SB-I000940 Replacement of Fire Panels - Questions and Answers No. 1

Location:	Tennessee
Posted:	Apr 21, 2026
Due:	Apr 28, 2026
Agency:	Shelby County
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	J - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment
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Corrections

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Open

Publish Date:

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - 11:45am

Close Date:

04/28/2026 - 2:00pm

Contact Person:

Sonja Worthy

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Shelby County

Tennessee

Lee Harris, Mayor

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS No. 1

ISSUED: April 21, 2026

SB-I000940

Replacement of Fire Panels

TO ALL PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS:

The following questions were submitted by potential bidders. Our answers are listed

below in red:

1. Can Fire Alarm inspection reports be provided for each of the different building

layouts? (For buildings that are replicated, just one inspection report would do –

like for Q, B, C, D, P or I)

No, because we have our electronic techs. We cover our own repairs.

2. Can get the latest T&I Reports for each building to be accounted for with this bid?

We do a Sprinkler Testing report through Active Fire.

3. Also on the Request for Quotation Page there is 3 items listed for pricing will this

be as follows:

Item 1 1045 Mullins Station Road Location: this would include all the building

minus the two that Fire Panels wont be needed? Yes.

Item 2 1071 Mullins Station Road Location: N building only, this one is pretty self

explanatory. Yes.

Item 3 961 Sycamore View Location: will this include all 3 IRC building? In the

drawings provided it doesn’t seem like there are drawings for any IRC(typical

since these are of the same design). Yes.

4. In the Specifications it says the approved system shall be that of Cerberus PRO

Fire Safety or equivalent with prior written approval, this a Siemens system

supplied by partners but want to confirm is Siemens Desigo Fire Safety an

approved equal.

Yes, this system will be fine.

5. Will a Fire Protection Engineer be required to produce a Code Compliant Fire

Alarm design for this project?

Yes, it has to be up to codes.

6. Does Memphis Fire Department have Jurisdiction or will the state Fire Marshal

be required to approve before installation or both will have to approve prior?

Yes, Memphis fire has jurisdiction.

7. When it comes to escorts for this facility what does this look like one guard, one

maintenance etc. what will be the jails course of action be? Would it be possible

to have one Maintenance to get access into areas that will be needed and one

Corrections Officer present for safety of employees, and will we have the

escort(s) available at all times for the duration of the project?

Yes, both maintenance and an office will be available.

8. Will we be allowed to Demo the systems as we go, this would require each

building to undergo Fire Watch(supplied by SCDC) when demoing each system

building by building or will we need to install the new system and then Demo?

Yes, demo can be done one bldg in front of the installation.

9. We discussed this during the Walkthrough but just to confirm each building will

be standalone, meaning that no fire alarm panels will be tied together/networked

is this the intent?

Yes, typi are correct, they do not talk to each other.

Sincerely,

Signed Original on File

Sonja Worthy, Buyer

Purchasing Department

Shelby County Government

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