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Scope of Work for automatic gates upgrades Background: The Bloomington Visitor and Education Center of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge serves over 30,000 visitors for informal education each year in addition to over 8,500 children with formal environmental education programs. Special events are held at the facility serving between 2,500 and 8,000 additional visitors. As a premier urban National Wildlife Refuge with over 3.5 million residents in the nearby metro area, we are building more and stronger relationships with new conservation audiences.

In 2020, MN Valley NWR Visitor Center in Bloomington was burglarized with doors and windows broken, stolen federal and personnel property. MN Valley NWR is looking to upgrade our two entrance gates to the parking lot for our visitor center.

Purpose: This project is to install two automatic gates with proxy readers and vehicle loop detectors at the entrances of the Bloomington Visitors Center. These gates will help with grounds and building security. Current gates are large and heavy gates that need to be manually opened and closed when vehicles are entering and leaving the grounds at the beginning and end of each day. Gates rarely are closed due to visitors still in the parking lot after normal business hours. Installing gates that will automatically open and close during normal business hours.

Attachments: photos of recommended type of automatic gate Delivery Address:

MN Valley NWR, 3815 American Blvd E, Bloomington, MN 55425 (Contact refuge prior to delivery and installation) Scope of Work/Specs: Automatic entrance gates:

Contractor will ensure all necessary permits and locates are done and obtained before work begins.

USFWS will have electric power hook ups ran to multiple locations for the two gates sights.

1) AutoGate, model VPL-200, 25' x 4' Barracuda style barrier, heavy duty, double reduction, vertical pivot lift gates, black in color, 24vdc-(115vac power supply only) or equal.

2) Heaters for cold weather operation

3) Heated melt away kits for under gate

4) Deep cycle marine AGM batteries

5) EMX, IRB-MON commercial thru--scan photo-eye with protective hoods per UL325 or equal

6) AutoGate footings, 4'x7'x12" with five 12· sono·s to 72" deep with #4 rebar ties or equal

7) Vehicle detection loops for outside obstruction and inside auto exit (two per gate)

8) Vehicle detection loop detectors

9) 7 Day Timers for auto open schedules

10) AAS, 23-213 (standalone) proximity card readers (3"-6" read range) or equal

11) Proximity Cards (minimum order)

12) Pedestals, car height,48" heavy duty, pad mount

13) Pedestal footings, 12"x 48• deep with 1" PVC conduit stub out

14) Radio Receivers w/ remote coaxial antenna Contractor will ensure that all work is done to industry standards and that all systems being installed are working to the manufacturers specifications.

When project is complete, contractor will pick up all garbage and debris related to all aspects of this project.

Contractor will call appropriate FWS employee once project is finished to allow for a walk through of the project to ensure the system is working, as it should.

Preferred Gate type - Brand : AutoGate Fence style: Barracuda or equal

Figure 1: autogate with barricuda style fencing

Figure 2: entrance keypad for afterhours operation Figure 3: autogate self contained control box

Figure 4: receiving holder for gate with car counter

Figure 5:receiving holder for gate with car counter:

gate location #2

Figure 6: gate locations image4.jpg image5.emf image6.jpeg image7.jpeg image8.jpeg image9.jpeg image1.jpg image2.jpg image3.jpg