U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Fort Worth District, P.O. Box 17300, 819 Taylor Street, Attn: CESWF-CT, Fort Worth, TX 76102-0300

H -- FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE ALARM TESTING, CORPUS CHRISTI ARMY DEPOT SOL DACA63-98-B-0005 DUE 020598 POC Sharon L. Hair, Contract Specialist, 817/978-3194 WEB: Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Contracting Division, http://EBS.swf.usace.army.mil/. E-MAIL: Sharon L. Hair, Contract Specialist, sharon.l.hair@swf01.usace.army.mil. Fire Protection and Fire Alarm Testing, Corpus Christi Army Depot. The work involves the inspection and testing of fire protection and associated fire alarm systems for 37 buildings. Inspection will address the annual requirements as outlined in NFPA 25, the standard for the inspection, testing and maintenance of water based fire protection systems. The buildings have roof heights of approximately 30 feet and are used for material storage. In addition to the NFPA 25 annual requirements, testing will include the removal of sprinkler heads to be laboratory tested, cutting coupons from sprinkler piping for visual and structural testing, use of boroscope for inspection of interior of sprinkler piping, hydrant flow tests, main drain flow tests, alarm initiating device tests, and dry-trip testing of sprinkler systems. As part of the testing, the contractor shall provide and install replacement sprinkler heads and repair of piping sections removed for testing. Results of testing shall be incorporated into a computer maintenance management software program provided by the contractor, specifically designed for inspection, testing, and maintenance of water based fire protection systems following the procedures outlined in NFPA 25. Contractor shall provide O & M training on the testing of sprinkler systems and provide the services of the software program purveyor for training and hands on demonstration of the computerized management for fire protection systems. Solicitation will issue on or about 05 January 1998 with bid opening on or about 04 February 1998. The terms of the contract will consist of a one-year period and four one-year option periods. The proposed contract listed here is a 100% small business set-aside. See Note 1. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. Facsimile requests for solicitation documents are acceptable (FAX# 817/978-4797, ATTN: Sharon L. Hair). No express mail procedures will be utilized on initial mailing of solicitation packages. (0356)

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