SOW GSA Fire Alarm Upgrade 11-15-2022.pdf

U.S. General Services Administration Public Buildings Service

Greater Southwest Region

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15 November 2022

Construction Scope of Work

1. Project Title: 70159 GSA Fire Alarm Upgrade RNM10073

2. Project Location: NM0038ZZ

GALLUP FEDERAL BLDG

305 W HILL AVE

GALLUP, NM 87301

3. Building Location Hours: Every attempt must be made to ensure normal building operations are not interrupted. Operating hours for this facility are from 7:00am to 5:00pm. Notify Project Manager and Building Manager of any work that may cause disruption during the day. If work after hours needs to be accomplished the Project Manager must be notified a minimum of 7 days in advance.

4. Pre-bid Site Visit: Site visits shall be conducted to allow prospective bidders the opportunity to see onsite conditions. COVID guidance from CDC and local building operation procedures must be adhered to during the Pre-Bid site visit.

5. Purpose: The purpose of this project is to upgrade the fire alarm system currently in place.

6. Points of Contact:

6.1 Contracting Officer: Brenna Lanphear

1100 Commerce Street Dallas, TX 75242 Phone #: 817-850-5549

6.2 Contracting Specialist Kevin Pollard

819 Taylor Street Fort Worth, TX 76102 Phone #: 817-914-5551

6.3 Project Manager: Seth Sutherland

421 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone #: 505-203-4628

6.4 Property Manager: Melissa Beaty

421 Gold Ave SW Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone #: 505-248-7355

6.5 Other: R7 Security Clearance Coordinators

r7clearance@gsa.gov

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7. Notice to Proceed:

7.1 The Contracting Officer is the ONLY individual from the Government that can give the contractor a notice to proceed.

7.2 Before any of the work within the scope of the contract is started, the Contractor shall confer with the COR (Contracting Officer’s Representative) and agree on a sequence of procedure; means of access to premises and building; delivery of material and use of approaches; use of corridors, stairways, elevators, and similar means of communications;

and the location partitions, eating spaces for Contractor’s employees and the like.

7.3 After a Notice to Proceed is given the Contractor has 14 days to provide a schedule.

8. Period of Performance: The total period of performance for this task order is 225 days, which includes 45 calendar days for required security clearances, pre-work submittals, and material ordering. Actual construction period of performance is 180 calendar days.

8.1 Contractor must initiate fitness determination process (security clearance) within 14 days of

Zone D HSPD-12 instructional email.

9. Description of Work: The contractor shall furnish and install a complete fire alarm system with manual stations, detectors, voice and visual notification appliances, network node panels, remote power supplies, AHU interfacing, elevator recall interfacing, security system and door interfacing, kitchen equipment interfacing, etc. to provide a complete building voice evacuation system.

Provide a minimum of 70 dBA sound level, with no ambient background sound, throughout all rooms and corridors. Provide a minimum Common Intelligibility Scale rating of 0.70. Provide speaker locations such that speaker spacing is no more than 20 feet between speakers in open areas. Provide strobes, speakers, and speaker-strobes in all areas and rooms shown on the drawings. Due to ambient lighting, ceiling mounted strobes shall be spaced at 0.7 times the spacing indicated in NFPA 72. Provide two (2) speaker/strobes minimum for all elevator machine and mechanical rooms. Provide strobes only in restrooms with speaker within 5 feet outside restroom door. Provide synchronization of all strobes per floor and all floors that are visually connected.

9.1 Division 1 General Requirements

9.1.1 Work Sequence – Contractor shall install new fire alarm system before any demolition is conducted on the old fire alarm system.

9.1.2 Daily clean up - All workspace, staging areas, areas used for moving materials, trash, tools, etc. are to be kept clean at all times. All trash from the day’s work is to be removed and work site clean and orderly.

9.1.3 Protection - Contractor is responsible for protection of existing finishes, utilities, etc.

in the facility, and must maintain a separation of work area from adjacent spaces.

Site is to be secured at end of day. Contactor shall be responsible for the security of the work site.

9.1.4 Progress Meetings/Calls - Contractor shall be responsible for providing an updated agenda, RFI and Submittal Log no later than 24 hours before the Progress Call or Meeting and shall provide Minutes no later than 48 hours after the Progress Call or

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Meeting. Agenda content and Log format shall be reviewed and approved by the PM. Progress meetings will be coordinated with the PM and CO after award.

9.1.5 QUALITY ASSURANCE

9.1.5.1 Installer Qualifications:

9.1.5.1.1 The contractor shall follow qualifications in accordance with the Specification Section 283111 – Full Evacuation Digital Addressable Voice Fire Alarm.

