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R -- TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR MINIMIZING COMPLIANCE COSTS OF LIFE SAFETY FOR CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES SOL 53SBNB860136 DUE 090898 POC Diane Loeb, (301) 975-6399, fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. SOLICITATION NUMBER 53SBNB860136 IS BEING ISSUED AS A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) USING SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES. The Building Fire Research Laboratory (BFRL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a method for the evaluation of life safety design alternatives for detention and correctional facilities. This method will allow facility managers and fire safety officials to identify and select the most cost-effective alternative designs, equivalent to prescriptive code compliance, and permitted under the Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) of NFPA 101A, "Guide on Alternative Approaches to Life Safety" (1998 edition). The primary purpose of this effort is to support BFRL in this effort by specifying all possible fire safety design alternatives that could be used to achieve a code-equivalent level of safety, as well as the cost data and algorithms necessary to estimate the life-cycle costs of each design alternative. The effort will also develop the prescriptivecode solutions for all combinations of Use Condition, building height, and new and existing building status, as specified in the Mandatory Safety Requirements of Worksheet Tables 4-4A and 4-4B. The ultimate utility and success of the method depends critically on both the comprehensiveness of the design alternatives and on the accuracy of the cost data and algorithms. This work is separated into three tasks. Task 1 is to develop a table of possible fire safety design alternatives for each safety parameter that can be implemented to move from any initial state to any higher scoring state. Task 2 is to develop the algorithms and supporting cost data to permit the estimation of the initial cost of implementing each of the design alternatives identified under Task 1. Task 3 is a final technical report which documents the results of this effort, including all the data specified in Tasks 1 and 2. FOB Gaithersburg, MD with a 12 month Period of Performance. The Government will award a Purchase Order resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose quote conforming to the solicitation will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors shall be used to evaluate quotes received: (1) Knowledge and Experience with current Fire Safety Evaluation System (FSES) of NFPA 101A (2) experience developing algorithms to estimate the costs of alternative fire safety designs Past Performance (3) Familiarity with and experience using data sources on the costs of alternative fire safety designs, (4) Experience in designing fire safety systems for detention and correctional facilities. The applicable Standard Industrial Classification Code is 8748. Request for RFQ 53SBNB860136 must be in writing or the written request can be faxed to (301) 963-7732. The solicitation will be issued on or about August 25, 1998, with an anticipated offer receipt date of September 8, 1998, and an anticipated award date of 15 September 1998. All responsible sources may submit a quotation which shall be considered by NIST. See numbered Note 26. Posted 08/25/98 (W-SN241362). (0237)

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