N4019222R2012_Amend0002_Attach(7)_6_ESR_D40_20220614_Rev1.pdf

FY22 National Guard Readiness Center WON 1674991 Barrigada, Guam Part 3 Chapter 6 D40 Fire Protection

Final DB-RFP Submittal

PART 3 - CHAPTER 6 / ESR D40 - Page 1

D40 FIRE PROTECTION

Refer to Part 4 Section D40 for performance requirements of the building elements included in the fire protection systems. Comply with the requirements of UFC 3-600-01, UFC 4-010-01, UFC 4-021-01, UFC 4-310-03 and all applicable referenced NFPA standards, except where modified by this document.

SYSTEM DESCRIPTION

Provide an integrated fire alarm and mass notification, and fire suppression system capable of notifying building occupants and controlling any fire that may start inside the facility.

Provide complete automatic wet-type fire sprinkler system protection throughout the Readiness Center Building and connect the main fire sprinkler riser to the underground domestic water as required.

Provide dry chemical fire extinguishing system integral to the POL laboratory fume hood.

GENERAL SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Provide working space around all equipment. Provide concrete pads under all equipment. Provide all required fittings, connections and accessories required for a complete and usable system. Install equipment in accordance with the criteria of PTS section D40 and the manufacturer’s recommendations. Where the word "should" is used in the manufacturer's recommendations, substitute the word "must".

All Design Documents, (i.e. Building Code/Life Safety Analysis, plans, specifications, and calculations) developed for Section D40 must be prepared by, or under the supervision of the design/build contractor's Qualified Fire Protection Engineer (QFPE), the Fire Protection Designer of Record (FPDOR). The QFPE must have no business relationships (owner, partner, operating officer, distributor, salesman, or technical representative) with any fire protection equipment device manufacturers, suppliers, or installers for any such equipment provided as part of the project. The QFPE shall be an integral part in every aspect of the design as it relates to fire protection, which includes, but is not limited to, building code analysis, life safety code analysis, design of automatic detection and suppression systems, water supply analysis (including witnessing hydrant flow tests), and a multi-discipline review of the entire project. This review shall be a part of the Contractor's design quality control program, included in the design quality control plan, and shall be documented and submitted with the design development submittals.

The QFPE's roles and responsibilities as it pertains to project milestones shall be clearly defined in the prime contractor's Design Quality Control Plan (DQCP), subject to government approval prior to the PAK meeting. The awarded Contractor must have a firm contractual agreement with a QFPE in accordance with UFC 3-600-01. Provide a copy of this contractual agreement at the project kick-off meeting. The QFPE must provide a copy of the QC Plan to government Designated Fire Protection Engineer (DFPE) at project kick-off meeting. The QFPE must have no business relationships (owner, partner, operating officer, distributor, salesman, or technical representative) with any fire protection equipment device manufacturers, suppliers, or installers for any such equipment provided as part of the project.

All design submittals shall meet the requirements of FC 1-300-09N, including drawings, specifications, and calculations. With each submittal, the contractor shall provide a copy of all comments, responses to comments, and indicate the location of any changes made in the submittal. Include internal QFPE comments and responses to comments. In addition, the final submittal must address all internal QFPE comments and re-reviewed by QFPE prior to government submission or it may be rejected. Fire sprinkler

PART 3 - CHAPTER 6 / ESR D40 - Page 2 and fire alarm shop drawing level designs with manufacture's catalog data, specifications and calculations must be provided by the Pre-final (100%) design submittal. Earlier design submittals must provide fire sprinkler and fire alarm drawings required by Facilities Criteria FC 1-300-09N.

