SOO ECC Furniture 19 Arpil.pdf

Westover ARB

Statement of Objectives (SOO)

Emergency Communication Center Furniture

Updated 4/19/2024.

This SOO supersedes any previous versions.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control necessary to perform the installation of four sit to stand dual-surface 24/7 dispatch consoles and four 24/7 dispatch chairs for the new Emergency Communications Center at Westover Air Reserve Base. The consoles, commercially available sizes, will consist of two curved end units holding five 24" monitor racks and two strait units holding three 24" monitor racks.

Curved units will be designed to house five CPU's and the strait units will be designed to house three CPU's. Each 24-hour dispatch chair will feature a fabric made to be highly durable and resilient to spills and each chair will have a minimum weight capacity of 550 pounds and the minimum seat width of 26".

THE 4 WORKSTATIONS SHALL ACCOMMODATE BOTH STAND-UP AND SIT-DOWN POSITIONS IN ONE

UNIT AS DEFINED BY: ANSI/HFES 100 – 2007 HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING OF COMPUTER

WORKSTATIONS - dated November 16, 2007

Standing adjustability requirements are based on input device support surface heights specified in ANSI/HFES100-2007 p 80 sections 8.3.2.4. and monitor surface heights are based on surface heights specified in ANSI/HFES 100-2007

1.1. Adjustable Height Workstations

1.1.1. Stability – Function

1.1.1.1. Requires completely separate independent electric floor supported, adjustable work surfaces for both monitor and keyboard.

1.1.1.2. Console must demonstrate stability at full extension. Maximum deflection of ½” is allowed when a horizontal load of 100 lbs. is applied to the center of each work surface.

1.1.1.3. Each work surface (input and monitor) shall have a separate living equipment weight capacity of 300lbs. minimum which does not include weight of worksurface.

1.1.1.4. Console must meet Operator Clearance requirements of ANSI/HFES 100- 2007- p a g e 79 section 8.3.2.1.1 Method 2

1.1.1.5. Test requirements: Respondent shall include copies of independent test laboratory results indicating compliance with ANSI/BIFMA X5.5 – 2014.

1.1.2. Keyboard/Input Surface - Sitting/Standing

Keyboard Surface height requirements are considered paramount to proper ergonomic positioning. All proposers must clearly identify the height range of the keyboard/input surface and submit drawings illustrating adjustment range of product proposed for this project. Failure to submit drawings illustrating this range will render the proposal non-responsive.

1.1.2.1. Keyboard surface shall have static load capacity of 500 lbs. to prevent damage from users sitting / leaning on or using the surface as an aid in standing.

1.1.2.2. Keyboard surface must lower to 5th percentile seated female elbow height dimension (22") according to ANSI/HFES 100 -2007 8.3.2.4.3, Page 85 (Drawing) from the floor to the top of the keyboard surface.

1.1.2.3. Keyboard surface must raise to at least standing elbow height for 95th percentile male user (46.5") from the floor to the home row of keyboard.

ANSI/HFES 100 -2007 8.3.2.4.3, Page 85 (Drawing)

Keyboard Surface width must accommodate multiple keyboards or other input devices and shall provide room for note taking on either right or le� hand side.

1.1.2.4. Keyboard surface must be separately electrically adjustable with electronic controller having digital readout in one (1) cm increments to enable precise position replication and must have provisions for connection to network/computer for software used to control console from computer/device.

1.1.3. Monitor Surface - Sitting/Standing

Monitor Surface height requirements are considered paramount to proper ergonomic positioning. All proposers must clearly identify the adjustment range of the monitor surface and submit drawings illustrating adjustment range of product proposed for this project as well as the monitor mounting.

