The City of Charlottesville is requesting bids for IFB 25-34 for CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY HALL FIRE ALARM REPLACEMENT.

Project Description:
This project will upgrade the existing fire detection and alarm signaling system at Charlottesville City Hall. The City of Charlottesville is upgrading this building because the current equipment is an obsolete zone panel alarm system.  The existing fire alarm is a Notifier system with a Siemens Cerberus Pro panel serving the basement area. The upgraded fire detection and alarms shall be a Siemens Cerberus Pro system utilizing all existing wiring. All detection and notification devices are to be replaced one for one and adding smoke detectors above the FACP, power supplies and remote annunciators. Both the old and new Cerberus Pro panels shall be networked through RS485 protocol to function as one system. This upgrade will ensure the building's fire detection and alarm system is updated to current technology and equipment.

The upgraded system shall include all required hardware, raceways, interconnecting wiring and software to accomplish the requirements of this specification and the contract drawings, whether or not specifically itemized herein. All equipment furnished shall be new and the latest state of the art products of a single manufacturer, engaged in the manufacturing and sale of analog fire detection devices for over ten years.
The system as specified shall be supplied, installed, tested and approved by the local Authority Having Jurisdiction, and turned over to the owner in an operational condition.

In the interest of job coordination and responsibilities, the installing contractor shall contract with a single supplier for fire alarm equipment, engineering, programming, inspection and tests, and shall be capable of providing a “UL Listing Certificate” for the complete system.

The system specified for this project shall be that of Cerberus™ PRO, which meets the project requirements. Other systems shall be submitted 10 days prior to bid date for approval by the Engineer. All systems approved shall meet all the requirements spelled out in this specification. System approval shall be in writing by the Engineer and a copy shall be submitted with the system submittals.