DHCI Fire Alarm System Replacement

The State of Delaware, Office of Management and Budget, Division of Facilities Management is soliciting sealed bids on fire alarm system monitoring and partial replacement across the Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill (DHCI) campus in Smyrna under OMB/DFM Contract No. MC3514000083, with bids due December 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM and a mandatory pre-bid meeting November 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM in Dover.

The scope encompasses monitoring and partial replacement of fire alarm systems serving multiple buildings on the DHCI campus: the Medical Building, Prickett Building, GP1 and GP2 Buildings, Kitchen Building, Boiler Plant, Laundry and Maintenance Buildings, Candee Building, and Public Health Lab. Work is located at 100 Sunnyside Road, Smyrna, Delaware 19977. The project includes one additive alternate for relocating the new Fire Alarm System Head End from the Candee 500 Wing Nurses Station to the New Hospital; the base bid includes a $50,000 allowance for miscellaneous costs.

Prevailing wage requirements mandated by Delaware Code Title 29, Chapter 69 apply to all laborers and mechanics. Contractors must establish and maintain mandatory drug-testing programs for employees and comply with subcontractor qualification and craft-training requirements. Bid security must equal ten percent of the total bid amount including all additive alternates. The successful bidder must furnish performance and payment bonds, each equal to 100 percent of the contract price, within twenty days of award. The contract will execute under AIA Document A101-2017 with a stipulated-sum basis of payment.

Bidders must obtain complete contract documents from Fayda Engineering & Energy Solutions, LLC, 801 W. Newport Pike, Wilmington, Delaware 19804, for a nonrefundable fee of $50.00 per electronic copy or $500.00 for a printed copy. Sealed bids are due by 1:00 PM on December 3, 2026, with opening and reading aloud at 2:00 PM the same day at Haslet Armory, 122 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard South, Dover. Bids must be submitted electronically through the Bonfire Portal at https://DFM.bonfirehub.com or delivered in person to the Dover address. Attendance at the November 5 pre-bid meeting is a prerequisite for bidding. The procurement is open to all qualified bidders without discrimination, with full opportunity afforded to Minority Business Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Women-Owned Business Enterprises, and Veteran-Owned Business Enterprises.