Cleared American Guards and Construction Surveillance Technicians

The Department of State Bureau of Overseas Building Operations established this Master IDIQ on September 16, 2021, to provide cleared American guards (CAGs) and construction surveillance technicians (CSTs) for site security at overseas facilities, with ordering authority expiring September 15, 2026—approximately one month remaining. The vehicle carries a $250 million shared ceiling and is unrestricted; all 114 task orders awarded have been issued under full and open competition with no set-asides.

Ordering momentum has declined materially over the vehicle's life. The portfolio shows 42 orders in 2022, declining to 24 in 2023, 22 in 2024, 18 in 2025, and only 7 through August 2026. Combined task-order potential value stands at $349.5 million, with $330.8 million already obligated (95% of potential value), indicating the vehicle is substantially spent and approaching its ceiling.

Competition is concentrated among five primes. IDS International Government Services LLC and NVE, Inc., dominate by potential value, holding $165.2 million and $141.2 million respectively. Continuity Global Solutions LLC accounts for $35.1 million. Pro-Telligent, LLC and VXL Enterprises LLC split the remainder. Together the top two capture roughly 88% of combined potential value. All orders are placed by a single customer—the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations—reflecting consolidated demand.

Scope reflects what awarded orders actually buy: single personnel deployments (site security coordinators, individual CSTs and CAGs) through multi-person construction security teams (combining team leaders, CAGs, and CSTs numbering up to 25 personnel across locations). Representative recent awards show values ranging from approximately $88,000 for single-technician engagements to $15.7 million for large, multi-year construction security programs. Typical durations run from a few months to multi-year extensions. Performance is worldwide across overseas diplomatic and facility-construction projects; specific recent locations include Managua, Nairobi, Suva, Libreville, Durban, Male, Adana, Port of Spain, and Buenos Aires.

With ordering authority expiring in one month and 95% of potential value already obligated, pursuit is tactically limited to closeout or small follow-on work. Task orders continue to flow through the vehicle's final window, but material new program capture is not feasible.

Implementation of Site Security Personnel to support operations at various overseas facilities designed to control unauthorized access to controlled areas, to deter the introduction of unauthorized materials to the compound, site, or building, and to surveil the activities of un-cleared construction workers to prevent the implantation of clandestine surveillance devices or systems into the structure or its surroundings.