D -- EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS MONITORING SERVICES

Notice Date

March 12, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs 662/90C, 4150 Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121

ZIP Code

94121

Solicitation Number

261-0161-01

Response Due

April 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Maria Graciano, 415-750-2066

E-Mail Address

enter email address to contact the Contracting Officer (maria.graciano@med.va.gov)

Description

The Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA is seeking sources in the current market for the following: the contractor is to provide all labor, supervision, supplies and personnel to provide the operation and management of a emergency communications center. Contractor shall provide close circuit television and other security monitoring services for the VAMC SF. The Contractor shall monitor and direct response to all security and life safety communications, radio dispatching, telephone, and other emergency communications ciruits. The work will include receiving information regarding police and emergency incidents, and directing response regarding such incidents; conducting routine testing or emergency systems to include radios, alarms, and code pagers; contacting local state and federal officials for coordination of emergency situations; logging, compiling and preparing reports related to events occurring in the emergency communication center; and maintaining accurate logs of all radio and alarm activity. This service will be for twenty-four (24) hours, seven (7) days a week). Contractor duties include: monitor video security camera system; perform backup monitoring of the medical center wide fire alarm system; perform monitoring of the medical center wide door and intrusion alarm system; perform monitoring of the medical center wide panic alarm system; perform monitoring of the medical center code systems; notification and dispatch of medical cener emergency personnel in the event of need via two-way radio and/or pager; maintain radio and phone log; answering the medical center police operations telephone. Contractor must be knowledgeable in police terminology and codes. NOTE: this requirement is of a high sensitive nature due to life and/or death situations under various hospital codes and events. See Note 1. Parties interested in obtaining additional and and possibly submitting a proposal may contact the Contracting Officer by email at: maria.graciano@med.va.gov or faxing request in reference to solicitation number 261-0161-01 to fax number: 415-750-2170. All inquiries must be submitted by no later than April 1, 2001. Those showing interest in this inquiry will be contacted by the Contracting Officer shortly thereafter with additional questions/information. The Government reserves the right to issue an order on a trial basis for a short period of time, if there is a resultant contract, in addition, the Government reserves the right to cancel this requirement if there are no positive and/or qualified responses to this request for sources.*****

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010314/DSOL004.HTM (W-071 SN50F9U0)