1.1.3.1. Monitor Surface must lower to allow positioning of monitor so that the gaze angle of the 5th percentile seated female to the center of the screen ranges between -15° and -25° from horizontal eye level. (ANSI/HFES100 section

8.3.2.2 – 8.3.2.3 pages 82-83 - Drawing)

1.1.3.2. Monitor Surface must raise to 48" to allow positioning of monitor so that the gaze angle of the 95th percentile standing male to the center of the screen ranges between -15° and -25° from horizontal eye level (69¼”) using a 22" monitor (ANSI/HFES100 section 8.3.2.2 – 8.3.2.3 pages 82-83 - Drawing)

1.1.3.3. Monitor Surface must be wide and deep enough to accommodate 5-24” for curved, and 3-24” for strait.

1.1.3.3.1. If monitors are stacked, monitor surface must be able to lower below the keyboard surface to maintain proper viewing angles for most users.

1.1.3.4. Monitor surface must be separately electrically adjustable with electronic controller having digital readout in one (1) cm increments to enable precise position replication and must have provisions for connection to network/computer for software used to control console from computer/device.

1.1.3.5. Monitor surface must be engineered to anticipate the possibility of technicians needing to stand or kneel on console to service equipment and shall be capable of supporting a 500 lb. static load.

1.1.3.6. Parabolic monitor rack shall be curved to match the cockpit shape of the workstation and achieve as close to equal focal lengths from the user’s eyes to the face of each monitor as possible and also position monitors for a view angle perpendicular to the screen.

1.1.3.7. Parabolic monitor rack shall be available in various sizes to accommodate up to 24” monitors and an individual weight of 70 pounds on a single or dual level.

1.1.3.8. Monitor rack platform shall be mounted on a movable platform which will permit a 10” focal length adjustment – from 19.7” (50cm) to 29.7” (75cm) with a maximum of 5 lbs. push/pull effort required to move all monitors simultaneously.

1.1.3.9. Mountingng rail shall permit unrestricted horizontal adjustment of LCD mounts anywhere on the rail.

1.1.3.10. Quick release monitor mounts shall allow removal of monitors from the front of the station. An appropriate length service loop of the cables lets the tech remove monitors and set them on the keyboard surface for a quick swap when needed.

1.1.3.11. LCD mounts shall provide for all VESA monitor mount sizes.

1.1.3.12. LCD mounts shall adjust 8” vertically to allow centering dissimilar monitor sizes on horizontal rail.

1.1.3.13. Monitor rack shall be designed to permit “stacking” of a single monitor up to a complete additional row without removal or disassembly of any existing monitors or any portion of the base unit.

1.1.3.14. Monitor rack shall have simple and clean cable management on the back.

1.1.3.15. Vendor shall supply premium quality cable extensions as required to reach CPUs in CPU cabinets and provide adequate length to extend CPUs for service.

1.1.4. Adjustment Devices

1.1.4.1. Adjustment speed to be minimum 1.5"/second.

1.1.4.2. Independent keyboard surface to be separately adjustable with electronic controller.

1.1.4.3. Manually operated controller shall not be located where it can be damaged by chair arms. Location under front edge of keyboard surface is unacceptable. Option of digitally integrated control system to provide secondary source for height adjustment controls. System to have ability to save unlimited number of users’ desired heights and personal control adjustments.

1.1.4.4. Safety finger clearance of 1½” minimum between stationary returns and moving surfaces or between moving surfaces of double surface tables is required.

1.1.4.5. Controller system shall include collision detection technology which will detect sudden changes in load to identify obstructions in the path of the moving surface. Collision detection technology to cause work surface to stop on detection of obstruction and reverse direction approximately 10cm to avoid entrapment of obstruction. Collision detection shall function in both upward and downward directions.

1.1.5. Laminate – Console Tops and Side Surfaces

1.1.5.1. Keyboard, Monitor and fixed height surfaces must be non-glare, 3-D

Laminate.

1.1.5.2. Edge shall be continuous from top through to the bottom of the surface.

1.1.5.3. Front edge shall be a chamfer style edge.

1.1.5.4. No seams between laminate and edge will be acceptable.

1.1.5.5. No edge banding or T-Mold edging will be acceptable.

1.1.5.6. Laminate surfaces to be fully balanced construction with Greenguard certified laminate on top surface and Greenguard certified backer sheet on bottom.

