PWS_FIRE ALARM SYSTEM_B335.pdf

28 April 2023

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT B335

LITTLE ROCK AFB, AR 72099

1. DISCRIPTION OF SERVICES

1.1. The contractor shall provide all qualified personnel, transportation, tools, equipment, drawings, materials and services required to install a new FCI/Monaco fire alarm operating matrix/mass notification system at B335. The contractor shall accomplish all services below to meet the requirements of this Performance Work Statement (PWS). Work shall be in regulatory compliance with all Federal, State and local regulations, codes, IAW, UFC, NFPA and license requirements. Work shall be accomplished within 60 days of award.

1.2. The requirements official has determined that none of the services to be performed are inherently governmental.

2. SAFETY AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

2.1. The fire alarm systems are located in mech room and throughout building 335. Contractor shall coordinate with Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for access to building 335. It’s estimated that 100% of the work will need to be performed during normal working hours of 0800-1600 M-F excluding federal holidays and will not be considered as overtime hours.

Contractor shall be escorted by government personnel for access to building 335. The intent is to complete all work within 60 calendar days. Escort shall be provided by LRAFB.

2.2. Pre-Install Requirements: Before services are commenced, the contractor shall inspect the work site and ascertain all information for the diligent performance of the service(s). The contractor shall notify the ordering agency of any conditions that prevent the suitable completion of these services to include operations that could endanger Government personnel or property and require appropriate abatement action. If the contractor discovers problems associated with the work after starting, he or she shall immediately notify the Contracting Officer (CO) for their approval if the work is to continue. Coordinate with the Government designated representative to have utilities/fire alarms etc…turned on or off during the competition of the task.

2.3. Disposal of waste: All waste disposals are the responsibility of the contractor to include any fees or permits. Recycling containers may be provided if needed for the operation.

Coordinate through your government representative or COR.

2.4. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with all environmental regulations on disposal.

2.5. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with all Arkansas Fire Prevention Code regulations. Contractor must use newest regulations.

2.6. All work shall be accomplished in accordance with all UFGS 28 31 76, UFC 3-600-01, UFC 4-021-01 and UFC 4-010-06. Contractor must use newest regulations.

2.6. Clean/wipe/vacuum all floors, furniture and flat surface areas to ensure the work area is clean from all work done. Protection of the work area is a must.

3. WORK REQUIREMENTS

3.1. Drawings provided by the contractor.

3.1.1. Contractor shall provide drawings including control unit, batteries and charger (if remotely mounted), supervising stations transceiver, annunciator, primary power supply, remote annunciator, detectors, notification appliances (unless performance requirements are specified), and each alarm initiating device including fire extinguishing system equipment.

3.1.2. Contractor shall show single-line fire alarm/mass notification systems riser diagram. Each device on riser should be identified by type. Indicate connection of equipment.

3.1.3. Contractor shall show fire alarm operating matrix/mass notification system must be placed on the drawings. Show actions of input devices such as detectors, manual stations, waterflow switches, initiating devices, etc. on one axis and output functions such as door releases, smoke control fans, elevator relays, indicating/notification appliances etc. on the other. Entries which require descriptions, explanation of processes, sequences, interfaces, etc. can be flagged by symbols keyed to supplementary notes. Alternately provide a zone-by-zone sequence of operation or a schedule identifying all initiators, outputs, and interfaces.

3.1.4. Contractor shall show addressable Fire Alarm Systems generally utilize Signal Line Circuits (SLC) for communication between devices. Normally all devices are addressable or will have an addressable interface device installed integrally with the device. Initiating Device Circuits (IDC) should be provided for interfacing to existing IDC loops or connection between non-addressable devices and the SLC.

3.1.5. This work includes designing and providing a new, complete, fire alarm and mass notification (MNS) system as described herein and contract drawings at building 335. Include system wiring, raceways, pull boxes, terminal cabinets, outlet and mounting boxes, control equipment, initiating devices, notification appliances, supervising station fire alarm transmitters/mass notification transceiver, and other accessories and miscellaneous items required for a complete operational system even though each item is not specifically mentioned or described. Provide systems complete and ready for operation. Existing interior fire alarm system was manufactured by Monaco. Design and installation must comply with UFGS 25 05 11, UFC 4-010-06 and AFGM 2019-320-02.

3.1.6. Contractor shall provide equipment, materials, installation, workmanship, inspection, and testing in strict accordance with NFPA 72, except as modified herein. The system layout on the drawings shows the intent of coverage and suggested locations. Final quantity, system layout, and coordination are the responsibility of the Contractor.

