Specifications include, but are not limited to: Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) is soliciting information from qualified contractors to provide time and material, not to exceed, commercial fire sprinkler contracting services for various construction, maintenance and renovation projects. (a) The Work involved shall consist of miscellaneous fire sprinkler contracting services to include, but not limited to, the following. a. Add or replace sprinkler head(s) for existing installations. b. Emergency repair of frozen or broken sprinkler pipe(s) and or head(s). c. Ability to work on wet and/or dry pipe systems. d. Install new sprinkler head(s), piping and/or valve(s) according to construction drawings. e. Complete annual inspections and maintenance of existing systems. Work may include fire pumps. f. Ability to complete one-line drawings for Fire Marshal review as needed. g. Coordinate with Owner’s Representative for system shut downs. h. Awarded Contractor shall be a certified Fire Protection Systems Contractor, working in compliance with NFPA 13 and all state and local codes. All Work should comply with or exceed standards in the Facilities Design Manual, or as noted on the construction documents. (b) All Work shall be in conformance with current Federal, State, County, and City codes and regulations as issued by EPA and subsequent legislation, Registration, certificates/licenses shall be current and available on demand. All Work will be specified in accordance with Time and Materials Guide Specifications (under construction) and the Facilities Design Manual which be accessed at https://www.fpm.iastate.edu/planning/. (c) Total construction costs for these projects shall generally range from $100 to $50,000. Projects may be awarded up to a maximum $100,000 total construction cost upon appropriate approvals from Facilities Planning and Management and Contract Administrator. (d) Prior to commencing Work on any project request, the Contractor shall visit the site, become familiar with the conditions under which the Work is to be performed and correlate personal observations with requirements of the project request. The Contractor shall take field measurements and verify field conditions and shall carefully compare such field measurements and conditions and other information known to the Contractor with the project request before commencing activities. Errors, inconsistencies or omissions discovered shall be reported to the Owner's Representative at once.
