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Village Hall Fire Alarm System Upgrade Project
History
The forty-two thousand (42,000) square foot Orland Park Village Hall, which was constructed in 1988, houses six (6) Village departments and approximately seventy-five (75) Village staff. While several facility improvements have been completed recently, including Board Room and office renovations, life safety and security upgrades, signage and wayfinding enhancements, soffit and window repairs, and general aesthetics improvements, many other important building systems are original to the building.
As recommended in the "2021 Facilities and Operations Master Plan", the Public Works Department budgeted in 2025 to upgrade the existing fire alarm system at Village Hall. The existing fire alarm system does not meet current fire alarm standards nor ADA mass notification requirements as noted by recent inspections by both Village-contracted inspector and the Orland Fire Prevention District.
The scope of work of the Village Hall Fire Alarm System Upgrade Project includes the replacement of all existing fire alarm devices and installation of a code-compliant mass notification system, smoke detectors, pull stations, carbon monoxide detectors, and Notification Appliance Control (NAC) Panels. Also included in the scope is all electrical wiring needed to complete the upgrades, building permit drawings, and system programming/testing.
Cooperative Purchasing / Contracting Programs
The Village utilizes a variety of cooperative purchasing programs (e.g. Omnia, Sourcewell, HGACBuy, State of Illinois Joint Purchase Program) to obtain proposals for goods and services. While not always the chosen approach, cooperative purchasing simplifies the procurement and service process for public agencies by allowing them to purchase through existing contracts negotiated by other public agencies. In other words, cooperative purchasing contracts have already gone through a competitive solicitation and evaluation process and be...
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