3.1.7. Each remote fire alarm control unit must be powered from a wiring riser specifically for that use or from a local emergency power panel located on the same floor as the remote fire alarm control unit. Where remote fire control units are provided, equipment for notification appliances may be located in the remote fire alarm control units.

3.1.8. Where an emergency generator provides standby power supply for life safety system circuits, the generator must be monitored by the Fire Alarm Control Unit (FACU) and transmit emergency generator signals in accordance with NFPA 72.

3.1.9. The fire alarm and mass notification system must be independent of the building security, building management, and energy/utility monitoring systems other than for control functions.

3.2. Contractor must provide all materials and equipment.

3.2.1. Provide all materials, equipment, and devices that have been tested by a nationally recognized testing laboratory and listed for fire protection service when so required by NFPA 72 or this specification. Select material from one manufacturer – FCI/Monaco, where possible, and not a combination of manufacturers, for any classification of materials. Material and equipment must be the standard products of a manufacturer regularly engaged in the manufacture of the products for at least 2 years prior to bid opening.

3.2.2. Major components of equipment must have the manufacturer's name, address, type or style, model or serial number, catalog number, date of installation, installing Contractor's name and address, and the contract number provided on a new name plate permanently affixed to the item or equipment. Major components include, but are not limited to, the following:

3.2.2.1. FACU Nameplates must be etched metal or plastic, permanently attached by screws to control units or adjacent walls.

3.2.3. Keys and locks for equipment, control units and devices must be identical. Master all keys and locks to a single key as required by the Installation Fire Department.

3.2.4. Provide a typeset printed or typewritten instruction card mounted behind a glass cover in a stainless-steel frame. Install the instructions on the interior of the FACU. The card must show those steps to be taken by an operator when a signal is received as well as the functional operation of the system under all conditions, normal, alarm, supervisory, and trouble. The instructions must also include procedures for operating live voice microphones. The instructions and their mounting location must be approved by the Contracting Officer before being posted.

3.3. Fire alarm (FACU) and mass notification (MNS) control unit provided by the contractor.

3.3.1. Contractors must provide a complete fire alarm (FACU) and mass notification control unit (MNS) fully enclosed in a lockable steel cabinet as specified herein. Operations required for testing or for normal care, maintenance, and use of the system must be performed from the front of the enclosure. If more than a single unit is required at a location to form a complete control unit, the unit cabinets must match exactly. The system must be capable of defining any module as an alarm module and report alarm trouble, loss of polling, or as a supervisory module, and reporting supervisory short, supervisory open or loss of polling such as waterflow switches, valve supervisory switches, fire pump monitoring, independent smoke detection systems, relays for output function actuation.

3.3.2. Contractor must install control unit components in cabinets large enough to accommodate all components and to allow ample gutter space for interconnection of control units as well as field wiring. The cabinet must be a sturdy steel housing, complete with back box, hinged steel door with cylinder lock, and surface mounting provisions. The enclosure must be identified by an engraved phenolic resin nameplate. Lettering on the nameplate must say "Fire Alarm and Mass Notification control unit" and must not be less than 25 mm 1-inch high. Provide prominent rigid plastic or metal identification plates for lamps, circuits, meters, fuses, and switches.

3.3.3. Provide an alarm silencing switch at the FACU that must silence the audible and visual notification appliances. Subsequent activation of initiating devices must cause the notification appliances to re-activate.

3.3.4. Provide supervisory and trouble silencing switch(es) that must silence the audible trouble and supervisory signal(s), but not extinguish the visual indicator. This switch must be overridden upon activation of a subsequent supervisory or trouble condition. Audible trouble indication must resound automatically every 24 hours after the silencing feature has been operated if the supervisory or trouble condition still exists.

3.3.5. Power and supervise each circuit such that a signal from one device does not prevent the receipt of signals from any other device. Initiating devices must be manually reset by switch from the FACU after the initiating device or devices have been restored to normal.

3.3.6. The Audible Notification System must comply with the requirements of NFPA 72 for Emergency Voice/Alarm Communications System requirements except as specified herein. The system must be a one-way, multi-channel voice notification system incorporating user select ability of a minimum eight distinct sounds for tone signaling, and the incorporation of a voice module for delivery of recorded messages. Audible appliances must produce a three-pulse temporal pattern for three cycles followed by a voice message that is repeated until the control unit is reset or silenced. Automatic messages must be broadcast through speakers throughout the building/facility but not in stairs or elevator cabs. A live voice message must override the automatic audible output through use of a microphone input at the control unit or the LOC.

