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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
JUNE 17, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRE-LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS TESTING, REPAIR AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT AWARD
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP72918000 to Link-Nilsen Corp, to provide Fire-Life Safety systems testing, repair and certification services. The contract not-to-exceed amount is $3,911,744 for the three-year base period, and $1,990,280 for the one, two-year option, for a combined not-to-exceed amount of $5,902,024, effective September 16, 2021.
Issue
ISSUE
The existing Fire-Life Safety systems testing, repair and certification contract expires September 15, 2021. To continue providing these critical services and ensure compliance with Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) Regulation 4 (Reg. 4) and fire/life safety testing mandates, a new contract award is required effective September 16, 2021.
Background
BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2016, Metro Board of Directors awarded a five-year, firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP5766200 to Link-Nilsen Corp, to provide system-wide annual and five-year testing, calibration, repair, retesting where applicable and certification of water-based fire suppression systems. Services also include as-needed bus simple and complex fire alarm panel and related fire/life safety equipment testing, repair and certification due to the limited resources of Reg. 4 certified testers among Metro personnel.
In January 2017, an additional 484 annual rail wet systems, 136 rail facility elevators and 32 rail auto closing assemblies were added to the contract due to limited Reg. 4 certified testers among Metro personnel and to ensure compliance with the LAFD Reg. 4 and fire/life safety testing requirements.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Link Nilsen, Metro's incumbent contractor has been providing satisfactory service. Under this new contract, Link Nilsen ...
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