Fire Alarm Service Maintenance and Monitoring

Project Description: Hillsborough County intends to recommend the award of a sole source procurement to Siemens Industry, Inc. for ongoing and as-needed maintenance, monitoring, and repair services to fire alarm systems in County buildings for one (1) year at an estimated cost of $80,012.50. The fire alarm systems at County Center and Edgecomb Courthouse require specialized technical knowledge, authorized diagnostics, and compatible components. This procurement is being made in accordance with Section 3-205(2)(b) of the County’s Procurement Policy as Siemens Industry, Inc. is the sole provider capable of servicing the County’s proprietary fire alarm systems. The County reserves the right to extend the time period further, adjust the scope of services in response to changing conditions and updated requirements, and increase the resulting award accordingly.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals/bids.
Contractors who are able and interested in providing all the identified propriety parts, goods and services must submit clear and convincing information to support a challenge to the intended award. Challenges to this procurement must be received no later than the specified Close Date of this Sole Source notice and must be submitted using the “submission” section in EUNA Procurement for this particular procurement. Absent any challenges, an award will likely be made after the Close Date.
The County will review properly submitted challenges (responses) to determine whether bona fide competition exists. Any such responses received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement as a competitive solicitation.