Janitorial Services (El Paso, TX) *SECRET* Clearance Required

The Drug Enforcement Administration seeks janitorial services for its El Paso Intelligence Center facility at Fort Bliss, Texas, with proposals due September 16, 2026. The procurement is set aside 100% for 8(a) small business concerns and uses Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) evaluation. As of September 14, Amendment 0005 was issued addressing acknowledgment procedures; Amendment 0004 (September 8) incorporated questions and government responses; and Amendment 0003 (September 8) updated wage determination and removed the equal weighting of technical and past performance to cost.

Place of performance is Fort Bliss, Texas. The facility is 109,567 square feet, operates 24 hours daily, and serves approximately 300 employees and 100 monthly visitors. All contractor personnel require Secret-level security clearance and RAPIDGate enrollment for facility access. The incumbent contractor is Tigua Facility Services Inc, currently valued at $2,211,994.44 for the period October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026, with current annual spending of $442,811.94.

The contract covers a base period of 12 months (November 2, 2026 through November 1, 2027) plus four 12-month option periods, with a 30-day transition-in period at no additional cost. Core services include daily cleaning (Monday–Friday, 6:30 AM to 4:00 PM), twice-daily restroom cleaning, weekly entrance and lobby maintenance, bi-weekly appliance cleaning, monthly window and surface cleaning, and semi-annual floor care including hard floor stripping, sealing, and finishing, carpet shampooing, and cement cleaning. The contractor must appoint an on-site supervisor with minimum five years' custodial management experience managing similar-sized facilities and maintain a comprehensive quality control program with documented inspections.

NAICS code is 561720. Service Contract Act Wage Determination 2015-5229 Revision 30 applies, establishing a janitor hourly rate of $13.63 with $4.57 health and welfare benefits per hour. Pricing must be submitted by CLIN covering nine cost categories: daily cleaning labor, restroom consumables, floor care, appliance cleaning, high-touch disinfections, supervision, supplies and equipment, overhead, and profit. Two site visits were scheduled for August 26 at 9:30 AM MT and August 27 at 9:00 AM MT; both were not mandatory. Questions were due August 31 at 10:00 AM ET.