Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services in Arkansas

December 30, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide/post Amendment A000002. The hour and date of receipt of offers is extended.

December 13, 2013 - This posting is amended to provide/post Amendment A000001. The hour and date of receipt of offers is extended.

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 in the state of Arkansas. 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 as 100-percent set aside for small businesses. 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. Estimated PSO hours for Arkansas is 722,786 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 $19 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 November 13, 2013, from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. (CST), at the Grand Prairie Office (National Health Building), 1901 North Highway 360, Grand Prairie, TX. Interested parties are asked to register for the pre-proposal conference by submitting an email to jennifer.j.goss@hq.dhs.gov by November 8, 2013. All questions must be submitted in writing and may be submitted in advance of the pre-proposal conference to jennifer.j.goss@hq.dhs.gov. Questions at the conference shall also be submitted in writing. The final date that questions may be submitted is November 22, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. (PST). The solicitation will be issued on or about November 4, 2013.