Ask for advise for elevator maintenance Project based in New Jersey

[Jinglei Shen]

Hi All,

We are working with elevator company to replace one elevator in 5 floor residential building.  total 50 units shared one elevator. The whole project was quoted at 130k, with the major part to replace electric and wiring, install a AC in machine room. we just got to know from inspector the elevator failed the fire inspection because fire alarm control panel fail to comply with the current code. The elevator was 20ish years old, the elevator company said the part was too old and can not be sourced, they quoted us 10k to find a new component. Any one with experience dealing with fire alarm control panel replacement, any insight is appreciated.

I have done some research basic model is around $500 to $2000, advanced is $2000 to $5000, more sophisticated system is 5000- 10k the
sophisticated system is meant for buildings with multiple elevator, our building only has one elevator, the quote seems on a high end.  I also challenge the elevator company why this fire alarm replacement is not in the project scope, they overlook this issue and thought that it is going to be easily fixed in $500.  I am thinking to get a second opinion for this component as well as the remaining projects. Any one has recommendation is highly appreciated