City of Chicago #74294,5

O’Hare Siemens building automation and fire-alarm systems support and maintenance

The City of Chicago Department of Aviation is seeking a contractor to maintain O’Hare’s extensive Siemens-based building automation and fire-alarm monitoring environment. - Government buyer: City of Chicago, Chicago Department of Aviation; procurement office: Department of Procurement Services. The attachment identifies Derrick Knight Jr. as the buyer contact. - OEMs and vendors named: Siemens is the principal OEM, with Siemens fire-alarm, building-automation, and Desigo CC systems identified. The documents also mention Tridium, EBTRON (also written EBRON), and Huntair equipment. No reseller is identified by name. - Requested services: Ongoing support and maintenance for O’Hare’s Supervisory Monitoring System (SMS), Building Automation System (BAS), Fire Alarm Systems (FAS), controls, and related network infrastructure. Work includes preventive and corrective maintenance, testing, installation, upgrades, software and cybersecurity support, backups, documentation, training, and emergency response. - Scale and service requirements: The inventory includes hundreds of system and equipment categories and thousands of devices, including 2,495 smoke detectors, 1,801 FLN BACnet/IP controllers, 905 tamper switches, and 817 FDO421 detectors. The contractor must provide at least 12 onsite full-time staff; emergency response requirements include remote response within 2 hours and onsite response within 4 hours when required. - Technical qualifications: Required capabilities include Desigo BAS, Tridium, and Siemens fire-alarm certifications, plus access to Siemens parts distribution. The operating environment includes Siemens XLS fire-alarm systems, Desigo CC, and third-party BACnet devices. - Term and participation goals: The base term is 36 months, with five optional 12-month extensions. Contract-specific goals are 28% MBE, 8% WBE, and 2% VBE participation. - Pricing note: The source states that the price-schedule placeholder is not a proposed price and should not be priced; the initial notice also states that price will not be considered for evaluation. No reliable contract value is provided.

Description

The City of Chicago Department of Aviation is soliciting proposals for support and maintenance of the Supervisory Monitoring System Fire Alarm Monitoring. The solicitation specifies a 36-month contract term and identifies contract-specific goals of MBE 28%, WBE 8%, and VBE 2%. The pre-submittal conference is strongly encouraged but non-mandatory, scheduled for August 4, 2026, at 10510 W. Zemke Road and via Microsoft Teams. Responses are due October 16, 2026, at 3:00 PM Central Time.

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