SOLICITATION NOTICE
Z -- Building 26 Controls Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 238220
— Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Acquisitions and Grants Services, 3900 NCTR Road, HFT-320, Bldg 50 | Rm 421, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- ZIP Code
- 72079
- Solicitation Number
- 1131358
- Archive Date
- 6/19/2014
- Point of Contact
- Nicholas E Sartain, Phone: 870-543-7370
- E-Mail Address
-
nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov
(nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a Purchase Order on a single source basis to Powers of Arkansas, 5440 North Shore Drive, North Little Rock, AR 72118 under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b)(1). This requirement is being issued in conjunction with FAR Part 13 Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Notwithstanding, any firm that believes it is capable of providing the required items as stated herein may submit a capability statement to document its ability to provide the required items/services. A copy of the solicitation is available upon request by the point of contact identified below. A determination to compete this procurement based on a response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. The need for compatibility with existing Siemens Apogee Systems requires the use of Siemens components. Ninety percent of HVAC and Mechanical systems on the FDA's Jefferson Labs Campus are controlled by the Siemens Building Automation System. All critical systems are monitored and controlled by the Siemens systems. The Siemens building automation systems throughout the campus are connected via trunk lines to a Siemens Apogee central computer in Building 54. For the past 10 years, the Environmental Monitoring and Control System (EMCS) operators have been continually trained on this system. They are able to perform advance functions such as testing and troubleshooting from the graphics, developing point definitions, developing programs, trending points, creating graphics, and restoring programs lost by damaged hardware. It is very important that these operators have redundant mastery of a single system which will allow them to respond to emergency regardless of who happens to be operating on the three 8 hour shifts. Siemens Panels are the only panels on the market that can communicate seamlessly with the Central Siemens Apogee Software in Building 54. If other products were allowed to integrate with the existing Siemens System, the operators would have a front-end system that: • has reduced functionality (the front end could not span or be supported by the full range of the Apogee Software features), • would require intermittent layers of integrating devices - such as drivers, integrated controller modules (The cost of troubleshooting an integrated system is much higher due to the extra layer of integration equipment and the added complexity of troubleshooting and maintaining such a system), • would be limited to a reduced number of points, • and finally, would work against primary goal of having operators who can master a single system. Powers of Arkansas is the only factory authorized Siemens Independent Field Office Representative for the State of Arkansas. For information regarding this announcement, please contact Nick Sartain at (870) 543-7370, FAX (870) 543-7990 or email nick.sartain@fda.hhs.gov.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/FDA/NCTR/1131358/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas, 72079, United States
- Zip Code: 72079
- Zip Code: 72079
- Record
- SN03372624-W 20140523/140521234658-87267c83a73d1da65216c4640e15106e (fbodaily.com)
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