The QFPE shall be present, at minimum, for the Post Award Kickoff (PAK) meeting. The QFPE shall be present onsite, at minimum, for initial field investigation, hydrant flow tests, firestopping inspection, 100% pre-final testing, and final acceptance testing with the government DFPE. Additional site visits by the QFPE may be necessary to ensure that all fire protection and life safety systems are being constructed and installed in accordance with the design documents, approved construction submittals, and manufacturer's requirements. Final acceptance testing shall be scheduled, at minimum, two weeks after 100% pre-final testing. The QFPE must submit all field investigation reports summarizing findings. The QFPE shall coordinate, collect, verify, and provide, record drawings and documentation of successful inspection and testing required by NFPA codes and standards. With the request for final acceptance testing with the government FPE, the QFPE shall submit a signed letter summarizing specifically what work was performed under this contract, including what items were interfaced (or not) that may have already existed, and that all contract requirements have been satisfactorily accomplished by the prime contractor.

Installation drawings, shop drawings or working plans, calculations, other required pre-construction documentation and as-built drawings must be prepared by, or under the direct supervision of a National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET) engineering technician as specified below.

NICET engineering technicians must hold a current certification as an engineering technician in the field of Fire Protection Engineering Technology with minimum Level III certification in the appropriate subfield.

Individuals responsible for work specified in D4090 must hold a Level IV certification in the Special Hazards Suppression Systems subfield.

Provide training for the active systems consisting of three (3) four (4)-hour sessions to accommodate all shifts of the base fire department personnel and allow for rescheduling for unforeseen fire department responses.

D4010 FIRE ALARM AND DETECTION SYSTEMS

Provide an integrated fire alarm and mass notification system, capable of notifying building occupants inside the facility. Provide a complete, electrically supervised, addressable intelligent, manual and automatic, annunciated fire alarm and detection system throughout the facility. The system shall be a voice evacuation type system and shall also serve as a mass notification system. These integrated systems shall be capable of notifying building occupants by means of tones, strobes, textural messaging, prerecorded and live voice announcements. The fire reporting portion of the system must be compatible with the existing base fire reporting system, King Fisher system for Naval Base Guam. Provide a complete and useable fire alarm system including manual stations, system smoke detectors, duct smoke detector, audio/visual alarms, fire alarm radio transmitter, electrical supervision of all sprinkler system alarm and supervisory devices. Mount the radio transceiver antenna below the height of the nearest lightning rod or protection, with supports shall be capable to withstand standard base wind load requirements per Naval Base Guam standard.

Provide connection for the indoor MNS to the base wide MNS per UFC 4-021-01. Base-wide MNS is a Federal Signal system. Provide transceiver, antenna, associated conduit and wiring and on-site services of manufacturer's authorized mass notification system technician to program transceiver into base wide mass notification network and control points at the receiving station equipment. Provide all equipment, devices, components, accessories, conductors, materials mentioned or not mentioned, communication links and system programming and optimization for a complete and ready for use system. The technician(s) performing the work shall be authorized by the base wide mass notification system manufacturer and factory trained in the installation, adjustment, testing, and operation of the equipment. System programming shall retain site specific operational programming (e.g. morning colors) that is unique to each control point.

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Provide a fire alarm control panel shall be installed in a location complying with the manufacturer’s temperature and humidity requirements, and capable of handling a minimum of 500 individually identified sensors within the main control panel. Provide addressable Class B Notification Appliance Circuits, Class B Signaling Line Circuits, and Class B Initiation Device Circuits meeting all necessary DOD performance requirements, with all wiring as permitted by NFPA 70 and conduits as allowed per UFC 3-600-01. All conduits, junction/back boxes, covers and couplings in all unfinished areas shall be factory painted red when provided.

Provide fire alarm initiating device and notification appliance in accordance with the room requirements section and UFC 3-600-01.

Provide additional LOC near on northeast exit door of main building, and in maintenance training bay.

Fire alarm and mass notification devices located at General Purpose Training Bay/Unheated Storage Building and Generator building will be connected and supervised by FAMNS control panel in National Guard Readiness Center Main Building.

Provide rechargeable batteries to operate the fire alarm system under supervisory conditions for 48 hours and all alarm devices for an additional 15 minutes, in accordance with UFC 3-600-01 and NFPA 72.

In addition, per UFC 4-021-01, secondary (standby) power should be provided as follows: immediately upon loss of normal AC power, the standby source of power shall provide a minimum of 60 minutes of mass notification at the maximum connected load.

