Sources Sought Notice June 2012.docx

Sources Sought Notice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta-area Security Guard Re-compete Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Background:

This is a Sources Sought Notice to determine the availability of potential small businesses (e.g., 8(a), service-disabled veteran owned small business, HUBZone small business, small business disadvantaged business, veteran-owned small business, and women-owned small business) in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 7.104(d). The potential small businesses will need to demonstrate the ability to provide Security Guard Services for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.

History:

The purpose of this requirement is to safeguard the personnel and contractor personnel at the various CDC campuses.

The current contractor is no longer a small business; therefore we are seeking capability statements from the small business community.

Summary of the Requirements:

The Contractor shall provide Security Guard Service to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at CDC owned and leased facilities in the Atlanta, GA area. The Contractor shall provide all management, management support, labor, supplies, equipment, training, documentation and guidance for operations, materials and transportation to provide professional guard serves as specified below. Services shall include, but not be limited to: (1) monitoring and responding to mechanical and electronic fire alarm systems and electronic security systems inside buildings; (2) participating in fire and other evacuation procedures; (3) providing unarmed and armed security that will be responsible for responding to facilities and boundary perimeters of the facilities, etc; (4) controlling access and exit of personnel and vehicles to owned and leased facilities; (5) operating metal detectors and x-ray equipment to prevent unauthorized access to facilities and grounds; (6) issuing and controlling photo identification badges and visitor/temporary badges; (7) operating explosives detection equipment, pop-up barriers, and general security related equipment; (8) assisting in the prevention of loss, theft, or damage to Government property; (9) performing other designated guard functions, as specified; (10) responding to incidents occurring on CDC Atlanta-owned and leased facilities.

Contractors must be certified and licensed to provide security guard services in the State of Georgia. All applicable licenses and certifications for armed guards are required for this requirement.

Contractors must respond to all of the following questions:

1. Please describe at least five (5) years of security guard services experience, including the dates of that experience.

1. Please describe the largest single contract (in terms of weekly billable hours) that you have held, currently or in the past, for at least 2 concurrent years. Please include as many details as possible about this contract, including its size and the dates you held the contract.

1. This contract will involve a minimum of 10,000 weekly billable hours. Please describe, in detail, your company’s ability to provide over 10,000 weekly billable hours on a single contract. Please include the maximum number of weekly billable hours your company has provided in the past on a single contract.

1. Do you have a local or regional office in the state of Georgia? If not, could you provide one within 60 days of contract award?

1. Does your company provide Guard I (unarmed guard) and Guard II (armed guard) services as defined per the U.S. Department of Labor Service Contract Act?

1. Has your company previously provided security guard services for high containment labs, select agents, or other critical assets (e.g. nuclear facilities, animal laboratories, energy labs, public health or other medical laboratories)? Please describe any experience, including a description of the contract, its size, and duration. Please make a specific note of any experience involving the guarding of BSL-4 laboratories and/or animal labs.

1. Please explain in detail any experience that your company has with contracts in which you are required to check in visitors, both foreign and domestic. Please note any specific experience related to vehicle searches, screening visitors through x-ray and electro magnetometers, and issuing visitor badges.

1. Please describe in detail any experience your company has in providing the following types of training for security guards: hazmat, select agent, terrorism, nuclear, and/or chemical threats, and bio-hazard and radiation safety. Examples of certifications for trainers are: Firearms Certified trainer, Use of Force trainer, and CPR/First Aid Trainer. Please note any related experience and/or certifications held by the trainer(s).

1. Describe your company’s financial capability to cover, up front, costs for 3 months of security guard services for a contract containing 10,000 weekly billable hours?

1. Please describe in detail, any experience your company has working on a contract that requires collaboration with local law enforcement, being sure to note any experience conducting joint training exercises.

1. Please describe any experience your company has guarding facilities that house a daycare center.

Teaming Arrangements All teaming arrangements shall include the above cited information and certifications for each entity on the proposed team.

Responses must be submitted not later than June 13, 2012 at 10AM E.S.T. Capability statements will not be returned and will not be accepted after the due date.

This is not an invitation for bid, request for proposal or other solicitation and in no way obligates the CDC to award a contract. The sole intent of this Sources Sought Notice is to obtain capabilities for set-aside and procurement planning purposes.

Please provide the following Business information:

1. Dun and Bradstreet Number (DUNS)

2. Company Name

3. Company Address

4. Company Point of Contact, phone number, and email address

5. Type of company under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), as validated via the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Additional information on NAICS codes can be found at www.sba.gov. Any potential government contract must be registered on the CCR located at www.bpn.gov/ccr/ or www.ccr.gov/index.asp.

6. Corporate structure (corporation, limited liability company (LLC), sole proprietorship, limited liability partnership, Professional Corporation, etc.).

7. Current General Services Administration (GSA) schedule appropriate to this Sources Sought Notice.

8. Current Government Wide Agency Contracts (GWACs)

9. Point of Contact, phone number and email address of individuals who can verify the demonstrated capabilities identified in the responses.

10. Responders should also include a statement about whether or not they have an approved Federal audited accounting system. If the responder has an approved accounting system, please provide the certification in which the accounting system was deemed adequate (e.g., the name of the audit agency and audit number). You may submit as an attachment, which will not count towards the overall page limit.

Capability Submission Instructions:

These instructions establish the acceptable minimum requirements for the format and content of the capability statements. The statement of capabilities shall be limited to no more than 25 pages. Cover pages, tables of contents, and responses to questions are excluded from the page count. The format for this capability statement shall be “question” and “response to the question” format. A page is defined as an 8 -1/2 inch by 11 inch sheet of paper with one inch margins on all four sides. Text shall be in 12 point font Times New Roman with single space between lines. Text pages should use portrait orientation.

To eliminate any confusion in the numbering of the capability statements, each page shall be numbered. In the event of any ambiguity in the numbering of pages, the Government will exercise its own discretion in the counting of pages. Pages in excess of the above limitation will not be reviewed.

Please submit your capability statements on or before June 13, 2012 at 10:00a.m. E.S.T., to Ms. Germaine Mullins at the following email address: gmullins@cdc.gov. Capability Statements received after 10:00a.m. E.S.T. on June 13, 2012 will not be reviewed.