Fire Panel Replacement & System Upgrades

City of Temecula, California is soliciting bids under RFP No. 316 for fire panel replacement and system upgrades, with a mandatory pre-bid meeting on November 12, 2026 at 8:00 a.m. PST and bids due December 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. PST. The solicitation is subject to a five percent local vendor preference under Temecula Municipal Code Chapter 3.28, available to qualified vendors that submit a Statement of Local Vendor Certification (Exhibit A) with their bid. Contractors and subcontractors must be registered with the California Department of Industrial Relations under Labor Code section 1725.5 before bidding and award.

The contractor must provide all equipment, installation, testing, and commissioning. Required equipment includes an addressable fire alarm control panel from Silent Knight, Fire Lite, or Potter with voice evacuation capability, an emergency voice evacuation panel with batteries, power supply units with batteries to power strobes, addressable smoke detectors with bases, addressable duct/smoke detectors with sampling tubes, addressable control relay modules, addressable monitoring modules, speaker/strobes, strobes, and tie-in of mag-door holders throughout the building. The project falls under fire alarm systems, fire detecting equipment, and fire protection equipment and systems.

The award type is lump sum. Plans will be available at the pre-bid meeting, held at the Community Recreation Center, 30875 Rancho Vista Road, Temecula, where prospective bidders can walk through the facility to identify existing devices and view the current fire panel. Questions are due online by November 19, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. PST. Bids must be uploaded as PDF files through the PlanetBids portal, and hard copies will not be accepted. Project contacts are Rebecca Kiser, John Maisey, and Lorri Larson.