Fire Door, Fire/Smoke Damper, Firestop/Penetration Inspection

Durham Public Schools (DPS) is seeking a qualified contractor to establish a comprehensive life-safety compliance baseline for non-sprinklered elementary schools through the inspection, inventory, documentation, reporting, and limited repair of fire-rated life safety systems. The project includes 20 facilities, divided into two increments (Increment 1/Increment 2) of 10 schools each, and includes fire-rated doors, smoke-rated doors, fire and smoke dampers, firestop systems, penetration seals, and other fire-resistance rated barrier assemblies. It is intended that the scope for both Increment 1 and Increment 2 run concurrently to maximize the districts response to safety related repairs. The selected contractor will perform detailed field inspections to identify and inventory all applicable assets, assess compliance with applicable NFPA standards and building codes, document deficiencies with photographs, assign asset identifiers, and provide comprehensive reporting. Minor repairs that can be completed during the inspection process shall be performed to improve compliance and functionality. Deficiencies requiring more extensive corrective action will be identified, prioritized, and documented for future remediation. In addition to inspections, the contractor shall develop Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) repair cost estimates to support DPS maintenance planning, capital improvement budgeting, and long-term compliance efforts. All identified deficiencies will be classified as High, Medium, or Low Priority based on life-safety impact, code compliance risk, and urgency of corrective action. Major repair recommendations shall include supporting documentation, photographs, corrective action recommendations, and budgetary cost estimates. Upon completion of the work, the contractor shall provide facility-level reports for each school, a district-wide program summary, and sortable electronic asset inventories in PDF and Excel formats. All inspection data, deficiencies, repair documentation, photographs, and associated records must also be uploaded to the DPS Fire Marshal's LiveSafe platform. The overall objective of this project is to provide DPS with a complete and accurate inventory of life-safety assets, improve compliance through completion of minor repairs, identify and prioritize major deficiencies, and create a data-driven framework for future maintenance, capital planning, and regulatory compliance initiatives.