Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services throughout the State of Connecticut

THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Procurement Operations, Federal Protective Service Acquisition Division, East Consolidated Contracting Group has a requirement for armed protective security officer services (PSO) at various locations throughout the State of Connecticut. It is anticipated the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted to www.fedbizopps.gov between March 11, 2013 and March 29, 2013.

This requirement will be solicited as a commercial item in accordance with FAR Part 12. It is anticipated that a single award, labor hour, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity type contract will be established as a result of the solicitation. The contract will consist of a 12-month base period with four consecutive 12-month options with an additional 6-month option in accordance with FAR 52.217-8.

The NAICS code for this acquisition is 561612, Security Guard and Patrol Services. The size standard is $19 Million. It is anticipated that this procurement will be 100% set-aside for small business concerns.

As an integral part of this security effort, the contractor shall provide and maintain all management, supervision, manpower, training, equipment, supplies, licenses, permits, certificates, insurance, pre-employment screenings, reports, and files necessary to accomplish this requirement. The RFP will require the submission of a technical proposal as well as a price proposal. All proposals received in response to the RFP will be evaluated using Best Value Trade-Off Procedures.

All contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Register CCR (http://www.sam.gov). Further, offerors are required to complete their Online Representations and Certifications Applications (ORCA) at http://orca.bpn.gov.

A pre-proposal conference will be held prior to the issuance of this solicitation on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 10:00am ET at the O'Neill Federal Building located at 10 Causeway St., Boston, MA. This conference will be held in conjunction with the pre-proposal conference for RFP# HSHQE1-13-R-00001 (PSO Services throughout the States of Massachusetts and Rhode Island).

Attendees will be directed to the conference room upon entering the main entrance of the building and undergoing security screening. Attendance to this meeting is encouraged but is not mandatory. The PowerPoint presentation slides providing a summary of the conference will be uploaded to the FBO website after the conference for all interested vendors who are unable to attend.

Vendors who wish to attend this conference are instructed to RSVP via email to Ashley.Gerigitan@dhs.gov and include the name of the company and the name(s) of the representative(s) of the company who will be attending. Responses are to be submitted no later than Friday, March 1, 2013 at 4:00pm ET.

 For questions concerning this announcement, contact Ashley Gerigitan at Ashley.Gerigitan@dhs.gov or (215) 521-2252.