Local Guard Services for Seoul

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT 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 contractor's 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 sources sought 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 Seoul. 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 U.S. 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 146,528 and consists of 35 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 Seoul. All prospective contractors are encouraged to complete the attached market Survey Questionnaire for submittal to Alexis Robertson at RobertsonAE@state.gov. In addition, all prospective participants must submit the attached Restricted Access form in order to view the forthcoming solicitation. The Government plans to issue the solicitation on or about October 2013. Again, the solicitation will be issued via the FEDBIZOPPS - no paper copies will be mailed.