Pasco County School District Ionwave #27-008-AH

Pasco County Schools Fire Alarm Monitoring and Account Conversion Services

Pasco County Schools is seeking a provider for continuous fire alarm monitoring and emergency dispatch across its schools and district facilities. - Government buyer: District School Board of Pasco County, Florida, through Purchasing Services. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or prospective service vendors are named in the opportunity. - Services requested: As-needed, 24/7 fire alarm monitoring for 110 listed locations, including network cellular fire monitoring and fire system monitoring. The bid schedule also requests a unit price for account conversion for 110 locations. - Monitoring requirements: The monitoring station must be UL Listed and approved for fire alarm monitoring; receive SDACT and DACT signals; process 4/2, Contact ID, and SIA formats; and provide primary and secondary toll-free communications. It must distinguish alarm, telephone-line trouble, DACT trouble, and supervisory signals, and provide secondary monitoring capability if the primary station fails. - Dispatch, reporting, and transition: The provider must dispatch the appropriate fire department, notify designated District contacts, and provide electronic event reports with specified event details within 24 hours when applicable. If the provider changes, the selected vendor must handle programming, conversion, testing, implementation, and transition corrections at no additional cost while maintaining uninterrupted monitoring. - Experience and compliance: Proposers must show at least five years of fire alarm monitoring experience, including at least three years in Florida, and provide appropriately trained 24/7 staff. The contract requires applicable licenses and certifications, insurance, compliance with relevant safety codes, and a signed affidavit certifying that the vendor does not use coercion for labor or services. - Term and value: The initial term is five years after Board approval, with renewal by mutual agreement for up to the original contract term and a possible extension of up to six months. Estimated annual expenditures are $50,000, with no spending guarantee.

Description

The District School Board of Pasco County seeks one vendor to provide fire alarm monitoring services on an as-needed basis during the contract term. Services include continuous 24/7 monitoring of District alarm transmitters, dispatching emergency responders and notifying District personnel, backup monitoring capability, and electronic incident and trouble reports. The monitoring station must meet specified UL listing and signal-format requirements, and the vendor must support transition activities if selected instead of the current provider. The initial contract term is five years, with estimated annual expenditures of $50,000; the source states this is an estimate and does not guarantee expenditures.

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