Sources Sought for Brand Name, Market Research for Monaco Fire Alarm system

A source sought announcement to:

A. To notify potential Offerors of the Governments intent to solicit a brand name(s) only component for this project per FAR 6.302-1(c).

B. To identify potential sources that can provide an equivalent to the brand name only item.

C. Notification of the Army’s intent to solicit brand name components as described below.

(1) Monaco Fire Alarm and Mass Notification System:

The requirement is to provide the Monaco Fire Alarm and Mass Notification System in Camp Buckner Phase 4, The Monaco Analog Addressable Panel (MAAP) Plus Analog Addressable Integrated Radio Transceiver and Fire Alarm Control Panel is capable of point reporting up to 1584 addressable device points via proprietary UHF radio signal to the Monaco D-21 Enhanced Central Radio Control Alarm receiving system at West Point Fire Department Dispatch. New Fire Alarm installations include Mass Notification Systems (MNS) in accordance with DoD Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) 4-021-01. The existing radio frequency (RF) infrastructure provided by Monaco supports the UFC requirements for primary MNS communications. The Monaco Fire Alarm and integrated MNS system has the capability to remotely activate the in-building MNS messaging system and provide live-voice announcements directly from the D-21 Central Station at West Point Fire Dispatch.

Each Fire Alarm System (FAS) and Mass Notification System (MNS) shall be a complete, supervised, non-coded, analog-addressable system, installed in class A configuration per NFPA 72. The FAS/MNS shall provide point reporting to the Fire Alarm Control Panel (FACP). The FACP shall in turn provide point reporting to the Monaco D- 21 Central Receiving Station at United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point Fire Department Dispatch. Point reporting, also known as point to point reporting, is the capability to relay the status of each addressable device and certain system components such as Signaling Line Circuits (SLC) to the D-21 Central Receiving Station in real time. The FAS/MNS shall be tested and perform as a critical life-safety system. The FAS/MNS shall be compatible with and shall communicate seamlessly with the D-21 Central Receiving Station, without impairing operational function or reliability of any existing FAS or MNS. Use of interfacing relays between the FACP and communications transceiver to provide point or zonal alarm trouble status shall not be permitted.

D. Any vendor that wishes to provide an alternate source to the brand names above that is compatible with the above must provide a response with data supporting the claim within 15 calendar days of this announcement to New York District Corps of Engineering, Contracting Division POC below.

E. This is a notice of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. No contract award will be made from this notice of intent.