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1 copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT

THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already submitted, such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour and date specified.

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Federal Way WA 98001 Attn: Kelly Minturn

OPO/FPS/WEST CCG/R9

32125 32nd Ave So.

Ofc of Procurement Operations - FPS U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security NPPD/FPS/West CCG/Region 9

Federal Way WA 98001 32125 32nd Ave So.

OPO/FPS/WEST CCG/R9

Office of Procurement Operations Federal Protective Service U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security NPPD/FPS/West CCG/Region 9

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13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.

12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required) is not extended.is extended, Items 8 and 15, and returning

Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended, by one of the following methods: (a) By completing

The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers

11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS

FACILITY CODE CODE

10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)

10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.

9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)

9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.

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8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)

7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)CODE 6. ISSUED BY

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4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.3. EFFECTIVE DATE2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO. 5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)

1. CONTRACT ID CODE

AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT

01/14/2013

CHECK ONE A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT

B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office, C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:

D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority) appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).

E. IMPORTANT: Contractor is not, is required to sign this document and return __________________ copies to the issuing office.

ORDER NO. IN ITEM 10A.

14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)

1. Delete page 311 of 343 and replace with attached replacement page 311 of 343(A00008).

This page is amended to change the proposal submission requirements from hard copy to email submission. Replacement page is attached.

2. Delete page 313 of 343 and replace with attached replacement page 313 of 343 (A00008).

This page is amended to provide instruction for email proposal submission requirements.

Replacement page is attached

3. The proposal due date of 03/21/2013 remains unchanged. There are NO other changes as a result of this amendment.

DO/DPAS Rating: NONE

16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)

15C. DATE SIGNED 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR 16C. DATE SIGNED

(Signature of person authorized to sign) (Signature of Contracting Officer)

Jeannie Hoffman

STANDARD FORM 30 (REV. 10-83)

Prescribed by GSA

FAR (48 CFR) 53.243

NSN 7540-01-152-8070

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Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.

September 2012 revision

SUB-SECTION E-2:

ADDENDUM TO FAR 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS (FEB 2012)

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations, Federal Protective Service (FPS) is issuing this competitive request for proposals (RFP) to solicit offers for the purpose of awarding a contract to provide the services described herein. DHS/OPO/FPS (the Government) will conduct this acquisition using the procedures of Part 12 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Proposals are due no later than 1400 PT, March 21,2013. Submissions shall be made via Email. Submission requirements are shown on page 313 of 343 of this RFQ.

Proposals submitted electronically will be considered late unless the offeror completes the entire transmission of the proposal before the closing date and time for receipt of proposals under this solicitation. Late proposals will not be eligible for award. Proposal transmission must be completed by the date and time shown above. Please Note: As applicable, these submission instructions will also apply to any future correspondence related to this solicitation

By submitting a proposal, the Contractor agrees to comply with all terms and conditions set forth in this RFP, including the Statement of Work (SOW).

FAR 52.212-2 EVALUATION – COMMERCIAL ITEMS (JAN 1999)(Tailored)

(a) The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, will be most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. In addition to price, the following technical evaluation factor shall be used to evaluate offers and are listed in descending order of importance. Relevant Past Performance and Management Approach are both significantly more important than Socio Economic Factor.

Relevant Past Performance Management Approach Socio Economic Factor

The technical evaluation factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price.

The Government reserves the right to obtain information for use in the evaluation of past performance from any and all sources including sources outside of the Government.

Offerors lacking relevant past performance history will not be evaluated favorably or

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September 2012 revision proposals, the government may not evaluate the technical proposals of other offerors, whose total evaluated pricing was higher than that of one already evaluated and already assigned the highest possible technical rating. This would occur when the Contracting Officer determines that any possible technical superiority of an unevaluated (and higher priced) technical proposal, over (a lower priced) one that was already evaluated and assigned the highest possible technical rating, would not warrant any additional price premium.

Proposal Submission Requirements

1. The resulting contract requires access to classified information. Offerors shall possess a Secret facility clearance prior to the date and time established for PSO’s to begin standing post. PSO’s shall begin standing post on 10/01/2013. If the Contractor selected for award does not possess a Secret facility security clearance, DHS will sponsor the firm for the facility clearance. If a sponsored Contractor does not receive the required facility clearance prior to the date by which PSOs are to stand post, DHS may employ appropriate contractual remedies, up to and including termination of the contract. Offerors shall document within their proposal whether or not they possess the required facility clearance.

2. Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items – When responding to this RFP the Contractor must use the Standard Form 1449 as a cover page to the proposal.

3. Offerors shall submit their proposals via email through the DHS Electronic Proposal Submission Portal by selecting Email the Contracting Activity. The URL for the DHS Electronic Proposal Submission Portal is http://www.dhs.gov/dhs-electronic-proposal-submission-portal. Offerors shall input the following email address(s) in the To line of the email kelly.minturn@dhs.gov; Westccg@dhs.gov.

(a) Offerors shall submit their signed proposals as “PDF” documents except when specified otherwise.

(b) Each electronic file shall be clearly named in accordance with the solicitation provisions. The offeror’s electronic proposal shall be submitted according to the requirements set forth below:

(1) The entire proposal shall be submitted in .pdf format, with the exception of: Attachment 6, Price Element Breakdown and Attachment 8, Field Level Supervision, which shall be submitted in excel format. Submission of technical portion (specifically the Management Approach) shall include one complete version and one redacted version. The redacted version shall remove any reference to the company name, logo, key personnel, etc. This includes pages, covers, headers, footers, pictures, etc. of the technical submission. Past Performance shall be provided as a separate document and should not be redacted.

(2) Adobe Acrobat shall be used to create the “PDF” files.

(3) In order to facilitate secure transmission, it is recommended that emailed files are compressed

(zipped) into one, ZIP file using WinZip.

(4) The WinZip password shall be submitted under a separate email by the closing date and time of this solicitation.

(5) All submissions shall include HSHQW9-13-R-00003 in the subject line of the email.

4. Page Limitation - Excluding the cover page and past performance forms and questionnaires, the technical proposal (covering all non-price factors) is limited to twenty (20) pages in at least 11pt. font and 1” margins. Pages in excess of this limitation will not be evaluated.

5. Contractors are informed that it is the Government’s desire to make award on initial proposals when deemed possible by the Contracting Officer, however the Government reserves the right to communicate and/or negotiate with offerors if later determined necessary.

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