Attachment 14 - Giant Voice System Upgrade Contractor Questions and Answers - Amendment 2.pdf

Giant Voice System Upgrade Contractor Questions

Questions (Amendment 2)

1. Are strobes to be supplied for each of the existing speakers and with each of the new speakers requested?

No strobes for existing speakers. See Table 2 of the SOW for strobe requirements on new contractor furnished speakers.

2. Are the existing speakers to be reused with the new ICU equipment within each building?

Yes. All existing indoor speakers are to be used in addition to new contractor furnished per Table 2.

3. Can you provide details regarding the GFE modems to be reused for each SCU and ICU with the copper cable including the manufacturer, make and model?

DATA CONNECT ENTERPRISE IG96HFP-LV 100-0101d

4. How many local control units are required with each ICU?

The contractor is responsible to Engineer, design, furnish, install and test a turnkey GianVoice system per the SOW.

5. Just to confirm we can use as much of the existing installation infrastructure (i.e. wood Poles, Conduit, Brackets, pole mounting brackets, etc.)

Existing Infrastructure can be used, Brackets, mounts, screws etc. are NOT considered infrastructure.

6. Just to confirm we are to re-use the existing ACE3600 modems at the following existing locations:

a. (8) Indoor ISU

b. (2) Existing Control Stations

c. (6) Outdoor Siren location

See 1.0.4 of SOW.

7. Who is responsible for procuring the additional (2) New ACE3600’s modems; (1) for the Controller and (1) for the Seventh New Outdoor Siren location?

The contractor is responsible to Engineer, design, furnish, install and test a turnkey GiantVoice system per the SOW.

8. The request mentions providing (15) APX4500 Radios, to confirm can we add (3) more radios, one for each Central Control Unit (CCU)? For a Grand Total of (18) APX 4500 radios.

All required equipment should be provided based on the contractor design. This is a turnkey solution.

See 1.0 of SOW.

9. Who is responsible for bringing the copper infrastructure to the New Seventh Siren location?

N/A. No copper to the contractor installed seventh siren location.

10. For the new Siren location will 120/ 220 VAC be provided within 10’ of the Final Pole location?

See 3.1.6.4 of SOW.

11. For the new Indoor Speakers and Speakers w/ Strobes listed through-out the site are they to be directly wired into the existing Wheelock Safepath? Or is it acceptable to wire the new speakers into a new amplification unit?

The contractor is responsible to Engineer, design, furnish, install and test a turnkey GianVoice system per the SOW.

12. Are the Wheelock Safepath Panels configured as Mass Notification Systems (MNS) panels or as Fire Alarm Panels (FAP)? Considering that the SOW mentions the existence of Monaco FAP’s.

Current Legacy Giant Voice system is entirely independent of Monaco FAP.

13. Can it be confirmed whether all of the outdoor siren locations are pole mounted or if there are any outdoor sirens that are mounted on buildings?

Five current existing pole outdoor sirens; one current existing wall-mounted on building siren and one new outdoor siren location which is stated to be contractor engineer, design, furnish, install and test. See 3.1.6.1 - 3.1.6.4 in SOW new outdoor siren location requirements.

14. Section 3.2.5.2 of the SOW states "Aforementioned C2 bldgs. shall have new audible appliances installed, i.e., new ceiling speakers, strobes, and horns, IAW Table 2 of this SOW." yet states "Tables in this SOW serve as a guide only and shall not be used quantitatively for installation (i.e., ordering).".

Can clarification be provided to confirm if the new speaker quantities in Table 2 shall be used to quantify the number of new sirens? If not, what requirement shall be met to determine new speaker quantities?

The highlighted statement has been removed from the initial SOW; therefore, a revised version of the SOW has been uploaded to Sam.gov.

15. What Mfg is the current GV System?

The current system is a multivendor system.