Upgrade Fire Detection System at MDC Los Angeles

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15B60621B00000002 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Upgrade Fire Detection System, at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC Los Angeles), located in Los Angeles, California.

MDC Los Angeles is a federally owned facility located at 535 N. ALAMEDA ST Los Angeles, CA 90012 it is utilized for detention of both male and female occupants prior to and during court hearings as well as inmates serving sentences. Constructed in the late 1980s, MDC Los Angeles is a 10-story building with a basement, with approximately 162’ of occupiable space and 272,000 square feet (SF) floor space. The work included in this contract includes but is not limited to:

a. New addressable, automatic and manual fire alarm system for entire building. The Contractor will provide detailed shop drawings, prepared as a delegated-design submittal, and sealed and signed by a qualified design professional (NICET Level 3 minimum or Licensed Professional Engineer).

b. The system must include a voice evacuation system as an integral part of the fire alarm system. Voice evacuation speakers are required throughout every area that requires audible notification.

c. Fire-fighters two-way communication system must be provided.  Firefighter’s two-way communication phones must be provided throughout requires locations on every floor.

d. The wiring system for this system must meet Level 3 Pathway Survivability, which will required 2-hour rated cables inside metallic conduits in this sprinklered building. All other wiring must meet Level 1 Pathway Survivability.

e. The new fire alarm system will be monitored and controlled using new UL listed central monitoring and control workstation desktop computer connected to the new fire alarm system network. The Control Room will be the location of the workstation and used as an on-premise proprietary monitoring station.

f. Select floors will be equipped with a Fire Alarm Control Units (FACU). The FACUs will generally serve floors above and below the floor where FACU is located.

g. Select floors will be equipped with one or more remote booster power supply (NAC) units and voice evacuation amplifiers for notification appliance circuits.

h. All floors above first floor will be equipped with a graphic remote annunciator near a guard stations.

i. The new fire alarm network, including voice evacuation system and twoway fire-fighters communication system, will be connected as a Class X system using copper. Two-way firefighters communication system must meet Level 3 Pathway Survivability. All other wiring must meet Level 1 Pathway Survivability.

j. Initiating circuits will be Class A. Each floor will have a combination of manual pull stations and automatic detectors.

k. Notification circuits will be Class B. All areas must have complete notification appliance coverage throughout the building.

l. Mechanical units, including roof top units and fan coil units, will be interfaced with fire alarm system for fan shut down.

m. All fire sprinkler system risers flow and tamper switches will be interfaced with the fire alarm system.

n. Post Indicator Valves (PIV) located on the exterior around the site will be interfaced with the fire alarm system. New underground conduit will be required for all PIV locations.

o. Kitchen Fire Suppression (Ansul) systems will be interfaced with the Fire Alarm System.

p. Other Fire Suppression systems, i.e. storage units with chemical or preaction systems, will be interfaced with the Fire Alarm System.

q. Programming and configuration of the fire alarm network, central monitoring and control workstation, fire alarm control units and all associated devices and equipment.

r. Testing, inspection and commissioning of the entire system and all associated devices and equipment.

s. New 20A, 120V circuit breakers and power branch circuits from existing power panel boards to supply FACU and NAC units in each building.

t. While there are some ceiling and side access panels and hatches available, the ceiling space is congested with existing utilities in many locations. Contractor will be responsible for cutting/patching of ceilings and walls will be required to install new conduit and wiring in existing ceiling spaces.

u. It is expected that hazardous material, including but not limited to, lead based paints and asbestos will be present at the site. Contractor is responsible for avoiding disruptions to the hazardous material where possible. Where disruption is necessary, provide mitigation as required to complete the scope of work.

v. Many of the walls are CMU/Concrete construction which will require core drilled penetrations to run the new conduit system.

w. Certifications by Contractor’s design professional stating that the installation was completed based on the detailed shop drawings and meets all applicable Code requirements and regulations.

See the Statement of Work/Specifications attachment included with the solicitation posting (to be issued at a later date as described herein) for the complete requirements of the work.   

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. (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 $16.5 million. To be considered an interested vendor, you must possess this NAICS code in your beta.SAM.gov registration.

Interested bidders must be registered in beta.SAM.gov.

The FBOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in your beta.SAM.gov 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 in beta.sam.gov Contract Opportunity (must be logged-in to your vendor account)