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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 11, 2006 FBO #1566
SOURCES SOUGHT

Y -- Sources are sought than can provide or equal products for brand name components to be used in the construction of an Airfield Vehicle Support Facility at Fort Drum, New York

Notice Date

3/9/2006
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

US Army Engineer District, New York, CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278-0090
 

ZIP Code

10278-0090
 

Solicitation Number

W912DS-06-SS-69-01
 

Response Due

3/19/2006
 

Archive Date

5/18/2006
 

Point of Contact

charrhee, 9177908071
 

E-Mail Address

US Army Engineer District, New York
(charlotte.h.rhee@usace.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Market Survey: Sources are sought that can provide or equal products for brand name components as described below. The New York District intends to solicit and award one-construction project for Fort Drum, New York, entitled Airfield Vehicle Supp ort Facility. The project itself will be solicited competitively under a future solicitation. However, the project may potentially include a brand name component. This notification serves three purposes: 1) To notify potential offerors of the Government s intent to solicit a brand name only component under a future construction project; (2) To identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and; and (3) Notification of the Governments intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name O nly, system Monaco, as described below. The Monaco system is embedded in the Construction projects, which projects will be issued competitively. Only that part of the projects requiring the Monaco system is sole source if no sources are able to provide a compatible system. In the event no compatible equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR 6.3, Only One Responsible Source. The synopsis is for planning purposes and is not a solicitation. This synopsis is the onl y document that will be published notifying potential offerors of the government's intent. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or systems(s) in the ev ent an or equal product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project that will be issued competitively. Only that part of the project requiring brand name component s will be sole source if no sources are able to prove an or equal product. Supplies will be providing the brand name component to the contractor under the future solicitation for the construction of the project, not directly to the Government. In the e vent no or equals exist, the brand name justifications will be issued pursuant to FAR 6.3, Only One Responsible Source. Summary of Requirement: the project includes Brand Name only equipment for building fire alarm radio transceivers manufactured by Mon aco Enterprises. These projects with their many state-of-the-art building components require reliable receiving and reporting building fire alarm systems. It has been determined that a microprocessor based radio controlled fire reporting system is the best and the most economical alternative to be compatible with the existing system. Fort Drum currently uses the Monaco D-21 Enhanced Central Radio Alarm System. Only one model has been determined to be acceptable, and the appropriate model will be selected per building requirements. The Monaco Enterprises Inc. BTX-F Building Transceiver is the one piece of equipment best suited to meet the needs of Fort Drum. The BTX-F Fire Alarm Building Transceiver is functionally designed for specific Government fire de partment operations. Monaco Enterprise Inc. provides 24/7 technical support and in-service training of Installation personnel for operation and maintenance inclusive. It is paramount that this system be carefully coordinated to maintain overall system inte grity and capabilities. The required features of the BTX-F Fire Alarm Building Transceiver are as follows: Hardwire line or narrowband radio communication with any of the D-21 Fire Management System, Narrowband radio is FCC certified for narrowband operati on and meets the requirements of the NTIA (National Telecommunications and Information Administration) Manual of Regulations and Procedures for Federal Frequency Management , Radio communication with the D-21, Provides audio and fire alarm overrides for m ass notification per UFC and NFPA, Provides automatic and manual control of local or remote devices such as turning on pumps based on timed events, input from a fire alarm control panel, or manually activated from the D-21, Provides eight relay driver outputs and four supervised zone inputs, Eight onboard open-collector relay driver outputs can connect to the BTX-F relay board or to relay coils that remotely con trol equipment such as pump activation inputs, HVAC dampers, lighting, door openers, runway barriers, and gates. These outputs can also drive remote annunciator LEDs with the following features: Four supervised fire zone inputs for connection to fire dete ction and monitoring devices located within 15 feet of the BTX-F; these are supervised for open (trouble), short (alarm), single-ground fault, and double-ground fault conditions, Four zone LEDs (one for each zone) reflect the condition of the zones: troubl e, alarm, or normal, Status LEDs reflect the status of the BTX-F: general alarm, general trouble, system fault, in-communication, carrier detect, transmit, primary power, battery boost charge, and battery float charge, Supports up to 31 zone expansion back planes into which fire and audio expansion cards can be plugged. Each zone expansion card provides four zone inputs and eight relay outputs for connection to local or remotely located devices. Each expansion card has five LEDs: the PWR LED indicates power is being supplied to the card; the remaining four LEDs indicate the status of the four zone inputs. Each BTX-F can support up to 252 zones and 504 relay outputs with 62 expansion cards installed. One selectable RS-422/RS-485 port for communication with p eripheral equipment or connection to a local access controller. An alternative use of this port is hardwire connection to multiple BTX-F units connected together for communication with the D-21. Two full-duplex RS-232 ports used to program the BTX-F via connection to a laptop computer or for connection to peripheral equipment that does not have a RS-422 port/RS-485 port. 115 or 230 Vac power monitored with automatic switchover to backup battery power that provides standby power; the number of hours depend s on the battery. Self test, stuck transmitter disconnect, reset, acknowledge, and battery reconnect switches with the following features: Local audible alert, Real-time clock and calendar, 1/2 Mb of program memory, 1/2 Mb of non-volatile data storage, Fits in a variety of enclosures; the enclosure size depends upon how many expansion cards are needed. Factory Mutual approved. Any vendor wishing to provide a system that is compatible with the existing Monaco system must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data by 10 alendar days from date of issue to Capt. Charlotte Rhee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District , Contracting Division, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, N.Y., New York 10278. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project will be solicited at a future date. Any supplier wishing to provide a system that is compatible or equal to with the existing Monaco Enterprises Inc. BTX-F Building Transceiver must provide a copy of its brochure and any other supporting data ten (10) calendar days from date of issue to the Contracting Officer no later than 19 March 2006 to Captain Charlotte H. Rhee, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, Contracting Division, 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, New York, NY 10278-0090. This is a market survey and sources sought only. This is a notificatio n of the Governments intent to incorporate brand name components for the project. The Government does not intend to solicit these components as stand-alone, independent contract actions. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project wi ll be solicited at a future date. Points of contact: Captain Charlotte H. Rhee, Contract Specialist, (917) 790-8071, FAX No. (212) 264-3013 and Eric Smith, Project Engineer (315) 772-1567, FAX No. (315) 772-1566. Fax or Email your questions to U.S. Army Engineer District, New York  Military at charlotte.h.rhee@usace.army.mil. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project will be solicited at a future date. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (09-MAR-2006); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA51/W912DS-06-SS-69-01/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Engineer District, New York CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York NY

Zip Code: 10278-0090

Country: US
 

Record

SN01003718-F 20060311/060309215022 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)

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