Description
The State of Missouri, Department of Public Safety, Missouri State Highway Patrol is seeking a modular vehicle barrier system with an enclosed transport trailer. The system must meet the ASTM rating of F2656 M30 P3 with one single row of barriers and be capable of continuously covering ten lanes of roadway when deployed. The system must include seventy-two individual modular vehicle barriers that can be connected to create the desired length. The enclosed transport trailer must be new, towable, and have a hardcover roof for long-term protection. The trailer must be twenty-four feet long, have two tandem axles, and be equipped with electric brakes and LED side markers and taillights. The contractor must provide any additional hardware or equipment necessary to secure the barrier system within the transport trailer at no additional cost to the state agency.
• The modular vehicle barrier system must be modular and adaptable to a minimum of ten lanes of roadway coverage.
• The system must include seventy-two individual modular vehicle barriers that are capable of connecting one, some, or all barriers together to create the modular vehicle barrier length that supports the geographical area allotted for the barrier at each event.
• Each individual barrier in the modular vehicle barrier system must assemble easily with or without the use of cables or ball/hitch connections.
• The modular vehicle barrier system must be constructed with an open structure design, with no solid metal/bullet resistant piece being more than 18 inches in width to not provide an active shooter coverage or concealment and minimize ricochet or spall to people in the vicinity.
• The modular vehicle barrier system must have pins to connect the barriers to each other to ensure continuity in the barrier’s integrity and stopping capability.
• The modular vehicle barrier system must have the capability of being assembled, connected, deployed, and dismantled by one person.
• The modular vehicle barrier system must include safety yellow in color for maximum visibility.
• The modular vehicle barrier system’s barriers must not inhibit the visibility of people on either side of the barriers.
• The modular vehicle barrier system’s individual barrier units must fold for carrying and storage with no tools required for assembly.
• Once assembled, the modular vehicle barrier system’s units must have the capability of being separated and moved in the event an emergency vehicle should need to pass through the secured area.