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Nature of Requirements:
F1700-164451/A
Siopongco, Philip (PWY)
Telephone No. - (604) 351-6139
Email: P••••••••@•••••.••.ca
Title
Life Safety Refurbishments - Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Location
Victoria Coast Guard Base, Victoria, BC
Note to Tenderers
Drawings and Specifications are now available for viewing and downloading in a Portable Document Format (PDF) or in a standard paper version. Tenderers should note that Attachment File(s) contain the Drawings and Specifications Package (DSP) which consists of PDF files organized in an industry recognized directory structure.
Work Description
Department of Fisheries and Oceans though Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has a requirement which includes the installation andintegration of an addressable fire alarm system and devices, as well as a public address system into the existing life safety equipment and system on site. Work also includes refurbishments to mechanical life safety components.
Work of this Contract comprises of but is not necessarily limited to the supply and installation of the following items:
Addressable Fire Alarm system:
- Provide all labour, material and equipment necessary to extend, expand and replace the existing fire alarm system intothe Project area. Make modifications to the existing fire alarm system as indicated in the drawings and specified herein.
- Include all wiring and material required to complete the installation. Items obviously necessary or reasonably implied to complete the work are to be supplied as if indicated on the drawings and called for in the specifications.
- All new components shall be ULC listed and approved for use on the intended equipment and to be compatible to the existing Siemens fire alarm system.Coordinate on site as required.
Work Included:
- Provide new addressable detectors, ancillary relays, and signaling devices as indicated on the drawing
- Connect to existing fire alarm panel as required
- Modify all existing annunciators as required
- Modify the existing fire alarm annunciators as required
- Perform all the required programming, verification & documentation as required.
Public Address System:
Public address system to include:
- Microphone.
- Speakers.
- Mixing Amplifier.
- IP Paging Unit.
- Connection with the existing fire alarm system (to mute the PAS when fire alarm systems
activated)
- Accessories and incidentals necessary for a complete operational system as intended.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
- The sound system shall provide intelligible voice coverage inside the building where speakers are shown.
- Locate the equipment rack in rooms as shown on the drawings.
- The loudspeaker system should be organized in zones where applicable, as shown on drawings.
- System to have individual volume control for each zone at the equipment rack.
- System to be capable of selecting each zone independently and the volume controlled separately so that one or more zones could be turned off or down while the sound system is used for an event in the other zone or zones.
- There will be no expectation to use the sound system for all zones and simultaneous events.
- The loudspeaker system should be sufficiently directional to minimize excitation of the reverberant field, and should be capable of good quality voice reproduction, with a low frequency response to a minimum of 80Hz, and extended high frequency response to at least 15 kHz at the listening positions.
- The speaker system shall make use of the optimum quantity of devices to achieve the required coverage.
- Quantity and power of the amplifiers to be sufficient to guarantee intelligible speech at all locations under peak ambient noise.
- The contractor shall install, test and commission the equipmentin accordance with the tender drawings.
- Contractor is responsible for providing any necessary fire watch when any existing fire safety component is not available to operate in normal function mode due to modifications to the system underway.
- The contractor will inspect the equipment on site and advice the owner and engineer of any deficiencies, concerns or missing equipment prior to the work commencing.
Note:
1. The installation will be undertaken in a live environment. Interruptions toelectrical service to the facility require a minimum of 72 hours’ notice. All interruptions will be agreed in advance with the owner.
Work will be performed in accordance with the contract schedules within the scope of work.
Optional Site Visit
Interested bidders are encouraged to preview the site prior to submitting a tender for this work and to make inquiries or investigations necessary to become thoroughly acquainted with the site as well as the nature and extent of the work. An optionalsite visit is scheduled on Monday, February 20, 2017 at 10:00 AM local time. Attendees are requested to check in at the Commissionaires desk located inside the Administration Building at 25 Huron Street, 15 minutes prior to the start of the site visit. Your contact for the day is Mr. Randy Burgin, phone number (250) 508-8121.
Delivery Date
The work shall commence immediately upon official notification of acceptance of the tender by the Contracting Authority and is to be completed by May 15, 2017.
Bidders are responsible for making their own travel arrangements.
Enquiries
Philip Siopongco, A/Supply Specialist
Tel: (604) 351-6139
Fax: (604) 775-6633
Email: P••••••••@•••••.••.ca
Value of Project
To assist with bonding and insurance requirements, the work is estimated to cost around $190,000.00
Firms intending to submit tenders on this project should obtain tender (solicitation) documents through Buyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Addenda, when issued will be available fromBuyandsell.gc.ca/tenders. Firms that elect to base their bids on tender (solicitation) documents obtained from other sources do so at their own risk and will be solely responsible to inform the tender calling authority of their intention to bid. In all cases, bidders must indicate (when requested) in the space provided on the tender form the identification number(s)of the addenda, if any, that they have taken into consideration for their bid.
This procurement office provides procurement services to the public in English.
Delivery Date: Above-mentioned
The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.
Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.
