FCI Bennettsville, Replace Fire Alarm System

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15B31719B00000002 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Fire Alarm System at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) located at 696 Muckerman Road, Bennettsville, South Carolina 29512. The anticipated performance period for the project will be 365 calendar days from issuance of the Notice to Proceed.

Background
FCI Bennettsville (Medium) currently has Notifer AFP-200 and NFS-640 fire alarm panels located throughout the main portion of the institution.  Each building area contains an annunciation LCD display for the associated detection and horn/strobe circuits.  All panels have relays associated with the fire alarm system that are used as a method for monitoring the status of the fire alarm system for trouble, supervisory and alarm conditions.  This will be a requirement of the new system as well.  The Camp Core and Camp Housing has been upgraded with Notifer NFS2-640 panel.  All detection and notification devices are legacy equipment.  The alarm system also encompasses outbuildings (Garage, Training Center, UNICOR Warehouse, Firing Range and Warehouse) that will require to be connected to the main panel located in the main facility.  There is fiber optic cable available between each out building and the main building with the exception of the Firing Range which only has copper telco conductivity.

Scope
The FBOP is seeking to replace the existing fire alarm system throughout FCI Bennettsville (Medium).  The replacement fire alarm system shall be an addressable system with all panels in a network configuration via a fiber optic backbone.  The annunciation of all messages and panel/device status shall be via a touch screen interface in the Control Center.  It is the FBOP's desire that each building/area is serviced by its own panel to ease future maintenance and repair.  Each panel will report to the main panel that will be located within the main communications shop located in the Outside Administration building.  The replacement system shall utilize only those devices and components UL listed for use as a fire alarm system in accordance with the current version of NFPA 72.  It is the FBOP's desire to reduce the number of devices used in the new system as much as allowable by code.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $500,000 and $1,000,000. (NOTE: This range is one of 8 available ranges from FAR 36.204 and is not meant to imply that the project has necessarily been estimated/budgeted to the maximum of the selected range. It merely conveys that the estimate/budget lies somewhere within that range). The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238210 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15.0 million.

Interested bidders must be registered in the SAM at www.sam.gov.

The FBOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above. Interested small business contractors are requested to respond to this notice by adding their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting on the Federal Business Opportunities website at www.fbo.gov (must be logged-in to your vendor account).

The synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity. Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor www.fbo.gov for all future updates.