Sol_DOIPFBO210028.pdf

Sources Sought Notice Security Guard Service

Statue of Liberty National Monument, NY and Ellis Island, NJ March 4, 2021

This is a “Sources Sought Notice” for the purpose of conducting market research, and obtaining industry information ONLY.

Proposals are NOT being requested, nor accepted at this time. The purpose of this synopsis is to obtain information from businesses that would be interested and capable of providing the types of services noted below. The National Park Service (NPS) will use information obtained through this synopsis as well as other market research to develop an acquisition strategy.

The NPS anticipates soliciting and awarding a single award, labor hour contract for security guard service at the Statue of Liberty National Monument, NY and Ellis Island, NJ (STLI). The Contractor shall provide and maintain all management, supervision, manpower, training, equipment, supplies, licenses, permits, certificates, insurance, pre-employment screenings, reports, and files necessary to accomplish security guard services and monitoring of all security systems at STLI. The contractor security guards have a crucial and highly visible role in support of NPS's mission. They are expected to work closely with U.S. Park Police and NPS representatives throughout the duration of the Contract.

Contractor shall have the capability and capacity to fully staff a maximum of 17 security screening lanes and monitor all security systems at STLI, with approximately 65 to 75 security guards on any given day.

Projected NY Guards – Total 126,782 Hours/year Projected NJ Guards – Total 35,602 Hours/year

To be eligible to perform under this Contract, all Contractor employees must meet, to the satisfaction of the NPS, the following requirements:

- be a citizen of the United States of America or lawfully admitted aliens qualified to work under current Immigration and Naturalization Service Regulations.

- have all legally required licenses (NY and/or NJ, depending on where posted), registrations, and certifications.

- have an ANACI background investigation initiated prior to the duty assignment of any contract employee.

- have their applications approved in E-QIP, by the NPS, before they are permitted to begin work on this contract.

- be able to pass an initial urine drug screening test, at the expense of the Contractor

The term of the contract shall include a one-year base period and four one-year option periods.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), code will be 561612. The small business size standard will be $22 million average annual revenue for the previous three years.

Again, at this time the NPS is not accepting proposals but is requesting that interested businesses respond to this notice by furnishing the following information by 3/19/2021.

(1) Company name, address, point of contact, telephone number, and email address.

(2) Business type: 8(a), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), Woman Owned Business, large or small business, etc.

(3) Provide a general statement of your qualifications, capabilities and ability to perform the required types of work.

(4) Brief description of security guard services similar to that described above provided within the past 5 years. Minimum information should include the following: Contract price, project location, date of services, a brief description of the services. Contracts submitted must be similar in scope to the work described in this sources sought.

(5) Responders should demonstrate that they have the capacity to perform all aspects of the types of work described in this sources sought notice, either by their in-house capabilities or through their teaming/subcontractor’s capabilities.

All responses to this notice should be submitted to Lei Yang at lei_yang@nps.gov by no later than close of business March 19, 2021.