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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRE-LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS TESTING, REPAIR AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Contract Modification No. 3 to Contract No. OP729180008370 with Link-Nilsen Corp, for Fire-Life Safety Systems Testing, Repair and Certification Services, to exercise the one, two-year option in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $1,990,280, and adding testing locations in the NTE amount of $702,452, increasing the total contract NTE amount from $3,911,744 to $6,604,476, inclusive of the option term, and extending the period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2026.
Issue
ISSUE
The existing contract's three-year base term to provide fire-life safety systems testing, repair, and certification services expires on September 30, 2024. To continue providing these critical services and ensure compliance with Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Regulation 4 (Reg. 4), state and federal fire-life safety testing mandates, a contract modification is required to exercise the two-year option, and add testing locations, increasing the total NTE amount from $3,911,744 to $6,604,476 and extending the period of performance from September 30, 2024, to September 30, 2026.
Background
BACKGROUND
On June 24, 2021, the Board authorized the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP729180008370, with one, two-year option, to provide systemwide fire-life safety systems testing, repair, and certification services, effective October 1, 2021.
Under the existing contract, the contractor Link-Nilsen Corp. has been providing satisfactory services for systemwide annual and five-year Reg. 4 testing, calibration, repair, retesting where applicable, and certification of water-based fire suppression systems and auto-closing fire assemblies. In the...
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