Renovation of a military facility in Fort Benning, Georgia. Completed plans call for the renovation of a military facility.

Replace Fire Alarm System, Bldg. 2898, Fort Benning, GA. Contract Period 300 days Currently installed fire alarm system in Building 2898 has reachedits limitations; therefore, this project is to replace the entire existing fire alarm system with new fire alarm and mass notification systems in the building. The new fire alarm and mass notification system requires to meet the current UFC 3-600-01 (Change 6) Fire Protection Engineering for Facilities, UFC 4-010-01 DoD Minimum Antiterrorism Standards for Buildings, UFC 4-021-01 Design and O&M of Mass Notification Systems, AR 420-1 Army regulation, and all the applicable (NFPA) codes and standards requirements. This is a major fire alarm and mass notification system replacement project. New work Section 1: 1) Replace the existing fire alarm system in Building 2898 with the new fire alarm and mass notification system. 2) Remove existing Fire Alarm Control Panel from Building 2898 as indicated on the drawing. 3) Remove all existing fire alarm devices (such as remote power supplies and power cabinets, pull stations, smoke detectors, heat detectors, control modules, monitor modules, relay modules, strobe/horn, strobe only, ceiling mount strobe, fire alarm cables, and so on) from Building 2898. 4) The contractor shall provide the design of the new fire alarm system and mass notification system layout plan throughout building 2898 in AutoCAD format. The design drawings shall include all the fire alarm devices, notification appliance devices and initiating devices. The acceptable design drawings in AutoCAD must show the initiating device and notification appliance circuits as well as signaling line circuits. 5) The use of proprietary fire alarm systems is prohibited. The system must be replaced with Honeywell brand Silent Knight Fire Alarm Control Panel with compatible detection devices, and mass notification systems. 6) Only single clear lens strobes marked "Alert" required for the new fire alarm and mass notification systems. The use of "Fire" is not permitted. Amber strobes must no longer be used. In lieu of amber strobes, clear or white strobes marked with the word "Alert" must be used for the new mass notification systems. Clear or white strobes must be provided for shared use by the facility's combination mass notification and fire alarm system. The clear or white strobes activate in conjunction with the voice messages over the mass notification or fire alarm system. 7) It shall be the responsibility of the contractor to remove the existing equipment as required to accomplish the new work as shown or implied. The contractor shall refer to the scope of work and/or plans for work shown to determine the extent of demolition required. 8) An area affected by the demolition works shall be repaired and repainted to match the surrounding condition. 9) When removing electrical equipment and systems. All precautions shall be taken to prevent structural damage to the building. The contractor shall coordinate the installation of any structural support required, whether it is temporary or permanent. 10) The contractor shall coordinate and schedule all power interruptions with DPW project manager and DPW electrical engineer in writing. 11) The contractor shall take all necessary precautions during demolition and construction to maintain the integrity and operation of existing life safety and emergency egress equipment. 12) Contractors can reuse existing conduits if removal would result in demolishing walls, ceilings, concrete slabs, and so on. The reused conduits shall meet all the current Fort Benning Fire Department codes and requirements. 13) The contractor shall visit the site and carefully examine the site location affected by this work before submitting proposals, to become familiar with the existing conditions and difficulties that will affect the execution of the work. Submission of a proposal will construe as evidence that such an examination has been made and later claims for labor, equipment or materials required because of difficulties encounter shall not be recognized. 14) The drawings from this bid document are only 35% design. The contractor shall complete the design 100% and the final (fire protection) design shall meet all the applicable codes and standards required by the Fort Benning Fire Department. 15) 65% of the design submittal shall be delivered and reviewed by the DPW engineer and Fort Benning Fire Department Inspector. 16) 95% design submittal with comments incorporated from the 65% design review shall be stamped and signed by a professional fire protection engineer. No new construction work shall start until 95% of the design submittals are approved and returned to the contractor. 17) 100% design submittal and engineered as-built construction documents shall include all final design materials, modifications, and revisions during the construction process. The acceptable As-Built drawings must show all the circuits (such as signaling line circuits, initiating device and notification appliance circuits) connected to the fire alarm and mass notification systems. 18) Army requires construction (shop) drawings and calculations must be prepared by, or prepared under the immediate supervision, of the Qualified Fire Protection Engineer (QFPE). 19) A registered P.E. in a related engineering discipline with a minimum of 5 years' experience, dedicated to fire protection engineering and shall verify with documentation. 20) Upon request, the QFPE shall submit a written copy of their resume indicating education, professional registration, and work experience, along with a letter attesting to their compliance with the requirements of this Section. The letter must include an imprint of their professional engineering stamp with their signature. 21) Two sets of full-size fire alarm design drawings and fire alarm equipment submittal shall be delivered (one set) to Lead Inspector's Office for DES-FP review (7180 Yeager Ave, Fort Benning, GA 31905) as well as (one set) to DPW Engineering Department for review. 22) All Major Projects (this project) require the design, review, and oversight services of a Qualified Fire Protection Engineer (QFPE). A QFPE must be involved in every aspect of the design, construction, and testing / commissioning as it relates to fire protection and life safety. This includes, but not limited to, building code analysis, life safety code analysis, design of automatic fire alarm, detection and suppression systems, water supply analysis, a multi-discipline review of the entire project, construction inspections and witnessing of fire protection acceptance testing / commissioning. This requirement is applicable to engineering services for design-build projects as well as all phases of designbuild projects including RFP development, design development, and construction. 