PSO Services at Plum Island, Orient Point, NY

A Mandatory Pre-Proposal conference will be held Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The time and location will be given to serious offerors who fill out and return the visitor application form by Friday, May 10, 2013.  Only two (2) representatives from your company may attend the conference. Visitor application forms will be sent to Marie Killian at Marie.Killian@hq.dhs.gov. 

In order to view the solicitation files contractors must request explicit acccess through fedbizopps.gov.  Once this access is requested please send the attached Non-Disclosure form to Marie.Killian@hq.dhs.gov.  Access will be granted upon receipt of the signed Non-Disclosure Form.

THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

The Department of Homeland Security, Office of Procurement Operations, Federal Protective Service, East Consolidated Contracts Group intends to acquire protective security officer (PSO) services at Department of Homeland Security, Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), 40550 Route 25, Orient Point, NY. It is anticipated that the Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted to www.fedbizopps.gov between April 29, 2013 and May 15, 2013.

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

The NAICS code for this acquisition is 561612, Security Guard and Patrol Services. The size standard is $19 million.

As an integral component of the FPS 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 from industry will be evaluated using Best Value Trade-off source selection procedures. This requirement will be solicited as a 100% Small Business Set Aside.

A mandatory Pre-Solicitation Conference at the site will be held at a date and time to be determined. Information to be provided before the site visit will include Company Name, Attendee's Full Name and US Citizenship Status and Origin of Country. Only two (2) representatives from your company may attend the conference. It is strongly encouraged that only serious offerors attend the site visit and submit proposals for this requirement.

All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov.

For questions regarding this announcement, please contact Marie E. Killian who can be reached at 215-521-2270 or via email at Marie.Killian@hq.dhs.gov.