Explosive Detection Canine Team (EDCT) Services

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A pre-proposal conference will be held on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at 11:00 am ET at 701 Market Street, Suite 3200, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Anyone interested in attending, please contact Daniel Rapoport via email at Daniel.Rapoport@ice.dhs.gov. Your request should include the name of your company and the names of the attendees.
Contractors are requested to submit any questions regarding this requirement via email as soon as possible but no later than 12:00 PM ET, Monday, May 13, 2019 to Daniel.Rapoport@ice.dhs.gov..

Solicitation documents are posted for Explosive Detection Canine Team Services RFP 70RFP119RE2000003.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire Explosive Detection Canine Team (EDCT) services at various locations throughout Manhattan, New York City, NY. 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). This requirement will be solicited as a commercial item in accordance with FAR Part 13.5 procedures. It is anticipated that a single award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract with firm fixed price provisions will be established as a result of the solicitation. Resultant task orders under the contract will be firm fixed price. The Period of Performance is for a one-year base period with four one-year option periods and an optional 6-month extension in accordance with FAR 52.217-8.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 561612, Security Guards and Patrol Services, with size standard is $20.5 million. This acquisition will be solicited under full and open competition. The RFP will require the submission of a technical proposal as well as a price proposal. All proposals received in response to the RFP will be evaluated using Best Value Trade-Off Procedures. The Contractor is required to register with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. No contract award shall be made to any contractor that is not registered or in the process of registering with the System for Award Management.

All questions must be submitted in writing to Contract Specialist Daniel Rapoport at Daniel.Rapoport@ice.dhs.gov.

The solicitation will be issued on or about April 12, 2019. No documents shall be made available prior to solicitation issuance.

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