23) The QFPE must review the shop drawings, calculations, and material submittals. The shop drawings must bear the Review Stamp of the QFPE prior to submitting the fire alarm system shop drawings to the DFPE. 24) The QFPE must monitor the installation of the fire alarm system and certify in writing that the fire alarm system has been constructed and operated as intended in the design plans and specifications. 25) The QFPE must review the complete 100 percent design drawings and specification submission and document in writing that the design follows the current UFC 3-600-01 and all applicable fire protection and life safety design criteria. New Work Section 2: 1) Provide and install a class "X," 4-wires intelligent/analog addressable fire alarm system in accordance with federal and Army regulations. The contractor shall verify and recommend the location of the new fire alarm control panel. 2) Provide and install a mass notification system as indicated on the drawing. The contractor shall verify and recommend the location of the new mass notification panel. 3) The new class "X" fire alarm control panel shall be able to broadcast audible message, live voice message, fire message, and voice recording message throughout the building. 4) The fire alarm control panel must have the ability to store at least 400 events in the history log. These events must be stored in a non-volatile memory and remain in the memory until the memory is downloaded or cleared manually. 5) Resetting of the fire alarm control panel must not clear the memory from retrieved on the integral LCD display. 6) The fire alarm control panel must have an integral LCD 80 character (minimum) alphanumeric display. 7) Provide all smoke detectors connected to the FACP with an adjustable alarm verification feature. Initially set the alarm verification at 20 seconds. 8) Fire alarm wiring shall be Class X with a single fault on a pathway connected to the addressable devices, which shall not cause the loss of more than 50- addressable devices and if less than 50 no more than half of the addressable devices shall not be lost with IP communication. 9) All fire alarm systems shall be UL 864, current compliant. All MNS shall be Underwriters laboratory (UL) 2572 compliant. 10) Secondary Power shall be 48 hours for all systems to include all the associated appliances and devices. 11) Provide and install exterior weatherproof FA/MNS speakers on Building 2898 to meet the current Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) requirements. 12) Provide and install local operator consoles (LOC) with weatherproof enclosure throughout Building 2898; therefore, no occupant must travel more than 200 feet to reach an LOC console. 13) Device priorities shall be as follows: MNS main panel MIC, LOCs, MNS main panel prerecorded messages circuits 1-9 with circuit one (1) with the highest priority going to circuit nine (9), fire alarm system, carbon monoxide, and finally general PA system. 14) MNS LOCs installed in the areas that are open to the public shall have unrestricted access to the LOC. 15) If a remote fire alarm panel (remote annunciator) is provided in the structure, a LOC shall be provided next to the remote fire alarm panel. 16) All LOCs that are not easily identifiable shall be labeled on the front of the LOC cabinet in a minimum of 1-inch lettering, in contrasting color. 17) MNS announcements shall provide inside all occupied spaces to include, but not limited to, the elevator, mechanical, POL, storage, or other areas determined by the AHJ. 18) Any room containing the fire alarm control panel (FACP) shall have signage on the door indicating FACP. The sign shall be in contrasting color (example: red/white) with 2-inch lettering. 19) Carbon monoxide detection shall be installed to provide coverage in all facilities that are serviced by natural gas, propane, or any other combustible gases or liquids. Building 2898 has NO gas service. 20) All detection devices require pulling their back-up power from the FA/MNS system. No nine (9) volt batteries shall be permitted. 21) All local operating consoles (LOC) should be installed at the same height as a manual pull station. 22) The MNS shall require transmitting trouble, supervisory, and alarm functions to Fort Benning Central Station while meeting the requirements of NFPA 72. All messages shall be point addressable regardless of how activated. 23) Smoke/heat detectors and associated electronic components shall mount in a twist-lock module that connects to a fixed base. Provide terminals in the fixed base for connection to building wiring. 24) Provide smoke detectors in accordance with NFPA 101. A smoke detector must be provided for each sleeping room. 25) Provide a smoke detector not closer than 3 feet from air-supply diffuser or returnair opening. 26) Provide a smoke detector not closer than 12-inches from any part of lighting fixture. 27) Ensure smoke detector spacing does not exceed 30 feet in diameter. 28) Upon detection of smoke, an audible signal must be activated in all sleeping rooms within the dwelling unit and send a distinct sleeping room smoke detector signal to the Facility fire alarm control panel and to the installation fire reporting system but not activate the facility notification appliances. 29) The signal to the FACP and fire reporting system may be an alarm or supervisory signal, as determined by the DFPE. 30) The audible signal in the dwelling unit must be low frequency as required by NFPA 72. 31) Primary and secondary power for the smoke detectors must be provided from the fire alarm control panel. 32) Provide a minimum of one notification appliance circuit per floor. Each notification appliance circuit must include 25 percent spare capacity. 33) Visible notification must be provided in all normally occupied, public and common use areas (e.g., break rooms, corridors, auditoriums, or conference rooms). 34) Visible notification must be provided in all normally unoccupied areas (such as mechanical rooms, electrical rooms, janitor rooms, storage areas, communication closets and other similar spaces) greater than 900 ft2 35) Visible notification is required in any normally unoccupied area where the ambient noise is loud enough to require hearing protection (e.g., compressor room). 36) Visible notification must be provided in all offices that are designed for, or may contain, more than four people at any one time. 37) Visible notification is not required in single person offices, unless the office assigned to a person with a hearing impairment that would require a visible notification appliance. 38) Visible notification is not required in bathrooms serving single person offices, unless the office assigned to a person with a hearing impairment that would require a visible notification appliance.