Armed Protective Security Officer Services for the States of Montana, North Dakota & South Dakota

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services in the states of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The armed PSOs will protect federal personnel and property at federally owned and leased buildings. The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, management, supervision, training, licenses, and permits to provide the services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The Period of Performance is for a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. The contract will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract as defined in FAR 16.504. Task orders will be issued on a labor hour basis. The source selection process to be utilized for this acquisition is best value/trade-off. The technical, non-price factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price.  Estimated PSO hours for Montana is 437,287 for the 5-year period; estimated PSO hours for North Dakota is 140,978 for the 5-year period; and estimated PSO hours for South Dakota is 151,648 for the 5-year period.  The submission requirements and evaluation criteria will be defined in the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561612 with size standard is $18.5 million. The Contractor is required to register with Central Contractor Registration (CCR) at http://www.ccr.gov. No contract award shall be made to any contractor that is not registered or in the process of registering with Central Contractor Registration.  A pre-proposal conference is scheduled to be held on November 1, 2011, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. MST at the Denver Federal Center, 6th & Kipling, Bldg 25, Lecture Hall Denver, CO.  Interested parties are asked to register for the pre-proposal conference by submitting an email to yasmin.brown@dhs.gov by October 28, 2011.  All questions must be submitted in writing, and may be submitted in advance of the pre-proposal conference to yasmin.brown@dhs.gov.  Questions at the conference shall also be submitted in writing.  The final date that questions may be submitted is November 9, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. (MST).  The solicitation will be issued on or about October 24, 2011.