Yokota Fire & Emergency Services Dispatch Center

Amendment 0001 has been issued for solicitation FA5209-17-Q-0085. The purpouse of this amendment is to update CLIN 0001's brand name salient characteristics that an "equal" item must meet to be considered for award, attach the performance work statement updated on 13 September 2017, and extend the due date for quotes from 15 September 2017 to 30 September 2017. All other terms and conditions remain unchanged. This constitutes the formal solicitation of FA5209-17-Q-0085 for the following: VESTA E911, MCC7500 CONSOLES FFP BRAND NAME OR EQUAL VESTA E911, MCC7500 CONSOLES, NICE LOGGING RECORDING SYSTEM AND PUBLIC ALERTING SYSTEM (EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM) purchase, integration,installation and maintenance of three (3) MCC7500 dispatch consoles, three (3)VESTA E911 positions (workstations), one (1) NICE recorder, and a public alerting system. This new system shall provide direct delivery of 911 calls to the DoD-staffed Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) without the need for intermediate call answering by a municipal PSAP. The contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, supervision, tools, supplies, equipment, labor, training,licensing and other items and non-personal services necessary to design, install,integrate and optimize the upgrade to Yokota's FES primary and alternate dispatch communication centers located at building 530 and 1247. The public alerting system to support building 530, 1247, and 4336 shall meet the requirements of sections 2.5 and 2.6 of the attached PWS. The contractor will ensure all manufacturers' recommendations will be strictly adhered to during the installation of the system. (The dispatch consoles will be connected to the J2LMR network,used at Kadena AB and throughout Okinawa. J2LMR requires users on the network to join the RFS contract, managed by Kadena AB. The RFS contract includes additional support services that include emergency response commitment.) If or equal products are proposed the following salient physical,functional, or performance characteristics of the brand name item(s) that an "equal" item must meet to be acceptable for award are as follows: 1) The new primary and alternate dispatch consoles shall be compatible with and integrate into the newly upgraded Motorola based Joint Japan Land Mobile Radio (J2LMR) system. 2) Shall meet all requirements of the attached Performance Work Statement (PWS) dated 30 Aug 17 (Attch 1) 3) Any "equal" item/system hardware, software, and installation provided shall not void the existing Motorola warranty of (J2LMR) system. PURCHASE REQUEST NUMBER: F4G3F57243A001 This notice will be extended until 15 September 2017. Yokota Fire & Emergency Services Dispatch Center PURPOSE: Yokota AFB, Japan intends to issue a Request for Quote (RFQ) FA5209-17-Q-1024 to support a Brand Name Requirement for a Motorola Dispatch Center Upgrade to Yokota Fire Department's existing Motorola Dispatch Center. This is a Pre-solicitation Notice Only. This notice is being issued for planning and informational purposes only. This notice is not a solicitation, nor is it to be construed as a commitment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this notice, nor will the Government accept proposals as a result of this notice. The plans and technical specifications for this requirement will only be available upon solicitation issuance. In addition, a Brand Name Justification will be posted along with the solicitation in accordance with FAR 5.102(a)(6). PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Yokota Fire Department has a requirement for the Engineering, Furnishing, Installation, and Test (EFI&T) of an E911 Emergency System for Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan. The contractor shall provide all personnel, materials, supervision, tools, supplies, equipment, labor, training, licensing and other items and non-personal services necessary to design, install, integrate and optimize the upgrade to the Yokota FES primary and alternate dispatch communication center located at building 530 & 1247. The contractor will ensure all manufacturers' recommendations will be strictly adhered to during the installation of the system. This requirement shall fulfill the needs of both the primary and alternate emergency control center (ECC). This project is intended to upgrade the primary ECC comprised of two (2) MCC7500 dispatch consoles, two (2) VESTA 911 call taker positions, two (2) APX7500 consoles, and one (1) NICE recorder. In addition to the upgrades to the primary ECC a single alternate ECC will be upgraded and comprised of one (1) MCC 7500 dispatch console, one (1) Vesta 911 call take position, and one (1) APX7500 console. This new system shall provide direct delivery of E911 calls to the DoD-staffed Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) without the need for intermediate call answering by a municipal PSAP. Dependent on available funding this project may include the installation of a Public Alerting System (PAS) across all three of Yokota's fire stations. If funded this PAS will be integrated into the Motorola Dispatch Center and be compromised of replaced amplifiers, speakers, ambient noise controllers, and wiring as required to provide full system capability. The installation and integration of the PAS to the Motorola shall be in accordance with Motorola installation practices to maintain the standard system warranties for both the Dispatch Center and the PAS. **This description is not intended to be all encompassing and is subject to change.** TYPE OF CONTRACT AND NAICS: This RFP will be for one (1) Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) contract. The North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) for this effort is 811213, Communications Equipment Repair and Maintenance and the size standard is $10M. A single award is expected to be made as a result of evaluation of quotes received. TYPE OF SET-ASIDE: This requirement is anticipated to be a Brand Name Motorola requirement only with no small business set-aside. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: The anticipated period of performance is 180 calendar days after a resulting award is made. ANTICIPATED SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The Government anticipates releasing the solicitation on or about 31 August 2017. Additional details can be found in the solicitation when it is posted to http://www.fbo.gov. SOLICITATION: The official solicitation, when posted, will be available free of charge by electronic posting only and may be found at Federal Business Opportunities website, http://www.fbo.gov. Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued. Telephone and Fax requests for this solicitation will not be honored. Project files are Portable Document Format (PDF) files and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the solicitation for this project, contractors are required to register at the Federal Business Opportunities website at http://www.fbo.gov. Amendments, if/when issued, will be posted to the above referenced website for electronic downloading. This will be the only method of distributing amendments prior to closing; therefore, it is the Offerors responsibility to check the website periodically for any amendments to the solicitation. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM): Offerors must be successfully registered in SAM, www.sam.gov, in order to receive a Government contract award. Offerors must have their representations and certifications available on-line in SAM or provide them with their proposal in order to receive a Government contract award. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Specific information pertaining to this procurement will be available as an attachment to the solicitation. The solicitation documents will be posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov. It is, and will continue to be, the responsibility of all potential offerors to monitor the FBO website for any amendments, updates, responses to questions and answers, etc. as the Government will not be maintaining a mailing list. A draft of the performance work statement has been included with this synopsis but is subject to revision. POINT-OF-CONTACT: The Contract Specialist for this synopsis is Eric W. Moses, 374 CONS/LGCBA; Yokota Air Force Base, email address: eric.moses.1@us.af.mil AND Brian Mentel brian.mentel.1@us.af.mil. CONTRACTING OFFICE ADDRESS: 374th Contracting Squadron Unit 5228, Bldg 620, Yokota Air Base Fussa-shi Tokyo 197-0001 **This announcement serves as the Advance Notice for this project. Responses to this synopsis are not required.**