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This is a design specification image file related to a Request for Proposals issued by the State of Tennessee Department of General Services, Central Procurement Office, on behalf of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security for comprehensive facility protection services. The image depicts the final approved design for a facility protection services vehicle, showing a truck marked as an FPO (Facility Protection Officer) vehicle. The specification indicates the vehicle design is one of ten required marked FPO vehicles that must be no more than three years old. The pre-response conference was scheduled for February 26, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. CST, with written questions due by March 4, 2026, official state responses issued March 25, 2026, and proposals due April 1, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST. Technical evaluations were to be completed by April 23, 2026, cost proposals opened April 24, 2026, optional negotiations may occur May 1-8, 2026, and a Notice of Intent to Award was scheduled for May 11, 2026. The contract has an effective date of January 1, 2027, with an initial term of thirty-six months, 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 for the contract is fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), with no minimum purchase guaranteed. The contractor bears all costs associated with licenses, permits, background checks, training, equipment, uniforms, vehicles, firearms, insurance, and drug screening. The incumbent contractor, providing services under Contract #73187 from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2025, is eligible to compete. The solicitation does not designate specific set-asides for disadvantaged enterprises. The contractor must maintain comprehensive insurance coverage including 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. All respondents must certify compliance with Iran Divestment Act requirements and attest that they will not knowingly utilize illegal immigrants in contract performance.