SPECIAL NOTICE
56 -- Request for Information for Blast and Shatter-Resistant Window Film
- Notice Date
- 2/6/2002
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- Contracting Office
- Office of Personnel Management, Office of Contracting and Administrative Services, Contracting Division, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, DC, 20415-7710
- ZIP Code
- 20415-7710
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-OPM-02-RFI-0001
- Response Due
- 2/21/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2002
- Point of Contact
- Andre Adams, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 606-2492, Fax (202) 606-1464,
- E-Mail Address
-
adadams@opm.gov
- Description
- This Request for Information is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute an Invitation for Bids or Request for Proposals, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the government to either procure any services or pay for the information received. The North American Industry Classification System code is 235990, and the definition of a small business for this acquisition is a firm that has had $11.5 million or less in average annual receipts over the company's prior three fiscal years. Within the Facilities Services Division of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), a team has been established to evaluate means of protecting OPM's employees from the effects of blasts or explosions near its headquarters building in Washington, DC. This review will include, but will not be limited to, blast and shatter-resistant (BSR) window film for possible use by OPM in its headquarters building in Washington, DC as an anti-terrorism measure. This team recognizes the importance of industry involvement in such research and offers the following questions to interested industry partners to further the team's discussions. 1. Through what methods, including BSR window film, are building occupants currently protected from the effects of blast or explosion near their building? 2. What methods are most often used to install these types of protection, including the installation of BSR window film on windows in large buildings with several thousand windows? 3. How large a sheet of glass can be made blast or shatter-resistant by such window film or by any other method of protecting building occupants? 4. Have any new approaches been developed since the Oklahoma City bombing or since the bombings of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 5. Is it normally recommended to protect all floors of a building or only floors up to a certain height? How is this determination made? 6. How much, if any, construction or reinforcement of existing window glass or frames is required by each method? 7. How is price calculated? Please be detailed and specific. 8. How is the protection afforded by these methods measured? Is there an industry-wide standard for various types of buildings? 9. What is the usual lead-time to begin a project to protect building occupants in a large office building? What factors affect this? Please be detailed and specific. All interested parties are encouraged to respond to these questions in writing via fax at 202-606-1508 or by e-mail to either Mr. Ronald Peacock at rapeacock@opm.gov or Mr. James S. Conners at jsconner@opm.gov by February 21, 2002. Vendors may visit OPM's headquarters building at 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC and receive a facility tour to better understand the building's characteristics and its location between the U.S. Department of State headquarters building and the White House. If you have questions or wish to schedule a tour, please call Mr. Peacock at 202-606-2220.
- Place of Performance
- Address: 1900 E Street, NW, Washington, DC
- Zip Code: 20415
- Country: United States
- Zip Code: 20415
- Record
- SN00023582-W 20020208/020206213431 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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