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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF JUNE 10, 2023 SAM #7865
SPECIAL NOTICE

Y -- NOTICE OF INTENT - Brand Name Requirement for the New Surgical and Clinical Tower Project at the VA West Haven Campus

Notice Date

6/8/2023 11:07:23 AM
 

Notice Type

Special Notice
 

NAICS

236220 — Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
 

Contracting Office

W2SD ENDIST NEW ENGLAND CONCORD MA 01742-2751 USA
 

ZIP Code

01742-2751
 

Solicitation Number

W912WJ24X0002
 

Response Due

7/7/2023 10:00:00 AM
 

Archive Date

07/22/2023
 

Point of Contact

Tyler Maryak
 

E-Mail Address

tyler.s.maryak@usace.army.mil
(tyler.s.maryak@usace.army.mil)
 

Description

Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers intent to require, on a sole source basis, a brand name requirement for the Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) Fire Detection and Alarm devices in the new Surgical and Clinical Tower Project at the VA West Haven Campus. The existing fire detection and alarm system on the VA West Haven campus is a Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) system. All buildings on the VA West Haven campus with a building fire detection and alarm system are network-connected and integrated into the campus-wide Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) system. The campus-wide system allows VA West Haven police, facilities, and other safety personnel to remotely monitor, manage, access, and control fire alarm devices for each building on campus connected to the campus-wide system. The new fire alarm system for the Surgical Tower and the updated/extended systems necessary for the renovation back-fill of Building 1 will be connected to this existing system. This will allow VA West Haven personnel to monitor this new system extension along with the remainder of the existing campus. The Simplex Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) fire detection and alarm system is a network of sensors, pull stations and other devices that provides the required infrastructure to provide patient & staff safety, as required by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and the Joint Commission on healthcare safety.� The system�s reliability is achieved by the proprietary nature of the network, which is common in the industry. For the system to work at an acceptable level of performance, fast, reliable communication among devices and annunciation of alarms must happen in seconds.� When new finished spaces are created within the new surgical tower, the existing medical center building #1 or the rest of the campus, the Simplex Grinnell system must be expanded to ensure proper coverage into the new space.� This procurement will require the installation of the various equipment, including but not limited, to the following: fire alarm control panel(s), pull stations, wall- or ceiling-mounted strobes, wall- or ceiling-mounted speakers, wall- or ceiling-mounted combination speaker/strobes, monitor modules, control modules, duct smoke detectors with duct housing, sampling tube, and remote test stations, smoke detectors, heat detectors, etc.� Device quantities may change as design develops. Part numbers are not included as they have yet to be determined and they may change based on delegated design submittals. As stated above, these devices are proprietary in nature and must be programmed and tested by a Simplex Grinnell employee. If the Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) Fire Detection and Alarm devices are not sole sourced, then the fire detection and alarm systems for the new Surgical Tower and the renovation backfill of building 1 will not be connected to the campus-wide fire detection and alarm system requiring the installation of a separate standalone system and a separate standalone monitoring station at all locations where this system is monitored. Where building area adjacencies exist between the new system and the existing system, communications between the two systems must occur for proper building notification and controls. This communications interconnection will provide additional complication and require involvement from multiple system manufacturers to accomplish if it is even possible. This will add additional complication to all future system modifications. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS.� It is a market research tool being used to determine the availability of other qualified sources that can meet the requirements identified above and inherent with the referenced Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) Fire Detection and Alarm devices.� The Government is not obligated to, and will not pay for any information received from potential sources as a result of this notice of intent.� All responses received within 15 days of the posting of this notice of intent will be considered by the Government.� A determination by the Government to require the brand name for the Simplex-Grinnell (now Johnson Controls) Fire Detection and Alarm devices for the VA West Haven procurement based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.� Information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determine whether to allow alternate system manufacturers. Submit responses within 30 days of the posting of this notice of intent via email to: tyler.s.maryak@usace.army.mil (list ""W912WJ24X0002 � Fire Detection and Alarm"" in the subject line of the email).
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/opp/8b3d83b5333e40c9b7af17768a6c6c4d/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: West Haven, CT 06516, USA

Zip Code: 06516

Country: USA
 

Record

SN06708622-F 20230610/230608230109 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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