2022-041M21 - AHEC-22923-B - Replace Fire Sprinkler, North Classroom

Project Description
Qualified Fire Sprinkler contractors are invited to bid the following scope of work to replace/add piping and sprinkler heads to a portion of the North Classroom Building on the Auraria Higher Education (AHEC) campus. Scope includes replacing sections of sprinkler piping and heads in locations shown on the drawings. The balance of the sprinkler system was previously replaced during past remodels.   Drawings and Specification for this project are by incandescence life safety dated May 2, 2022.

Scope of Services
The North Classroom Building is a 5 story structure, and there is sprinkler work on each of the floors.  See drawing pages FP 0.2 - 0.6 for a legend of room types and allowable times for work.  A tentative class schedule for summer 2022 (subject to change) will be provided as part of these documents; there are sensitive areas throughout the building that will need to be done after- hours with specific coordination of timing.
This project is slated to begin over the summer of 2022 when class load in the building is lighter; there will need to be a lot of coordination and communication with CU Denver occupants, which will be coordinated through the AHEC Project Manager.
All work that involves shutting down the sprinkler system will need to be scheduled and coordinated with the AHEC Project Manager.  There will also need to be close coordination of the project through AHEC’s PM with the AHEC Life Safety Team and Denver Fire, the Authority Having Jurisdiction, for testing.
Typical work day is defined as 7:00am – 5:30pm.  There are classes sometimes scheduled outside of this window; AHEC will provide a summer and fall class schedule as soon as they are available.  Office spaces will be available during these times for work.
This project will need to coordinate with the existing Notifier Alarm System, but this project will not modify the existing fire alarm system.  All of the work is downstream of the alarm valves and flow switches (i.e., the only interface with the fire alarm system).
All existing finishes will need to be restored to the original finishes.  Some of the fire sprinklers are “sidewall” and will require some painting on the walls, some are in areas with hard-lid gyp board ceilings and will require painting.  Some of the pipes in exposed areas of the atrium are also painted.  AHEC will provide a list of painters who are used on campus projects.
There will also be ceiling tile replacement where they are damaged during installation or where heads might move. See Specification for two types of ceiling tiles in the building.
The fire watch is the responsibility of the awarded Contractor and will be required any time a zone is isolated/drained.