Amendment_6_RFP32110-22726.pdf

This is Amendment #6 to RFP #32110-22726, issued by the State of Tennessee Department of General Services on behalf of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, establishing revised timelines for the comprehensive facility protection services solicitation. The RFP seeks proposals to provide armed Facility Protection Officers, supervisors, contract managers, and related personnel to safeguard state-owned and state-leased facilities across multiple Tennessee regions including Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Memphis, Jackson, Lawrenceburg, and Cookeville. Key revised dates include the Pre-response Conference on February 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. CST; the written questions and comments deadline of March 4, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST; the Response Deadline of April 30, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST; technical evaluation completion by June 10, 2026; cost proposal opening on June 11, 2026; optional negotiations from June 18–25, 2026; State Notice of Intent to Award release on June 29, 2026, at 4:30 p.m.; protest period conclusion on July 6, 2026; contract transmission to the contractor on July 7, 2026; and contractor signature deadline of July 14, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST. The contract is effective January 1, 2027, with an initial thirty-six-month term renewable for up to two additional twelve-month periods at the State's sole option, with potential extension up to 180 days, not to exceed sixty months total.

The estimated state liability during the contract term is fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), though no minimum purchase is guaranteed. The evaluation awards points based on general qualifications and experience (maximum 15 points), technical qualifications and approach (maximum 55 points), and cost proposal (maximum 30 points). The incumbent contractor is eligible to compete, having provided services under Contract #73187 from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025, with historical annual FPO hours ranging from 124,122 hours in 2022 to 301,314 hours in 2025. The contractor bears all costs associated with licenses, permits, background checks, training, equipment, uniforms, vehicles, firearms, insurance, and drug screening, including quarterly random testing of ten percent of the workforce. Comprehensive insurance requirements include cyber liability insurance of three million dollars per occurrence and five million dollars annually, along with commercial general liability, workers' compensation, automobile liability, professional liability, and crime insurance as specified in the contract documents.