elongation at yield: 3% o Longitudinal Tensile strength: 22,000 psi o Traverse Tensile strength: 25,000 psi o Longitudinal Elongation at break: 90% o Traverse Elongation at break: 75%

• New glazing systems will be designed with a minimum ½-inch bite.

b. Blast Resistance Façade/Structure/Progressive Collapse/Under Building Parking:

• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

c. Burglary Resistance of Windows:

• If windows on ground can be opened, they will be lockable.

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d. Protection of Air Intakes:

• Lessor will provide an emergency shutoff procedure of HVAC systems and secure accessible air intake grilles from tampering and removal.

e. Security of Ventilation Equipment and Controls:

• Protect the systems controls from unauthorized access.

f. Emergency Generators:

• If provided, the Lessor will locate emergency generators, either pre-existing or installed as part of Tenant Improvements, in a secure area, protected from unauthorized access and vehicle ramming, if outdoors.

• The emergency generator and its fuel tank must be located at least 25 feet from loading docks, entrances, and parking areas. (If the 25 foot distance cannot be achieved, a combination of standoff, hardening, and venting methods must be implemented to protect utilities from vehicle borne improvised explosive devices of XXXX pounds of TNT equivalency).

3. Facility Entrance Security

a. Perimeter Door and Door Locks:

• Secure perimeter doors with non-removable hinges and electronic security system devices.

• Doors will have mechanical locksets for manual key override.

b. Control of Keys and Access Media:

• Lessor will provide a key plan and provide high security locksets with interchangeable removable cores with core change key.

• Lessor will also provide construction cores to be exchanged with permanent cores at acceptance.

c. Emergency Exit Doors/Delayed Egress:

• All doors designated “emergency exit only” will be equipped with automatic door closer and delayed egress panic hardware with a local audible alarm with key reset.

• The delay time will meet local fire code requirements.

d. Door Hardware Schedule: See USCIS Specific Requirements.

4. Interior Security

a. Blast Resistance Interior Spaces:

• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

b. Blast Resistance Mail Screening and Receiving Location:

• Use of construction materials which have inherent ductility and which are better able to respond to load reversals (e.g. cast in place reinforced concrete column construction).

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5. Electronic Security Systems

a. The Lessor will be responsible to provide and install all electronic security systems. The Lessor will maintain these systems and all associated security equipment for 364 days which will commence on the official date of GSA facility acceptance. The lessor is responsible for transferring all security warranty information and software licenses to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services at the end of the lessor’s maintenance responsibility; at which time the government will take complete ownership and maintenance responsibility through the remaining term of the lease. The complete requirements for the electronic security systems are provided in the attached Facility Security Specific Requirements (FSSR) for Electronic Security Systems. All security equipment will become the property of the government at the end of the 364 day period and at its sole option, the Government may abandon property in the space following the expiration of the Lease or retain the right to remove the equipment. The Lessor will be relieved of any liability in connection therewith after the initial 364 days post GSA facility acceptance.

b. All installed systems, components and devices will comply with all referenced codes, standards and/or government requirements. It will be the Lessor’s responsibility to ensure that the proper coordination between all trade divisions be accomplished so that the ESS system is complete.

c. The Lessor’s designer and installing vendor will be certified and/or licensed by the manufacture of the systems, equipment and components that they are installing.

d. The Lessor will provide adequate training to USCIS personnel on the operation of all installed electronic security systems and equipment.

e. The Lessor will provide to GSA/USCIS shop drawings, product data, material list and/or cut sheets on all devices, systems and/or components which are to be provided under this scope of work. USCIS will review and provide comments on the provided information.

f. All ESS wiring will follow the USCIS cable plant standards.

g. In each USCIS Facility there will be three (3) major systems that are associated with the ESS. The general description of each of these three systems is listed below:

1. Intrusion Detection System (IDS):

• A complete and functional IDS system is required for after-hours monitoring of all ground floor windows, windows, roof access hatches, and doors that are exterior to the offered space. This will include all openings that would enable unauthorized entrance into the USCIS space.

• The IDS will include battery back-up power.

• The IDS is to include all devices, cabling, head end equipment and any other functional components which are necessary to secure the USCIS space and its

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Page 11/14 operations. This will be accomplished by balanced magnetic switches, glass breaks sensors, dual technology motion detectors, duress alarms and keypads. Refer to the devices and descriptions included in the attached FSSR.

• The Lessor will connect the IDS system to the Government’s alarm answering service, the FPS Mega Center. [USCIS Project Manager will insert appropriate FPS MegaCenter in this block].

