Texas DIR/ESBD #RFP-01-RELL-27-270

RELLIS campus lightning and hazardous-weather detection and alerting platform

The Texas A&M University System is seeking an integrated weather-threat detection and campus alerting platform for its RELLIS campus and proving grounds. - Buyer: Texas A&M University System, Office of Procurement and HUB Program. - Requested solution: Provide, install, configure, commission, validate, and support a lightning and hazardous-weather detection, alerting, and mass-notification platform for more than 2,000 acres. No specific OEM, vendor, model, part number, or quantity is named. - Detection and notifications: Detect cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud lightning, including strike distance, direction, and threat level. Monitor thunderstorms, severe storms, high winds and gusts, hail, and tornado signatures; provide tiered alerts and all-clear logic, automated SMS and email, configurable user groups, a web dashboard, an administrative console, and integration with RELLIS operations workflows. - Outdoor alert coverage: Provide outdoor loudspeaker/public-address coverage with automated voice alerts, tiered tones, and live announcements in priority Areas A (Main Campus), B (Runways/Proving Grounds), and C (Southern Test Area). Area D requires detection, monitoring, and electronic notifications, but not audible alerts. - Included delivery and support: Include required sensors, communications components, software and licenses, servers and hardware, installation, acceptance testing, training, documentation, 24/7 technical support, maintenance and repair, updates, applicable sensor calibration, and annual performance reports. Itemize pricing, with audible equipment and installation priced separately for Areas A, B, and C. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or prospective vendors are named in the available notice and attachment information.

Description

The Texas A&M University System is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide, install, and support a lightning and hazardous weather detection, alerting, and mass notification platform. The system will serve the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus and RELLIS Proving Grounds, which together cover more than 2,000 acres. The System intends to establish a services agreement with one vendor to meet the campus’s immediate needs.

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