9.2 Division 2: Existing Conditions

9.2.1 The contractor shall supply, install and test an emergency / voice communication fire alarm system in accordance with the Specification Section 283111 – Full Evacuation Digital Addressable Voice Fire Alarm and design intent drawings attached.

9.3 Division 28: Electronic Safety and Security

9.3.1 The contractor shall supply, install and test an emergency / voice communication fire alarm system in accordance with the Specification Section 283111 – Full Evacuation Digital Addressable Voice Fire Alarm and design intent drawings attached.

10. Options: Not applicable

11. Liquidated Damages: $230 per day may be assessed by the Contracting Officer each day past the substantial completion date.

12. Sustainability:

12.1 Green Purchasing: See Appendix 1: Green Purchasing Requirements

12.2 Waste Diversion: Fourteen days from Notice to Proceed, the Contractor shall submit to the

Project Manager an updated Non-Hazardous Solid Waste Management Plan (Attachment 2: Waste Diversion Plan), to include (not limited to):

a) List of materials Contractor will reuse

b) List of materials the Contractor will donate and name and address of donation recipient.

c) List of materials the Contractor will recycle and the name and address of the recycler. If Contractor receives recycling revenue, Contractor shall keep revenue and provide receipt for GSA for reference.

d) Name and location of solid waste landfill for non-diverted material.

13. Other Requirements:

13.1 Purchase of Equipment

13.2 Building Specific Requirements

13.2.1 Parking

13.2.2 Building Specific Access Requirements

13.2.3 After-Hours Coordination

13.2.4 Loading Dock Use (During Duty & After-Hours)

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13.2.5 Common Area Cleaning

13.2.6 Utility Outages

13.2.7 Hot Work Permits

13.2.8 Key Control

14. Submittals:

14.1 Submittal Log - List of Submittals

14.2 Critical Path Method Gantt Schedule that accounts for potential impacts.

14.3 Waste Diversion Submittal: Preconstruction

14.4 Waste Diversion Submittal: Post Construction

14.5 Green Purchasing items

14.6 Product Brochure information

14.7 Safety Plan

14.8 Additional Information: Follow Specification Section 283111 – Full Evacuation Digital

Addressable Voice Fire Alarm

15. Attachments:

15.1 Attachment 1: Waste Diversion Plan

15.2 Attachment 2: FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT Drawings dated 14 February 2022

15.3 Attachment 3: Specifications: Section 283111 – Full Evacuation Digital Addressable Voice

Fire Alarm

16. Closeout Plan:

16.1 Final Punch list complete

16.2 Customer Acceptance

16.3 Dimensioned Redline Drawing

16.4 Close Out Documents (O&M Manuals, Warranty, Certified payrolls and Release of Claims, Waste Diversion documentation)

16.5 All Government Furnished Equipment and Property returned including, but not limited to:

GSA PIV cards, Building keys, Government IT equipment, etc.

16.6 SBU/CUI Documentation - Reference Paragraph III.N in base contract

16.6.1 Provide list of all entities to which SBU/CUI is disseminated

16.6.2 Provide notification SBU/CUI has been returned or destroyed

16.7 Final Payment - CO may withhold payment until all Closeout items are received.

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Appendix 1: Green Purchasing Requirements

Sustainability:

● Green Purchasing:

o The contractor shall refer to the “Green Procurement Compilation” for all products being installed in federal facilities. The Green Procurement Compilation can be found at https://sftool.gov/greenprocurement. The standards found in this compilation shall guide all product purchasing decisions as they relate to federal facilities.

o The use of the following standards (“Key Sustainable Product” or “KSP” standards) is mandatory for all contracts and task orders. See https://sftool.gov/green-products/1037/key-sustainable-products for more details.

▪ Nylon Carpet: NSF-140 Platinum or Cradle to Cradle Bronze.

▪ Resilient Flooring (e.g. vinyl and linoleum): NSF-332 (any level) or Cradle to

Cradle (any level)

▪ Interior Latex Paint: Master Painters Institute (MPI) Extreme Green or Green

Seal 11.

▪ Acoustical Ceiling Tiles: > 15% post-consumer recycled content.

▪ Water-Consuming Equipment: WaterSense Certified.

A. For each KSP listed, the Contractor shall submit proof of compliance to the CO or his designee prior to the installation of the product or material. The CO’s designee shall verify compliance.

B. If the KSP materials listed above are 1) not reasonably available within a reasonable period of time; 2) fail to meet the performance standards set forth in the specification or fail to meet reasonable performance standards of GSA; or 3) are available only at an unreasonable price, only then can the Contractor use other types of products. In these cases the Contractor shall select products and materials, to the extent possible, which are the safest and most environmentally friendly. Exemptions must be submitted in writing and can only be approved by the CO.