SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- Pershing Barracks Renovation/Modernization, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
- Notice Date
- 5/23/2016
- 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-0021
- Archive Date
- 6/22/2016
- Point of Contact
- Orlando Nieves, Phone: 9177908078
- E-Mail Address
-
orlando.nieves@usace.army.mil
(orlando.nieves@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research purposes only. The Government is trying to determine the availability of a certain Brand Name for an upcoming acquisition. No awards will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. No solicitation will be available at this time. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice may be used to determine appropriate acquisition strategies for future acquisitions. 1. The Army Corps of Engineers, New York District plans to solicit and award an Invitation for bid construction project for New Pershing Barracks Renovation/Modernization in FY16 2. This notification serves three (3) purposes: A. To notify potential bidders of the Governments 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 A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval for sole sourcing.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. Best H ardware Lock Cylinders & Cores (Non-Electronic) Due to compatibility and consistency issues with keying at the USMA, Best lock is the USMA standard for lock hardware. This applies to locks that are not electronic and have status monitor capabilities compatible with the electronic security access system. Hardware locksets shall accommodate Best lock cylinders and cores. The Contractor shall provide cores to secure building during construction and shall turn over hardware cores to the government upon completion of construction. Government will replace Contractor cores with Best lock cylinders and cores after each area of the projects are completed is turned over to Government. C. Unicor System 2/90 Interior Signage The Unicor System 2/90 complies with the USMA standard signage guide. The standardization of a signage system at USMA allows for clarity of signage throughout the campus as well as a consistent signage appearance within the buildings on post. This standard should allow for more effective visual communications for the end users and improved circulation, as well as improved maintenance and management of the signage system. Additionally, USMA has access to this manufacturer through maintenance plans and is able to order replacement signs as needed. D. Hirsch Card Access System by Embrace Technologies Embrace Technologies is the only registered and certified contractor to perform all the card access work at the USMA, West Point. Embrace uses the Hirsch Card Access Systems that are also certified DoD security system and used by West Point. E. Williams Electric Company (EMS Contractor Building Automation System (BAS)) - Energy Management System (EMS) Contractor (estimated cost = N/A) The building automated system for energy monitoring proposed for this project is not sole sourced; however, the work and equipment that connects and interfaces this system with campus wide system is proprietary and maintained by Williams Electric Company (WEC). WEC has been contracted by the USMA to maintain the campus EMS systems. The USMA has also contracted WEC on previous projects to provide the interface work between BAS and campus EMS system. The Contractor for these projects will be required to contract with WEC to provide and install the final interface equipment. F. We propose to use the Maxi-Therm vertical flooded steam to hot water heat exchangers in lieu of conventional shell and tube heat exchangers. Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers will be utilized for HVAC hot water heating systems and for domestic hot water heating systems and will be connected to the 160 psig campus utility steam system. Reason for this selection is as follows: a. Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers provide 7 to 8% heat transfer efficiency improvement compared to conventional shell and tube heat exchanger technology which results in less steam consumption. b. Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers will result in a net cost savings to the project since additional costly components are not required. Pressure reducing valves, safety relief valves, relief discharge piping risers and condensate return pumps are not required with Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers but are required with conventional shell and tube heat exchangers utilizing the 160 psig campus utility steam system. c. Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers provide more precise control of water temperature than conventional shell and tube heat exchangers. Maxi-Therm vertical flooded heat exchangers guarantee the stability of heated liquid outlet temperature up to ± 2˚F of set point. 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.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: West Point, New York, United States
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