Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services in Louisiana

February 3, 2014 - This posting is amended to provide/post Amendment A0001. The hour and date of receipt of offers is extended indefinitely.

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 Louisiana. 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. Estimated PSO hours for Louisiana is 1,190,832.5 for the 60-month 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 December 18, 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 December 16, 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 January 7, 2014 at 12:00 p.m. (PST). The solicitation will be issued on or about December 13, 2013.