Galveston County Seeks Upgrades for Eight Buildings

Galveston County will hold a hybrid meeting at 10 a.m. March 1 for vendors interested in submitting requests for proposals (RFPs) to replace multiple legacy building automation systems.

The highly detailed procurement documents outline the full facility management control systems (FMCS), which must be compliant with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) protocols.

The buildings include:

• Crystal Beach: Crystal Beach Courthouse/Eddie Barr Annex
• Crystal Beach: Faggard Community Center
• Dickinson: Emergency Management Building
• Galveston: Sam Popovich Annex
• La Marque: Johnson Community Center
• La Marque: Agrilife-Texas Coop Extension
• Santa Fe: West County Annex
• Texas City: Mid County Annex

“The contractor shall provide an open, interoperable peer-to-peer networked distributed control system using ANSI/EIA Standard 709.1-A-1999, LonWorks technology communications protocols,” the documents state.

The RFP is number B23014 and is posted on the county website. Sealed proposals are due at 2:15 p.m. March 23 to Rufus G. Crowder, Galveston County purchasing agent, at the county courthouse.