RFQ_QuestionMatrixIDS8April.pdf

Questions From Industry Government Comments/Answers

What is the height of exterior windows? It is not clear based on the spec vs drawings whether ground and first floor rooms with windows require motion/IDS.

Windows currently have bars. We have no plans to place sensors on exterior windows—dimension specificity is not required.

For the turnstiles, is there conduit/cable for the pinless badge readers, or does that need to be included in our proposal? If so, what is the material from the building to the turnstiles (concrete/dirt) and where is the ingress point at OBS1 and OBS2?

Yes, please include conduit / capable in the proposal. The material from the turnstile to the the building is paver stones

Will the cameras be mounted on new or existing poles? Is copper/conduit provided or need to be provided?

No poles in place. No copper/conduit in place. Full install required.

In the SOW, para 1.2, it stays there is 1 space that needs to meet ICD/ICS 705, but we are not sure from the drawings which space that is. Can you clarify?

Office Buidling #1 First Floor Room 9. Located on second page of Attachment 3 ‐ OB1 and 2 IDS input 15 MAR

21.

I am not familiar with the certificates listed in the combined solicitation document, item 4 under

Instructions to Offerors. Do you have an example or clarification on whether these are required and under what circumstances?

These are the documents required to do business in the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia. Obtained from the Ministry of Commerce and Investment, GOSI.

Are there any advanced CCTV features desired such as automatic video enhancement during events like sand storms/fog, analytics such as abandoned property alarming (e.g. objects left by the structure)?

Video enhancement and night vision for exterior cameras only. Also, refer to Section 2 ‐ Installation, 3.

Monitoring located in Attachment 1 ‐ IDS SOW 28Feb21.

Does the government have a projected award schedule (anticipated date to award and then estimated time to begin work post‐award once the notice to proceed has been given)?

The Government currently anticipates an award decision within a week of soliciation close. Information regarding the NTP and post‐award work is included in paragraph 16 of Attachment 1 ‐ IDS SOW 28Feb21.

Please provide the specifications for the cameras, including recording resolution and frame rate.

HD preferred. Exterior require video enhancement and night vision, and pan, zoom tilt. Interior cameras do not require PZT or night vision

None of the access controlled doors in the drawings have Locks and Request to exit button, please advise if these are required.

These are not required as part of this solicitation. However, offerors are ecouraged to provide additional/alternative solutions that they feel would be beneficial to the Government. It is recommended that additional solutions, not required by the current solicitation, are noted and priced seperately in the event the Government does not have a need for them. In the event offerors would like to provide a solution for "Locks and Request to ext buttons", the Government would anticipate a solution for access to Office

Building #1‐ First Floor‐Room 9 (OB1‐FF‐9), OB1‐FF‐8 and both hallway doors leading to OB1‐FF‐8

Please advise if intrusion sensors for the boundary are required? If yes, provide us the drawings and perimeter length for estimation.

None are required for the compound itself. For the ground floor of both office buildings and the turnstiles, yes

Ref. Section 2 – Installation, 3. Monitoring –

“CCTV shall be able to provide pan tilt zoom and night vision capabilities”. Please advise if all the cameras within the facility should be PTZ or provide us the list of cameras that requires PTZ capability.

Interior cameras do not require PTZ and night vision. Exterior cameras will require PTZ and night vision

Please advise if the system needs to have server level redundancy.

These are not required as part of this solicitation. However, offerors are ecouraged to provide additional/alternative solutions that they feel would be beneficial to the Government. It is recommended that additional solutions, not required by the current solicitation, are noted and priced seperately in the event the Government does not have a need for them.

13 Will a site visit be allowed at any time.

The Government does not anticipate holding a site visit at this time. If one is conducted the RFQ will be updated and vendors notified through

SAM.

Prove details about the number of buildings (only

OB1 & OB2) and connections.

There are only two buildings. The buildings are separate and do not structurally connect to other structures.

There is a fiber conduit connection between the two buildings. Buidlings are several hundred meters apart.

There are manhole covers to access the fiber conduits.

If there is any integration requirement and detailed Sequence of Operation.

We would like the Access Control, IDS and CCTV monitoring integrated into one area as indicated on the schematics—the control room.

If this is an existing facility or green field and any existing system in place.

The buildings are existing buildings/facilities. However, the Access Control, IDS and CCTV are new requirements.

17 Provide project specification. See Statement of Work and Instructions to Vendors

Provide the detailed system BOQ (i.e. ACS, CCTV, Intrusion detection) Floor/Building wise.

Attachment 3 ‐ OB1 and 2 IDS input 15 MAR 21 shows locations in and around both buildings where ACS, IDS and CCTV are required.

Kindly confirm if there is any limitation on the country of origin for the products.

Yes there are limitations. Refer to clause FAR 52.204‐24 Representation Regarding Certain

Telecommunications and Video Surveillance Services or Equipment (Oct 2020) in the RFQ.

If the civil work needed on the site during the project execution, can we use local labors to support our American’s Engineers and Technician?

Please refer to paragraph 2.5 of Attachment 1 ‐ IDS SOW 28Feb21 that states "All personnel performing aspects of this requirement involving security system installation, wiring, and systems configuration under this contract must be a U.S. citizens and possess a secret security clearance or higher." For manual non‐ technical labor, local laborers may be used. Any work that requires access to any components of the security system it self will require US Citizens.