Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services for San Diego CA Area

February 25, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide Amendment A00003. The date of receipt of offers has been extended to 03/07/2013.

February 20, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide Amendment A00002 and to post Questions and Answers resulting from the RFP. The date of receipt of offers remains unchanged, 02/28/2013.

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

January 16, 2012- 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 San Diego 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 the San Diego service area is 1,343,345.50 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 carlos.stewart@ice.dhs.gov by January 18, 2013. All questions must be submitted in writing and may be submitted in advance of the pre-proposal conference to carlos.stewart@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 23, 2013.