13860 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM (ACS - …

1 13860 ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM (ACS) ** SPECIFIER: CSI MasterFormat 2004 number: 28 13 16 ** PART 1 GENERAL SUMMARY A. Provide a complete, operable and tested ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM (ACS), including but not limited to all necessary wiring, controls, accessories, hardware and software. RELATED REQUIREMENTS A. Coordinate ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM (ACS) with work before and after. See especially: 1. Electric lock strikes and door hinges wired to ACS. Section 08710 2. Electrical raceways (including conduits and cable trays), Division 16 junction boxes and power cabling sufficient to support both current and specified future ACS configurations.

2 B. The following work does NOT integrate with the ACS under the work of this section: 1. Intrusion detection SYSTEM . Section 13845 2. Security camera SYSTEM . by MDCPS DEFINITIONS A. Definitions of Parties: 1. ACS manufacturer/installer: The Contractor s subcontractor that performs and integrates design, ACCESS CONTROL products, software, installation and configuring of the ACS work, that provides instruction, that is available to repair and add to the ACS, and that is a dependable source of spare parts for 10 years. 2. CTF-SCS: M-DCPS Facilities Operations Maintenance Capital Task Force Security Camera Systems Department.

3 3. RMC: M-DCPS Region Maintenance Centers. 4. DCOM: M-DCPS District Communications Operations Management center and staff. 5. ITS: M-DCPS Information Technology Systems Department. 6. Client: M-DCPS. 7. Authorized: Authorized by M-DCPS or a M-DCPS-appointed ACS administrator. 8. ACS administrator: A person authorized by M-DCPS to delegate ACS ACCESS , programming, response, and other typical ACS operations and to oversee those employees so delegated. 9. ACS operator: An M-DCPS employee who is authorized by the ACS administrator to ACCESS the ACS and to perform authorized actions. 10. Cardholder: A person credentialed to enter a facility at authorized times by card.

4 11. Visitor: Any person not an administrator, operator or cardholder, who may be temporarily credentialed to enter a facility. Project Name M-DCPS MASTER March 2014 Project No. SPECIFICATIONS GUIDELINES 13860 1 B. Definitions for Software and Equipment. 1. CSA: Client software application. 2. CUI: Configuration user interface. 3. SUI: Surveillance user interface. 4. IO: Input / output. 5. PC: A computer that is part of the ACS. 6. REX: Request to exit. 7. SDK: Software development kit. 8. SSM: Server software modules. 9. UCT: Coordinated Universal Time (as sent to satellite by NIST and USNO) SYSTEM PERFORMANCE A.

5 ACS shall provide a complete, operable, and integrated SYSTEM that shall include but not be limited to the following items: 1. All equipment, editable software program, cabling, and configuring as needed for facility security at all points of ACCESS . 2. ACS shall identify and authorize (or deny) the entry and exit of persons and groups using proximity card readers, expandable to add or substitute other credentialing, controlling and reporting technology in the future. 3. ACS shall communicate, trigger alarms, and report the status of doors and persons in the facility at all times to facility administrators and DCOM, as needed for the security of occupants and property.

6 4. ACS shall enable administrators to temporarily or permanently credential persons and groups for entry, and to produce cards. 5. ACS shall link with door hardware, UCT time signals, and phones in the facility, with provision for possible future linking to detection or alarm systems, some of which may follow IP protocol. 6. The ACS manufacturer/installer shall configure, test and demonstrate the SYSTEM until every point of ACCESS in the facility is secure. QUALITY ASSURANCE A. ACS manufacturer/installer: A firm with at least 10 years documented experience in providing ACCESS CONTROL systems of the type specified herein.

7 The manufacturer/installer shall: 1. Integrate all the work defined above during SYSTEM design, its execution, and for the duration of the specified special warranty. 2. Employ a supervisor, foremen, and key mechanics who each have at least 5 years of documented ACS design, and installation, callback and maintenance experience in the ACS industry. 3. Employ technicians and engineers who have been trained and certified on the ACS software and associated interfaces by the ACS manufacturer. 4. Provide proof of certifications for each of these persons before start of installation. 5. Inform provider of electrical raceways of location and extent of raceway needs to serve ACS equipment.

8 6. Use factory-trained technicians in making all electrical connections. 7. With the Contractor, be responsible for the functioning of the ACS, free of defects. Project Name M-DCPS MASTER March 2014 Project No. SPECIFICATIONS GUIDELINES 13860 2 B. Manufacturer / Installer Resources and Response: The Contractor and ACS manufacturer/installer shall provide proof that the ACS manufacturer has a local ACS installer with manufacturer-authorized certifications and ACCESS to all local manufacturer-authorized product distributors who collectively carry a complete inventory of each manufacturer s ACS products, and who will respond with mechanics and equipment to calls from the M-DCPS or the facility s administrator.

9 1. Location of local ACS manufacturer/installer: Miami-Dade County or no more than 60 miles away from facility. 2. Response Time: Manufacturer/Installer shall send qualified mechanics to the facility, after notification by email or phone: a. Within 4 hours of notification of emergencies. b. Within 2 weekdays of notification for non-emergency calls or maintenance SUBMITTALS A. ACCESS CONTROL Schedule, as specified in PART 3, prepared by Contractor s ACS provider/installer in consultation with CTF-SCS, and A/E. B. Scope and Procedure: Submit 4 copies of 1. List, for A/E and M-DCPS approval, 3 similar projects (with owner contact information), installed and maintained by proposed SYSTEM integrator.

10 2. List, with brief descriptions, of security equipment and software features that will be supplied, following the requirements of PART 2 below. 3. Product data sheets, riser and connection diagrams specific to this Work. 4. Proposed acceptance test procedure. 5. One copy of each of the above shall be for review C. Electrical Infrastructure Quantities, for provision by Contractor: ACS manufacturer/installer shall submit the needed quantities and extent of the following, directly to Contractor (without review or approval by A/E): 1. Electrical boxes and power cabling as needed for ACS. 2. Empty conduit scheduled by ACS manufacturer/installer to serve doors not currently shown in the Construction Documents to receive electrical ACCESS CONTROL devices in the future.