3.3.7. The Little Rock AFB Standardized Mass Notification Messages must be used.

3.3.8. Provide a firefighter telephone communication system with complete, common talk, closed circuits. The system must include, but not be limited to, a master control station mounted in the fire alarm control unit, a power supply and standby battery system, and remote telephone stations.

3.3.9. Contractor shall use UFGS 28.31.76 for all equipment and materials that must be provided.

3.4. Installation

3.4.1. Locate the FACU where indicated on the drawings. The FACU must be located in conditioned space. Conductor terminations must be labeled and a drawing containing conductor, their labels, their circuits, and their interconnection must be permanently mounted in the FACU.

Locate the document storage cabinet adjacent to the FACU unless the Contracting Officer directs otherwise.

3.4.2. When batteries will not fit in the FACU, locate battery cabinets below or adjacent to the FACU. Battery cabinets must be installed at an accessible location when standing at floor level.

Installing batteries above drop ceilings or in inaccessible locations is prohibited. Battery cabinets must be large enough to accommodate batteries and to allow ample gutter space for interconnection of control units as well as field wiring. The cabinet must be provided in a sturdy steel housing, complete with back box, hinged steel door with cylinder lock, and surface mounting provisions. The cabinet must be identified by an engraved phenolic resin nameplate.

Lettering on the nameplate must indicate the control unit(s) the batteries power and must not be less than 25 mm1- inch high.

3.4.3. Locate manual stations as required by NFPA 72 and as indicated on the drawings. Mount stations so they are located no farther than 1.5 m 5 feet from the exit door they serve, measured horizontally. Manual stations must be mounted at to the operating handle.

3.4.4. Locate smoke and heat detectors as indicated on the drawings. Install heat detectors not less than 100 mm 4 inches from a side wall to the near edge. Heat detectors located on the wall must have the top of the detector at least 100 mm 4 inches below the ceiling, but not more than 300 mm 12 inches below the ceiling. Smoke detectors are permitted to be on the wall no lower than 300 mm 12 inches from the ceiling with no minimum distance from the ceiling. In raised floor spaces, install the smoke detectors to protect 21 square meters 225 square feet per detector.

Install smoke detectors no closer than 1 m 3 feet from air handling supply diffusers. Detectors installed in acoustical ceiling tiles must be centered in the tiles plus or minus 50 mm 2 inches.

3.4.5. Locate carbon monoxide detectors as indicated on the drawings on a 100-mm 4-inch mounting box. Carbon monoxide detectors must be installed separate from smoke and/or heat detectors.

3.4.6. Locate the graphic annunciator as shown on the drawings. Mount the annunciator, with the top 1830 mm 6 feet above the finished floor or center the annunciator at 1525 mm 5 feet, whichever is lower.

3.4.7. Locate the LCD annunciator as shown on the drawings. Mount the annunciator, with the top 2 m 6 feet above the finished floor or center the annunciator at 1.5 m 5 feet, whichever is lower.

3.4.8. Locate the LOC(s) as required by NFPA 72 and UFC 4-021-01 as indicated. Mount the so that the top message button and microphone is no higher than 1200 mm 4 feet above the floor and the bottom (lowest) message button and microphone is at least 1-meter 3 feet above the finished floor.

3.4.9. Provide ceiling bridges for ceiling-mounted appliances. Ceiling bridges must be as recommended/required by the manufacturer of the ceiling-mounted notification appliance.

3.4.10. Provide wiring installed in a neat and workman like manner and installed parallel with or at right angles to the sides and back of any box, enclosure, or cabinet. Protect all fire wall and smoke wall penetrations with a UL approved system. Conductors that are terminated, spliced, or otherwise interrupted in any enclosure, cabinet, mounting, or junction box must be connected to screw-type terminal blocks. Mark each terminal in accordance with the wiring diagrams of the system. The use of wire nuts or similar devices is prohibited. Wiring to conform with NFPA 70.

3.4.11. Labeling of conductors at terminal blocks in terminal cabinets, FACU and the LOC must be provided at each conductor connection. Each conductor or cable must have a shrink-wrap label to provide a unique and specific designation. Each terminal cabinet, FACU, and remote FACU must contain a laminated drawing that indicates each conductor, its label, circuit, and terminal. The laminated drawing must be neat, using 12-point lettering minimum size, and mounted within each cabinet, control unit, or unit so that it does not interfere with the wiring or terminals. Maintain existing color code scheme were connecting to existing equipment.