• The Lessor will be responsible for providing the analog telephone line (POTS) for the required communication to the Government’s alarm answering service. The Lessor will pay for and maintain this line for the term of the lease.

• In addition to the Mega Center alarm notification, the Lessor will provide an exterior audible local alarm to be located on the outside the building.

• This Lessor provided analog phone line will be installed in conduit from the location of the demarcation to the IDS auto dialer (see note in Alarm paragraph in LAN room requirement). This is to limit tampering or prevent damage. This phone line is to be equipped with line protection and monitoring so that the Mega Center is immediately notified if the Lessor provided phone service is interrupted.

• The IDS system and its devices will be individually zoned in accordance with Mega-Center Alarm Requirements.

• The IDS alarm will remain active during all unoccupied hours. The hours of operation will be determined during the design.

• The Federal Protective Service (FPS) maintains a standard equipment list that must be adhered to.

• Training will be provided to USCIS and contract guard staff prior to occupancy of the building to insure proper operational procedures are followed.

• The cost of the Intrusion Detection System will be paid for by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

2. Access Control System (ACS):

• A complete and functional ACS system is required on selected doors as described in the USCIS Specific Requirements and the attached FSSR documents.

• The ACS will be capable of being connected to the USCIS Network. To be able to connect to the USCIS network the system, its equipment and components must meet all requirements that are specified in the attached FSSR document.

• The ACS will include battery backup power.

• The ACS is to include all devices, cabling, door hardware, head end equipment and any other functional components that are necessary for USCIS to control all access within USCIS space.

• The final locations and quantities of devices to be determined during the Lessor’s design of the offered space.

• As identified in the USCIS Special Requirements all identified doors will be equipped with contact/contactless card readers, door position switches, request for exit devices, electric strikes (or magnetic locks), commercial grade door closers, Exhibit B-2 USCIS Security Specific Requirements

Page 12/14 mortised door hardware with the required lockset, high security replaceable cores and needed keying .

• Keying for all doors will be set up on a keying schedule in coordination with the USCIS Project Manager, the Office of Security and Integrity and the door hardware vendor.

• The Lessor will be responsible for the required coordination between their door hardware vendor and the ACS vendor to ensure that the scopes of work are properly coordinated.

• The systems main control panel, server unit, switches and other required head end equipment will be located in the established computer LAN room.

• The ACS system and its components will be compliant with the required Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 / HSPD-12.

• The ACS administrative station, computer, monitor, and other necessary peripherals are to be located in the Security Office. This office will be identified during the design.

• The cost of the Access Control System will be paid by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

3. Internet Protocol Video Surveillance System (IPVSS):

• A complete and functional IPVSS system is required to provide the necessary coverage of the Lessor’s offered space as described in the USCIS Specific Requirements.

• The IPVSS will be capable of being connected to the USCIS Network. To be able to connect to the USCIS network the system, its equipment and components must meet all requirements that are specified in the attached FSSR document.

• The IPVSS will include battery backup power.

• The installed IPVSS system and its devices will provide the necessary surveillance of both interior and exterior locations in and around the space offered to USCIS.

• The final locations and quantities of devices will be determined during the Lessor’s design of the offered space.

• Any required exterior cameras will be placed to provide proper surveillance of the secure parking areas, building perimeter and all building entrances into USCIS space.

• Where the offered space is a multi-tenant building, USCIS at their discretion, camera coverage may be limited to USCIS space.

• Provide all necessary NVR, controls, servers, switches, routers, CPU’s, monitors to ensure a complete and compliant system.

• The systems main control panel, server unit, switches and other required head end equipment will be located in the established computer room.

• Lessor to refer to the attached FSSR document for the system’s operational requirements.

• The cost of the Internet Protocol Video Surveillance System will be paid by the government through the tenant improvement allowance.

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6. Security Operations and Administration

a. Mailroom Security Considerations:

• Lessor will provide space suitable for the Government to inspect and screen all mail and packages using X-ray in the mail room.

• Mail rooms will be located on exterior walls with direct adjacency to bulk storage rooms. (See

USCIS Specific Requirements).

• If there is no mail room or mail room is located above ground level, Lessor will provide space at an existing screening location or at an alternative location in the Building acceptable to the Government.

• The space will be located on an exterior wall, 25 feet or less from an exterior door, with a stand-alone air handling system.

• The screeners will physically inspect items that cannot be passed through screening equipment before distribution to the Government agencies throughout the facility.

• This space will be considered part of the lease common area and not ABOA square footage.

• All mail and packages not examined at a Consolidated Remote Delivery Site (CRDS) will be subject to x-ray screening and/or visual inspection.

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