SOURCES SOUGHT
Y -- New Elementary School project at USMA, West Point
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2016
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, New York, Attn: CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278-0090, United States
- ZIP Code
- 10278-0090
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-16-S-0010
- Archive Date
- 3/15/2016
- Point of Contact
- Mohenda R. Surage, Phone: 9177908088
- E-Mail Address
-
mohenda.r.surage@usace.army.mil
(mohenda.r.surage@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice for Sole Source Market Research for the FY16 DODEA PN AM0033 New Elementary School project at USMA, West Point. 1. The New York District plans to solicit and award a design-bid-build construction project for a New Elementary School in FY16. 2. This notification serves three (3) purposes: A. To notify potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name(s) only component for this project. B. To identify potential sources that can provide an equivalent to the brand name only item. C. Notification of the Army's intent to solicit brand name components as described below. 3. The items described below, under summary of requirements, are embedded in the construction project. The project will be issued competitively. Only the components described below will be sole source, if no other sources are identified that can provide an equivalent system. In the event no equivalent sources are found the brand name only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval for sole sourcing. Supplies of the brand name component will be provided directly to the Contractor(s) and not to the Government. 4. Summary of Requirements: A. Complete Monaco Fire Alarm System Due to post wide compatibility issues and based on the capabilities described below of a Monaco Fire Alarm system, all new construction and renovation projects at the USMA, West Point are now featuring the latest version of the Monaco Fire Alarm Control Panel. The MAAP Plus Analog Addressable Integrated Radio Transceiver and Fire Alarm Control Panel is capable of point reporting up to 1584 addressable device points via proprietary UHF radio signal to the Monaco D-21 Enhanced Central Radio Control Alarm receiving system at West Point Fire Department Dispatch. New Fire Alarm installations include Mass Notification Systems (MNS) in accordance with DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-021-01. The existing RF infrastructure provided by Monaco supports the UFC requirements for primary MNS communications. The Monaco Fire Alarm and integrated MNS system has the capability to remotely activate the in-building MNS messaging system and provide live-voice announcements directly from the D-21 Central Station at West Point Fire Dispatch. Each Fire Alarm System (FAS) and Mass Notification System (MNS) shall be a complete, supervised, non-coded, analog-addressable system, installed in class "A" configuration per NFPA 72. The FAS/MNS shall provide point reporting to the Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP). The FACP shall in turn provide point reporting to the Monaco D-21 Central Receiving Station at USMA West Point Fire Department Dispatch. Point reporting, also known as point to point reporting, is the capability to relay the status of each addressable device and certain system components such as Signaling Line Circuits (SLC) to the D-21 Central Receiving Station in real time. The FAS/MNS shall be tested and perform as a critical life-safety system. The FAS/MNS shall be compatible with and shall communicate seamlessly with the D-21 Central Receiving Station, without impairing operational function or reliability of any existing FAS or MNS. Use of interfacing relays between the FACP and communications transceiver to provide point or zonal alarm trouble status shall not be permitted. All devices must comply with the Aug 1997 Federal Wireless communication commissions office of engineering and technology Bulletin 65, Evaluating Compliance with the FCC Guideline's for Human Exposure to RF Electromagnetic Fields. B. CorKey Control System Door Locking System (Non-Electronic) The new Elementary School is part of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA). CorKey Control System door locks are the standard key control system used by DODEA-Americas schools in locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico for limiting access to certain rooms in their school facilities. The CorKey lock is unlike other card-operated locks as it is not electronic. It is therefore, ultimately dependable, with no batteries to fail or lack of operability during power outages. Reliable and secure key control is critical to ensure that safety and security of the students that attend DODEA schools. The CorKey system is currently utilized at both DODEA schools located at the US Military Academy. Utilizing the same manufacturer allows ease of keying, re-keying and tracking of keys across the campus, greatly enhancing security with the added benefit of operations and maintenance cost savings. Should a different system be utilized a potential exists for decreased security and safety of teachers and students as well as increased lifetime O&M costs. C. Advanced Utility Meters The Army Advanced Metering Program executes the provision of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005). The program required Army installations to install advanced electric, gas, water and steam meters by 2016. All these meters will be connected to the Army Meter Data Management System (MDMS) which will be used to obtain data that tracks and trends energy usage, enabling identification and improvement of energy efficiency. The metering requirements were defined in the following references: 1. Secretary of the Army Memorandum; Subject: Army Directive 2014-10 (Advanced Metering of Utilities dated 4 June 2014. 2. Undersecretary of Defense Memorandum; Subject: Utilities Meter Policy dated 16 Apr 2013. 3. FRAGO No. 1 to HQDA EXORD 028-12 dated 111810Z April 2012. Reference 4.C.1., Paragraph 3.a, states that "Advanced Meters must comply with DoD Instruction 8500.01 (Cybersecurity) dated 14 March 2014 and DoD Instruction 8510.01 (Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT) dated 12 March 2014. In addition, Reference 4.C.1, Paragraph 3.b (5) states that "Advanced Meters will be installed and connected to MDMS on all new construction projects, and major renovation projects." West Point, in order to comply with those requirements, embarked on a program to standardize and install advanced meters throughout the installation. The initial installation of forty three (43) "smart" meters was accomplished through a contract by the Huntsville Engineering & Support Center. Due to above stated requirements and current post wide compatibility issues, the following meters which meet the above requirements are required: a. ABB Water Master Electromagnetic Flow meter b. American Meter Company AC-250 Gas Meter c. Electro Industries/GaugeTech Shark 200 Power and Energy Meter d. IMAC Systems, Inc. Domestic Meter Pulser The Contractor will be required to purchase these meters and provide all labor required for their installation and connection to West Point Meter Data Management System (MDMS). 5. Any vendor that wishes to provide an alternate source to the brand names above that is compatible with the above must provide a response with data supporting the claim within 15 business days of this announcement to New York District Corps of Engineering, Contracting Division. 6. 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. Send responses to: US Army Corps of Engineers New York District 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, ATTN: Mr. Mohenda Surage New York, NY, 10278-0090 This is NOT a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract as a result of this notice or to pay for any information received. This synopsis neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This Sources Sought Synopsis should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submittals will be used for market survey information only.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: West Point, United States
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