1.1.5.7. Backer sheet on the bottom of the surface must be a light color to improve visibility for technicians.

1.1.6. Laminate – CPU Cabinets, Drawer Pedestals and other casework.

1.1.6.1. Casework shall be Laminate to be Thermofused Melamine (TFM) in standard colors, 3/4" thickness finished both sides or approved equal. Doors will be 3- D Laminate with continuous face through edge material.

1.1.6.2. Cut edges, where exposed, shall be covered with edge banding, T-mold or sprayed sealant to encapsulate particle board core and limit formaldehyde emissions.

1.1.7. Console Control Electronics

1.1.7.1. All electronic control boxes which power the height adjustment of the surfaces shall be mounted in easily accessible location for trouble shooting.

Dispatchers and service technicians shall not be required to crawl under consoles and look up at the bottom of the surface.

1.1.7.2. All console control electronics shall be labeled for easy identification. This include cables, electric boxes, and pathways.

1.1.8. Acoustical Panel System – Specified to provide for cable management, visual separation of tasks and both sound barrier and sound absorptive functions. Consoles without panel divider systems do not meet base bid requirements.

1.1.8.1. Panel frames shall be minimum 14 ga. cold rolled steel – with powder coat paint finish and slotted uprights to support components at 1” centers or equal.

1.1.8.2. Internal Cable management within the panel frame system is required.

Please state your panel frame internal CAT5e cable capacity.

1.1.8.3. Stackable panel frames - Panel heights shall be vertically modular - The system shall be constructed in a manner to allow additional 18” segments to be “stacked” on base panel frames to change panel heights for future change or reconfiguration. “Stackable” components shall meet all specifications of 3.1.10.

1.1.8.4. Panel Top Caps - Flush mounted design to be removable without tools.

Top caps shall be available in standard powder coated aluminum.

1.1.8.5. Panel Segments are to be user removable/replaceable without tools.

Segments construction - 22 ga. Min. cold rolled steel casing - Class A interior finish flame spread/smoke developed certification.

1.1.8.6. Acoustical panel construction – All panel segment tiles above the worksurface height shall be of acoustical construction. Acoustical panels shall have 22 ga. min. Cold rolled steel casing with ½” compressed formaldehyde-free fiberglass insert and shall have a minimum .55 NRC (noise reduction coefficient) rating and a Class A flame spread/smoke developed certification.

1.1.8.7. Optional Premium acoustical panel construction –Tiles shall be covered with specified fabric and located as indicated on the drawings. From an independent, certified laboratory according to ASTM procedure C-423-08 shall be included with RFP in appendix D compliance table and shall have a minimum .75 NRC (Noise Reduction Coefficient) rating.

1.1.8.8. Test Requirements: Respondent shall include copy of independent test lab results indicating compliance with E84-09c Surface Burning characteristics of Building Materials in Appendix D.

1.1.8.9. Optional Panel segment types shall be - Powder coat paint finish, fabric over steel, airflow, and clear or frosted glass.

1.1.8.10. Test requirements: Respondent shall include copies of independent test laboratory results indicating compliance with ANSI/BIFMA X5.6 – 2016.

Attach test results to Appendix D Compliance Table.

1.1.9. Cable Management

1.1.9.1. Cable pathways must be easy for the tech to access from the front of the console. Consoles which require rear access will not be considered.

1.1.9.2. Monitor and keyboard cables must have separate pathways from the computer to the end point.

1.1.9.3. Cable entry path from computer cabinet to the console must have opening large enough for all cables and a hand to fit through. Minimum of 2.5” in height by 10” wide.

1.1.9.4. Cable bridge shall support cables from cabinet to console. Must have separate pathways for low voltage and high voltage.

1.1.9.5. Cabling shall be guided from CPU cabinet or panel enclosure to the monitor surface of the adjustable table in an energy chain with easy flip-up cable channel access.

