AHEC-17906-Q - Replacement/Upgrade of Fire Alarm Systems

The Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC), in conjunction with the State of Colorado Office of the State Architect, issued Request for Qualifications (RFQ) AHEC-17906-Q for engineering design services related to the replacement and upgrade of fire alarm systems across multiple campus buildings in Denver. The scope encompasses five buildings—Plaza, Boulder Creek, Facility Services, Golda Meir, and Ninth Street Park Historic Houses—with design work focused on implementing a Notifier Fire Alarm System integrated with campus police dispatch and life safety offices. The project will be executed in three phases: Phase 1 (Plaza Building), Phase 2 (Facility Services, Golda Meir, and Ninth Street Park Historic Houses), and Phase 3 (Boulder Creek), with construction projected for January through May 2017 for Phase 1. Qualified respondents must include a professional engineer licensed in Colorado or a NICET III certified individual with demonstrable experience in similar systems within college or healthcare environments. Key evaluation criteria include project team qualifications and experience, firm capabilities and management structure, prior experience with comparable projects, project approach and methodology for budget control and quality assurance, and work location proximity to the project. Critical deadlines included a mandatory pre-submittal conference on August 31, 2016, at 11:00 AM; questions due by September 2, 2016, at 3:00 PM with answers provided by September 7, 2016; sealed submittals (five hard copies and one electronic copy) due September 14, 2016, at 2:00 PM Mountain Time; oral interviews scheduled for the week of September 26, 2016; contract negotiation between October 3-14, 2016; and anticipated design start on November 1, 2016.

The procurement documents do not specify set-aside designations or restrictions limiting eligible respondents to particular disadvantaged enterprise categories. Standard state contract terms and conditions applied, including certification requirements regarding unauthorized immigrants and acknowledgment attestation forms that all respondents were required to execute. No incumbent vendors or current contractors were identified in the procurement materials. The design/bid/build delivery method would be utilized for each phase, with the project requiring integration with existing campus police dispatch and life safety office systems. Specific award values or budget ranges for the design services were not disclosed in the available procurement materials.