D4020 FIRE SUPPRESSION WATER SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT

Base hydraulic calculations on the RFP water supply available for firefighting provided below. The information was based on results of hydrant flow test that conducted last March 18, 2021.The Contractor must perform a hydrant flow test in accordance with NFPA 291 to confirm the actual conditions of the water supply is better or equal to the information provided below.

Static Pressure: 80 psig Residual Pressure: 60 psig with 885 gpm Projected Flow Rate at 20 psig residual pressure: 1,601 gpm

Hydraulic calculation shall include all new underground piping to the base of the riser connecting from the existing water supply line. Provide a hydraulic demand calculation for wet-pipe sprinkler system at the most hydraulically demanding area, demonstrating the fire water supply can support the system and the hydraulic demand does not exceed the available water supply.

Provide the incoming sprinkler service with a double check backflow preventer assembly, and account for the standard pressure loss per UFC 3-600-01 and shall include the required safety factor on the water supply curve.

Provide a fire department connection to the building, accessible by fire department apparatus as necessary.

D4030 STANDPIPE SYSTEMS

Not used.

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D4040 SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

Provide wet automatic sprinkler protection to provide complete coverage throughout the Readiness Center Main building and Generator building with separate main fire sprinkler risers. Provide each main fire sprinkler riser with a riser check valve, vane-type flow switch and a control valve to include seismic bracing per NFPA 13 requirements as required, seismic criteria shall be under Guam seismic design category of the building. Provide fire department connection for each riser to serve the sprinkler systems and coordinate the final location with AHJ or base fire department based upon hydrant and fire lane locations.

For administrative offices, classroom and restroom, the sprinkler rate of application must be 0.10 gpm/ft2, K-factor of 5.6, over an area of 1,500 ft2 with hose stream allowance of 250 gpm for 60 minutes. For storage, telecom room, closet, electrical room, mechanical room and POL laboratory, the sprinkler rate of application must be 0.20 gpm/ft2, K-factor of 8.0, over an area of 2,500 ft2 with hose stream allowance of 250 gpm for 60 minutes. For generator building, the sprinkler rate of application must be 0.30 gpm/ft2, K-factor of 160, over an area of 2,500 ft2 with hose stream allowance of 500 gpm for 90 minutes. Provide quick response sprinkler head in POL laboratory room.

Provide quick-response sprinklers with ordinary temperature rating not limited to POL laboratory room. Area reductions use not permitted for quick response sprinklers. Standard upright sprinkler heads will be utilizing throughout areas exposed to structure and recessed pendant fire sprinkler heads with matching escutcheons throughout areas of the buildings with suspended ceilings. Provide white polyester sprinklers heads in conditioned areas and PTFE sprinkler heads in non-conditioned space. Sprinkler heads susceptible to mechanical damage must be protected with listed sprinkler guards. Sidewall sprinkler heads will be provided in telecommunication or electrical rooms, per NFPA 13 requirements.

Provide corrosion resistant sprinklers heads in all areas.

D4090 OTHER FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS

At a minimum provide internal fire rated construction as required by NFPA 101 and this section relative to the fire area as required to satisfy egress requirement. Limit the maximum quantity of flammable liquids in the building to those allowed by IBC per control area. Provide a 1-hour fire barrier between the fuel lab and support area per UFC 3-460-01. Administrative area, maintenance training bay shall be separated from storage area by minimum of 1-hr fire barrier.

For electrical hazardous area classification, refer to section D50 (Electrical).

For fire hydrants and site utility lines, refer to section G30 (Site Civil/Mechanical Utilities).

Provide dry chemical fire extinguishing system for protection of fuel laboratory hoods including other related work in accordance with NFPA 45.

For Knox Boxes to be installed at facility and security gate: Provide a UL Listed keyed fire department rapid entry system compatible with the Knox-Box rapid entry system currently utilized by the Installation Fire Department. System shall consist of a surface mounted box installed in a location specified by the Federal Fire Department Fire Prevention Chief. Documentation shall be provided to verify Federal Fire Department agreed to the final box location.

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