Local Guard Forces U. S. Mission San Jose, Costa Rica
Closed Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- PR15935139
- Agency
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Office of Acquisition Management
Department of State
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services
- PSC
- S206 Housekeeping- Guard
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of State Office of Acquisition Management is soliciting qualified contractors to provide local guard services at the U.S. Mission in San Jose, Costa Rica, with a pre-solicitation notice response deadline of October 1, 2026, and no set-aside anticipated.
Place of performance is San Jose, Costa Rica. The contractor must provide organizational structure, management, and qualified staff adequate to secure the mission environment, prevent loss or injury to U.S. personnel and dependents, protect property and assets, prevent unauthorized access, and deter potential terrorist attacks. All contracted personnel, regardless of nationality, must pass both a contractor-conducted background investigation and a separate U.S. Government background investigation to certify employment suitability.
The anticipated period of performance is one base year plus four one-year options exercisable at the Government's sole discretion. The Government will post the synopsis for approximately fifteen days on SAM.gov. Once the full solicitation posts, offerors will have approximately thirty days to submit proposals. A site visit presentation will be provided; no site visit will be held at post. Offerors must maintain active SAM.gov registration at proposal closing. Joint venture offerors must register as a joint venture with a Unique Entity ID and active SAM registration by proposal close. Phone calls will not be accepted; offerors should contact the SAM.gov help desk for registration assistance. All dates are subject to change and will be posted to SAM.gov.
The NAICS code is 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services); PSC is S206 (Housekeeping-Guard).
Notice text
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has a requirement for a qualified Contractor to provide Local Guard Services to support the U.S. Mission in San Jose. The Government requires a secure environment to conduct their mission. The Contractor shall provide the organizational structure, management, and qualified staff at levels adequate to meet or exceed the requirement contained in the Performance Work Statement. The Contractor shall be required to provide services in a manner that prevent loss or injury to U.S. personnel, dependents, property; destruction of assets; to prevent unauthorized access; and deter potential terrorist attacks. Anticipated period of performance is one base year and four one-year options (to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government).
All contracted personnel, regardless of nationality, will be required to pass a background investigation conducted by the Contractor and a separate background investigation conducted by the U.S. Government to certify their suitability for employment under this contract.
The approximate acquisition schedule is as follows: The synopsis will be posted for approximately fifteen (15) days. No paper copies will be mailed. Once the solicitation is posted on SAM.Gov, the offerors will have approximately Thirty (30) days to submit proposals. All dates are subject to change and any change will be posted on this site.
Site visit presentation will be provided. No site visit presentation will be held at post.
PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Offerors shall have an active registration in the System for Award Management at https://www.SAM.gov. Offerors using Joint Ventures shall have a proper registration as a Joint Venture including Unique Entity ID (UEI) and active sam registration at time of the proposal closing date. Offerors shall work with sam.gov to obtain access to the solicitation via registration and should contact sam.gov help desk for assistance.
In accordance with 22 U.S.C. § 4864, the Government will give preference to offerors qualifying as U.S. persons or U.S. Joint Venture Persons. The contract will be awarded to the technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price.
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