1.1.9.6. Keyboard cabling shall be guided from cable bridge through energy chain to keyboard surface.

1.1.9.7. Cabling shall be guided through a 3rd energy chain from the back of the monitor surface to the focal depth platform to keep cables organized during focal depth adjustments.

1.1.9.8. “J” Channel under the monitor surface shall have enough internal room to hold all the cables and any power transformers. “J” channel around back of monitor surface aligned with grommets for management of cables / transformers and cable connections.

1.1.9.9. Supplier shall provide premium quality extension cables as required to connect monitors, keyboards, mice, and all devices to CPUs.

1.1.10. CPU Enclosures

1.1.10.1. CPU enclosures shall be available in sizes to accommodate mini-tower cases up to 8” wide x 18” high and be available in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 unit capacity.

1.1.10.2. CPU enclosures shall be a minimum of 29” deep (deeper is preferred) to accommodate CPUs and cabling.

1.1.10.3. CPU enclosure shall have at a minimum of two of the three front, rear and top access points depending on layout.

1.1.10.4. Work surface height CPU enclosures shall have option for the surface top to be hinged at the back and fold up to a safe resting position against the panel system. This provides top access to the back of the computers.

1.1.10.5. CPU enclosures shall be available in horizontal under the work surface configurations.

1.1.10.6. CPU enclosures shall have an internal motion sensing LED service light as standard equipment.

1.1.10.7. CPU enclosures shall be equipped as standard with active ventilation using a minimum of two (2) quiet, 28db (decibel) 45 cfm exhaust fans to keep electronic equipment cool.

1.1.10.8. CPU enclosures shall not be located underneath a height adjustable surface due to potential crush zones.

1.1.10.9. CPU enclosures shall be tested for strength and durability to

ANSI/BIFMA X5.9-2012. Respondent shall include copies of independent test laboratory results indicating compliance with ANSI/BIFMA X5.9 – 2012.

1.1.10.10. Supplier shall provide premium quality extension cables as required to connect monitors, keyboards, mice and all devices to CPUs.

1.1.11. Personal Controls

1.1.11.1. Personal controls shall operate LED task lights.

1.1.11.2. Two LED task lights shall be at each station. Light shall be dimmable and have 2 arm adjustment for user comfort.

1.1.12. Keyboard Surface Data Connection Center (KSDCC)

1.1.12.1 A KSDCC shall be located along the back edge of the keyboard surface to provide an easy, instantly accessible location to plug in keyboards, mice and touch screen monitors if so equipped.

1.1.12.2 The KSDCC shall have at least eight (8) locations which can be configured with either USB or PS2 ports, two (2) locations for RJ11, RJ45 or DB9 ports.

1.1.12.3 The KSDCC shall incorporate an integral wire management channel along the back side of the keyboard surface to provide a place for mouse and keyboard cables to be stored and easily retrieved by the user to re-position keyboards or mice for either right or le� hand use and to prevent cables from hanging down into knee/foot space.

1.1.12.4 Vendor shall supply appropriate number of extension cables of sufficient length to reach CPUs with each KSDCC specified.

1.1.13PROJECT CONSIDERATIONS

1.1.13.1 Any proposal which does not include all component parts included in this specification and the accompanying drawings or is incomplete in any way will be considered non-responsive and rejected immediately. Quoted unit prices shall be guaranteed for one year from date of installation – plus freight and installation – in any quantity.

1.1.13.2 Time of installation shall not exceed eight weeks.

1.1.13.3 Supplier must provide sufficient manpower, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, and quality control to complete the installation.

1.1.13.4 Supplier must provide training to base personal on the operation and maintenance of the new consoles.

1.1.13.5 New Emergency Communication Center’s furniture will have the minimum of a one-year warranty on the equipment and installation.

1.1.13.6 Delivery and installation will take place at Westover ARB. between the hours of 0700-1630 on Monday-Friday. Excluding Federal Holidays:

• New Years Day

• Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Washingtons Birthday

• Memorial Day

• Juneteenth National Independence Day

• Independence Day

• Labor Day

• Columbus Day

• Veterans Day

• Thanksgiving Day

• Christmas Day