Campus Wide Fire Alarm Replacement System

Ontario International Airport Authority seeks a design-build contractor to retrofit and replace fire alarm systems across 29 campus buildings. The contractor must investigate, design, permit, furnish, and install consolidated, code-compliant systems with voice evacuation in specific terminals, standard notifications, and central monitoring at the Airport Control Center. Work includes replacing panels, conductors, detectors, and notification devices, adding conduit, patching walls, providing optional pricing, and supplying a two-year warranty with five years of UL-listed monitoring. Only USA organizations holding a valid contractor license at bid time are eligible. The contractor or subcontractor must possess valid license classifications and DIR numbers, and employ personnel with current NICET Level-III Fire Alarm Systems certification. Attendees must participate in a bid walk. The buyer hosts a non-mandatory pre-bid meeting on October 1, 2026, and sets a question deadline of October 9, 2026. The buyer evaluates proposals based on required completion of the bid proposal, addendum acknowledgement, license numbers, DIR numbers, bid bond, and mandatory bid walk attendance. The target completion date is May 2028 across four distinct milestone phases. Budget details indicate the buyer is seeking proposals.