3.5. Disconnection and removal of existing system.

3.5.1. Maintain existing fire alarm/mass notification equipment fully operational until the new equipment has been tested and accepted by the Contracting Officer. As new equipment is installed, label it "NOT IN SERVICE" until the new equipment is accepted. Once the new system is completed, tested, and accepted by the Government, it must be placed in service and connected to the supervising station. Remove tags from new equipment and tag the existing equipment "NOT IN SERVICE" until removed from the building. No decommissioned equipment is permitted to be abandoned in place.

3.5.2. Contractor shall use UFGS 28.31.76 for all disconnection and removal of existing system instructions.

3.5.3. All fire and smoke wall penetrations will be closed with UL approved systems.

3.6. Pre-Government Testing

3.6.1. Conduct inspections and tests to ensure that devices and circuits are functioning properly.

Tests must meet the requirements of paragraph entitled "Minimum System Tests" as required by NFPA 72. The contractor and an authorized representative from each supplier of equipment must be in attendance at the pre-Government testing to make necessary adjustments. After inspection and testing is complete, provide a signed Verification of Compliant Installation letter by the QFPE that the installation is complete, compliant with the specification and fully operable. The letter must include the names and titles of the witnesses to the pre-Government tests. Provide all completion documentation as required by NFPA 72 including all referenced annex sections and the test reports.

3.6.2. When the verification of compliant installation has been completed, submit a formal request for Government final test to the Contracting Officer's Representative (COR).

Government final testing will not be scheduled until the DFPE has received copies of the request for Government final testing and Verification of Compliant Installation letter with all required reports. Government final testing will not be performed until after the connections to the installation-wide fire reporting system and the installation-wide mass notification system have been completed and tested to confirm communications are fully functional. Submit request for test at least 15 calendar days prior to the requested test date.

3.6.3. If equipment was found to be defective or non-compliant with contract requirements, perform corrective actions and repeat the tests. Tests must be conducted and repeated, if necessary, until the system has been demonstrated to comply with all contract requirements.

3.6.4. The tests must be performed in accordance with the approved test procedures in the presence of the DFPE. Furnish instruments and personnel required for the tests.

3.6.5. Contractor shall use UFGS 28.31.76 for all final testing requirements.

4. GOVERNMENT FURNISHED EQUIPMENT - None

5. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

5.1. Contractor personnel and vehicles must possess appropriate passes. These shall be obtained from Installation Security Forces Pass and ID at the Vehicle Inspection Center.

5.2. The Contractor is subject to all installation fire, safety, security, and traffic regulations.

5.3. The Government contracts on the understanding that the Contractor is complying with applicable laws concerning workplace safety.

5.4. The Contractor is subject to all citations and penalties for violation of applicable workplace safety laws. The burden of compliance rests with the Contractor. Enforcement of workplace safety laws is the responsibility of the agency specified in the applicable law.

5.5. The Contracting Officer may notify the Contractor of hazards in Contractor operations that endanger Government personnel or property and require appropriate action. This provision does not constitute assumption of liability for Occupational Safety and Health compliance on the part of the Government or negate other agency responsibility for enforcement of applicable laws.

5.6. Accident prevention principles must be thoroughly integrated into all operations. Unsafe conditions and practices, as identified by the designated representative, must be corrected immediately.

5.7. Contractor Employees: While on the installation, the contractor shall not employ persons for work on this contract if such employee is identified to the contractor by the Contracting Officer as a potential threat to the health, safety, security, general well-being or operational mission of the installation and its population. Contractor personnel shall present a neat appearance and be easily recognized as contractor employees. This may be accomplished by wearing distinctive clothing bearing the name of the organization or by wearing appropriate badges containing the organization's name and the employee's name. Contractor personnel must wear issued base identification cards at all times while on the installation.

5.8. Service contracts shall require contractor employees to identify themselves as contractor personnel by introducing themselves or being introduced as contractor personnel and displaying distinguishing badges or other visible identification for meetings with government personnel. In addition, contracts shall require contractor personnel to appropriately identify themselves as contractor employees in telephone conversations and in formal and informal written correspondence.

6.0. WARRANTY

6.1. Contractor shall guarantee all material, workmanship, and labor from defects for a period of 1 year from the date of acceptance of the work.

7.0. APPENDIXES

Appendix A - Commander’s Environmental Policy Appendix B - UFGS 28 31 76 Appendix C - UFC 4-021-01 Appendix D - UFC 4-010-06 Appendix E – Little Rock AFB Standardized Mass Notification Messages