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Fire Sprinkler Testing and Maintenance for VA Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS) 36C26120Q0556 Questions and Answers
Question 1: Are any of the sprinklers dry systems? If so, how many?
Answer 1: No. All fire sprinkler systems are known to be wet-sprinkler systems.
Question 2: The oldest building is 78 years old, has the 10, 20, and 50 year sprinkler head testing been kept up to date? If not, how many heads need to be caught up?
Answer 2: Last documented 5-year test for SVD Buildings: 647, 649, 650, 652, 700, 701, 702, 728. November 11, 2015.
Last documented 5-year test for EBD Buildings: Bldg. 19 March 6, 2018; Bldg. 20 January 3, 2019.
The facility focus has been Joint Commission inspected buildings. Little attention has been applied to other buildings within our area of responsibility. The intent is to ensure all buildings are inspected/certified per NFPA 25.
Question 3: Who are the manufacturers of the installed fire alarm panels (Siemens, Notifier, Simplex, EST) and who is the incumbent on the fire alarm inspection contract?
Answer 3: Fairfield Outpatient Clinic (Travis Air Force Base): 103 Bodin Circle, Travis AFB CA, 94535
| Make/ Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor of Main & Auxiliary Panels |
| Simplex 4100 |
| FF OPC |
| 1st Floor |
Mare Island Outpatient Clinic: 201 Walnut Avenue, Vallejo CA, 94592
| Make/ Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor of Main & Auxiliary Panels |
| Cerberus Pyrotronics MXL-IQ |
| 201 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors |
Martinez Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC): 150 Muir Road, Martinez CA, 94553
| Make/ Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor of Main & Auxiliary Panels |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 1 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 12 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 13 |
| Tied into Building 12 |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 14 |
| Tied into Building 12 |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 19 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 20 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 21 |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Floors |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 22 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors (slave panel) |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 23 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors (slave panel) |
| Notifier FSP-851 |
| 24 |
| Stand-alone |
| Building Under Construction |
| 25 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors (Under Construction) |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| 26 |
| 1st and 2nd Floors |
| Tied into AB7 |
| AB6 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| AB7 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| R1 |
| 1st Floor |
| Tied into R1 |
| R2 |
| 1st Floor |
| Notifier NFS2-640 |
| R4 |
| 1st Floor |
Oakland Outpatient Clinic: 2221 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Oakland CA, 94612
| Make/ Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor of Main & Auxiliary Panels |
| Honeywell Silent Knight 6700 |
| 2221 |
| 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Floors |
Sacramento Medical Center (Mather): 10535 Hospital way Mather, CA. 95655 Secutron Panels at Mather:
| Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor or Building on the Main Panel |
| MR 2900 |
| 650 |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd Floors and T-9 |
| MR 2200 |
| 652 |
| Warehouse Stand-alone |
| MR 2200 |
| 700 |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Floors and ED |
| MR 2200 |
| 707 |
| 803, 805, 806, 807 |
| MR 2200 |
| 720 |
| 722, 722A, 802 |
| MR 2100 |
| 801 |
| 798, 799, 800, 801A, 801B |
EST Panels at Mather:
| Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor or Building on the Main Panel |
| 4X-CAB5DR |
| 726 |
| Stand-alone |
McClellan Outpatient Clinic: 5342 Dudley Blvd McClellan, CA. 95652 Secutron Panels at MCC:
| Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor or Building on the Main Panel |
| MR 2100 |
| 949 |
| 1st, 2nd, 3rd Floors |
Silent Knight Panels at MCC:
| Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor or Building on the Main Panel |
| NA |
| 209 |
| Stand-alone for all Floors |
Notifier (By Honeywell):
| Model |
| Building Number |
| Floor or Building on the Main Panel |
| DR-C4 |
| 29 |
| Maintenance and LMS |
Question 4: What is the month of the annual inspection for sprinkler and fire alarm?
Answer 4: There is no set month for inspections as long as the inspection interval is maintained. We have service contracts pending for Fire Alarm services and whether the contractor will follow the fiscal year calendar or standard year calendar is yet to be determined.
Question 5: What future years are the 3 and 5 year inspections due? To calculate this cost, bidders need to know the number of riser per location.
Answer 5: Please use information from Question #2 to determine when inspections are due. Bidders can assume that each major building has its own fire riser location.
Question 6: Will the VA consider self-performing the weekly work (pump runs) as this may cut 50% off the price?
Answer 6: No. The intent is to have a full-service contract for our facility.
Question 7: What is the current contract number?
Answer 7: What is the current contract number?
Question 8: I was looking at the inventory spreadsheet and did not see the amount of sprinkler risers listed. To perform the 5 year internal inspections we would need the amount of wet and dry systems.
Answer 8: All sprinkler systems are wet. The number of risers for SMC/MCC is 20. The number of risers for MTZ is 12.
