Local Guard Services for American Embassy Port Moresby

SAQMMA13R0116 Amendment A001: The purpose of this amendment is to (1) extend the solicitation due date from July 31, 2013 to August 09, 2013 at 13:00 Eastern Standard Time (EST); (2) Update Table of Contents [SF33 Block 11 on page 1] and incorporate Table of contents on page 2; (3) Correct Exhibit reference from 'Exhibit T' to 'Exhibit S'; (4) Update contract clause 52.204-7 title from 'Central Contractor Registration (Dec 2012) to System for Award Management (July 2013); and (5) Remove duplicate Exhibit S.

ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN A RESTRICTED ACCESS REQUEST IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THE SOLICITATION AND ALL ASSOCIATED CONTENT ONCE THEY ARE POSTED (Attachment A).

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has a requirement for a qualified Contractor to provide Local Guard Services at the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby 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 was posted for 15 days before the solicitation was posted. The solicitation and all associated documents will be viewable only to those parties who have been granted access to them. No paper copies will be mailed. Once the solicitation is posted on FedBizOpps, 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.

A site visit will be scheduled approximately two weeks after the solicitation is released at the U.S. Embassy and their facilities in Port Moresby. A firm date of this site visit will be included in L.1 of the solicitation once released. Offerors are responsible for entry visa, all travel arrangements, local transportation, and accommodations in Port Moresby. Due to space limitations, only two (2) representatives from each firm will be allowed for the site visit.

Offerors are requested to provide notice of their interest in the solicitation (i.e., name of representative, name of firm, address) to Valerie Green at GreenVM2@state.gov. PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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 best technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price.

THIS SYNOPSIS IS NOT CONSIDERED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No solicitation document is available, and telephone requests for a copy of the solicitation will not be honored. Any response to this notice must accompany details expressing clear and convincing evidence of prospective contractors Experience, Capability and Capacity to perform this requirement. This requirement is in its infant stage of development; therefore the information collected is for market research. This synopsis serves as a notification of the forthcoming solicitation as well as queries the capability of the competitive market.

The Department of State (DOS) will launch the solicitation on FedBizOpps (FBO) website. The forthcoming solicitation requires operation and management of Local Guard Services for the Embassy of the United States in Port Moresby. These services are necessary in order to prevent unauthorized access, protect life, maintain order, deter criminal attacks against employees, dependents and property and terrorist acts against all US assets and prevent damages to Government property. The contractor shall furnish managerial, administrative and direct labor personnel to accomplish all work as required in the contract. The estimated number of annual hours for guards is 66,200 and consists of 13 posts. Major duties and responsibilities are to perform access control to limit entry to only authorized personnel or visitors, the operation of walk-through metal detectors, hand-held detectors and special monitoring devices. These requirements may change depending on mission needs during the awarded periods of performance. The Government anticipates awarding a single contract with a period of performance for one Base Year (12-Months) and four one-year periods at the option of the Government.

The DOS solicits responses to this notice from all sources to include small businesses (including small businesses in all socio-economic categories) teaming agreements, and joint ventures with the experience, capacity and capability to perform Local Guard Services for Port Moresby. All prospective contractors are encouraged to complete the attached market Survey Questionnaire for submittal to Valerie Green at GreenVM2@state.gov. The Government plans to issue the solicitation on or about April 2013. Again, the solicitation will be issued via the FEDBIZOPPS - no paper copies will be mailed.