Wentzville R-IV School District Sealed Solicitation
Title: “FIRE SPRINKLER BACKFLOWS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, AND EXTINGUISHERS”-RFB-M-310
Deadline: 3/3/2023 10:00 AM (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
Status: Awarded
Solicitation Number: RFB-M-310
Description: The purpose of this Request for Bid (RFB) is to establish a contract for the District inspections of the Fire Sprinkler Backflows, Fire Suppression Systems, and Extinguishers.
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Addition 1
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 1
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Addition 2
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 2
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Addition 3
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 3
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Addition 4
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 4
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Addition 5
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 5
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Addition 6
Posted: 3/3/2023
Type of Addition: In Review
Addition 10
Posted: 4/21/2023
Type of Addition: Award Information
Addition 11
Posted: 6/15/2023
Type of Addition: Updated Award- Fire Extinguisher and Fire Hose
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Addition 12
Posted: 6/15/2023
Type of Addition: Updated Award-Fire sprinkler and backflow
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Question 1
Posted: 2/22/2023
Question: Are there only 5 schools with kitchen suppression systems? We show that there are 15 schools with kitchen suppression systems.
Response: We are only doing the kitchen fire suppression at the locations that have an open flame or flat top.
Question 2
Posted: 2/22/2023
Question: Can the district provide a copy of the past inspection reports for each school? This would allow us to know how many and what type of devices we are inspecting.
Response: Please reference addendums 1-5 for reports.
Question 3
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: Can you please provide a copy of the previously awarded bid or current contract?
Response: Fire Extinguisher 2021-2022 830.35 + Repairs 2022-2023 902.55 Fire Suppression 2021-2022 3,174.00 + Repairs 2022-2023 3,543.00 Sprinkler/Backflow 2021-2022 9,873.02 + Repairs 2022-2023 10,169.21 Fire Alarm 2021-2022 7,949.03 + Repairs 2022-2023 8,479.92
Question 4
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: I just received a response about the suppression systems "Holt has 3 systems, Liberty has 2, North Point High has 2 and Frontier has 1 and each system should have its own tank" Looks like Timberland was left out. How many systems are at Timberland?
Response: Timberland has 2.
Question 5
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: From what I can tell from the reports, there are 64 wet systems and 28 fire line backflows for all of the schools. Is that correct?
Response: The reports should be correct.
Question 6
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: COULD THIS SOLICITATION NE AWARDED TO MORE THAN ONE COMPANY TO MY KNOWELEDGE MOST FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANIES (SMALL BUSINESSES) DO EXTINGUISHERS AND HOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION AND NOT SPRINKLERS AS WELL AS ALOT OF SPRINKLER COMPANIES DO NOT DO EXTINGUISHERS AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THE LICENSING,TRAINING,THE SPRINKLER FITTERS UNION AND INSURANCE COSTS ARE WAY TO EXCESSIVE I DO SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS AND EACH ONE DIVIDES THE SPRINKLERS AS A RFP THE EXTINGUISHERS AS A RFP AND THE HOOD SYSTEMS AS A RFP TO MY KNOWELEDGE THERE ARE 2 COMPANIES THAT CAN FULFILL THE RFP WITHOUT USING A SUB CONTRACTOR BOTH OF WHOSE CORPORATION ARE NOT MISSOURI BASED BUSINESSES OR SMALL BUSINESSES
Response: Each service will be awarded accordingly, So we could potentially have up to three vendors for these services.
Question 7
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: How many fire hoses does the district have? This is just for annual inspections, correct?
Response: This is for annual inspections and the number of hoses is unknown.
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 1
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
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Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 2
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
Documents:
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 3
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
Documents:
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 4
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
Documents:
Posted: 2/23/2023
Type of Addition: Addendum 5
Overview: Inspection reports are provided in this addendum. 2/23/23
Documents:
Posted: 3/3/2023
Type of Addition: In Review
Posted: 4/21/2023
Type of Addition: Award Information
Posted: 6/15/2023
Type of Addition: Updated Award- Fire Extinguisher and Fire Hose
Overview:
Documents:
Posted: 6/15/2023
Type of Addition: Updated Award-Fire sprinkler and backflow
Overview:
Documents:
Posted: 2/22/2023
Question: Are there only 5 schools with kitchen suppression systems? We show that there are 15 schools with kitchen suppression systems.
Response: We are only doing the kitchen fire suppression at the locations that have an open flame or flat top.
Posted: 2/22/2023
Question: Can the district provide a copy of the past inspection reports for each school? This would allow us to know how many and what type of devices we are inspecting.
Response: Please reference addendums 1-5 for reports.
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: Can you please provide a copy of the previously awarded bid or current contract?
Response: Fire Extinguisher 2021-2022 830.35 + Repairs 2022-2023 902.55 Fire Suppression 2021-2022 3,174.00 + Repairs 2022-2023 3,543.00 Sprinkler/Backflow 2021-2022 9,873.02 + Repairs 2022-2023 10,169.21 Fire Alarm 2021-2022 7,949.03 + Repairs 2022-2023 8,479.92
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: I just received a response about the suppression systems "Holt has 3 systems, Liberty has 2, North Point High has 2 and Frontier has 1 and each system should have its own tank" Looks like Timberland was left out. How many systems are at Timberland?
Response: Timberland has 2.
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: From what I can tell from the reports, there are 64 wet systems and 28 fire line backflows for all of the schools. Is that correct?
Response: The reports should be correct.
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: COULD THIS SOLICITATION NE AWARDED TO MORE THAN ONE COMPANY TO MY KNOWELEDGE MOST FIRE EXTINGUISHER COMPANIES (SMALL BUSINESSES) DO EXTINGUISHERS AND HOOD FIRE SUPPRESSION AND NOT SPRINKLERS AS WELL AS ALOT OF SPRINKLER COMPANIES DO NOT DO EXTINGUISHERS AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER THE LICENSING,TRAINING,THE SPRINKLER FITTERS UNION AND INSURANCE COSTS ARE WAY TO EXCESSIVE I DO SEVERAL OTHER DISTRICTS AND EACH ONE DIVIDES THE SPRINKLERS AS A RFP THE EXTINGUISHERS AS A RFP AND THE HOOD SYSTEMS AS A RFP TO MY KNOWELEDGE THERE ARE 2 COMPANIES THAT CAN FULFILL THE RFP WITHOUT USING A SUB CONTRACTOR BOTH OF WHOSE CORPORATION ARE NOT MISSOURI BASED BUSINESSES OR SMALL BUSINESSES
Response: Each service will be awarded accordingly, So we could potentially have up to three vendors for these services.
Posted: 2/23/2023
Question: How many fire hoses does the district have? This is just for annual inspections, correct?
Response: This is for annual inspections and the number of hoses is unknown.