Annual Inspection, Certification, Maintenance, and Repair Service to the Fire Alarm Systems on The Citadel Campus

This contract awards The Citadel’s fire‑alarm lifecycle services to a single vendor for a five‑year period. The vendor must provide annual inspections, certifications, preventive maintenance, and repairs for fire‑alarm systems across roughly 38 campus buildings, including battery replacement in Murray Barracks and annual VESDA system checks. Emergency response must be within 24 hours for barracks outages, and the vendor must submit detailed time‑sheets, material lists, and certifications after each service visit. The work is performed under a unit‑price structure for inspections and hourly rates for repairs, with a scheduled service ceiling of $21,600 per year and a $150 per‑hour cap for unscheduled calls. Key points include: • Campus‑wide fire‑alarm inspection, testing, certification, and repair (Simplex, Edwards, Securtron panels). • Mandatory 24‑hour emergency response for barracks system failures. • Contract length: 1‑year base with four optional one‑year renewals (max 5 years). • Pricing: unit prices for per‑building inspections; hourly labor rates for repair work. • Awarded to Api Group Life Safety USA LLC (Premier Fire & Security).