Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services for Los Angeles CA Area

March 5, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide Amendment A00008. This amendment changes the proposal submission requirements from hard copy to email. Instructions are contained in the replacement pages. There is no longer a requirement for submission of a CD. The date of receipt of offers, 03/21/2013, remains unchanged.

March 5, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide Amendment A00007. The date of receipt of offers is extended to 03/21/2013.

February 25, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide Amendment A00006. The date of receipt of offers is extended to 03/07/2013.

February 14, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide/post Amendment A00005 and to post Questions and Answers resulting from the RFP. The date of receipt of offers has been extended to 02/28/2013.

February 11, 2013 - This posting amended to provide Amendment A00004. The proposal due date remains unchanged, 02/21/2013.

February 1, 2013 - This posting amended to provide the Pre-Proposal Conference Sign-In Sheet and the Pre-Proposal Conference presentation slides.

January 25, 2013 - This notice is amended to provide Amendment 000003. This amendment provides a replacement page for page 324.  Page is amended under paragraph entitled "Questions" to change the final date for submission of questions regarding this RFP to 1200 PM (PT), January 28, 2013.  Questions must be submitted in writting at kelly.m.minturn@ice.dhs.govwith a courtesy copy to westccg@dhs.gov

January 24, 2013 - This notice is amended to provide Amendment 000002.  Questions regarding this RFP will be accepted in writting at kelly.m.minturn@ice.dhs.gov through Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:00 p.m. (PT).

January 22, 2013 - This notice is amended to provide Amendment 000001.

January 14, 2013 - This notice is amended to issue the solicitation.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services for Los Angeles Service area in California. The armed PSOs will protect federal personnel and property at federally owned and leased buildings. 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). The Period of Performance is for a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. The contract will be issued as an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract as defined in FAR 16.504. This acquisition is being solicited on an unrestricted basis. Task orders will be issued on a labor hour basis. The source selection process to be utilized for this acquisition is best value/trade-off. The technical, non-price factors, when combined, are significantly more important than price. The estimated PSO hours in Los Angeles service area is 2,920,029.50 for the 5-year period. The submission requirements and evaluation criteria will be defined in the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561612 with size standard is $18.5 million. 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.

A pre-proposal conference is scheduled to be held on January 23, 2013, from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (PT), at 300 N Los Angeles St., Los Angeles, CA 90012.

Interested parties are asked to register for the pre-proposal conference by submitting an email to kelly.minturn@ice.dhs.gov by January 18, 2013, 2:00 PM (PT).

All questions must be submitted in writing and may be submitted in advance of the pre-proposal conference to kelly.minturn@ice.dhs.gov. Questions at the conference shall also be submitted in writing. The final date that questions may be submitted is January 25, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (PT).

The solicitation will be issued on or about January 16, 2013.