The Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) 2 program provides comprehensive protective security services to support U. S. Department of State operations around the world.

AMENDMENT 10 TO THE SOLICITATION

1. State that the Oct 2014 versions of FAR clauses 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan and 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns are being added into Section I of the solicitation by reference in lieu of the Jul 2013 versions. Offerors are to be sure to read the Oct 2014 version of 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan in preparing their subcontracting
plan;
2. Include certification provision 52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan (Mar 2015) into Section K of the WPS 2 solicitation. The apparent successful Offeror (s) shall be required to turn in the Section K FAR 52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan prior to award of a contract. This provision reads as follows:

52.222-56 Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan (Mar 2015)

As prescribed in 22.1705(b), insert the following provision:

Certification Regarding Trafficking in Persons Compliance Plan (Mar 2015)

(a) The term "commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) item," is defined in the clause of this solicitation entitled "Combating Trafficking in Persons" (FAR clause 52.222-50).
(b) The apparent successful Offeror shall submit, prior to award, a certification, as specified in paragraph (c) of this provision, for the portion (if any) of the contract that-
(1) Is for supplies, other than commercially available off-the-shelf items, to be acquired outside the United States, or services to be performed outside the United States; and
(2) Has an estimated value that exceeds $500,000.
(c) The certification shall state that-
(1) It has implemented a compliance plan to prevent any prohibited activities identified in paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons, and to monitor, detect, and terminate the contract with a subcontractor engaging in prohibited activities identified at paragraph (b) of the clause at 52.222-50, Combating Trafficking in Persons; and

(2) After having conducted due diligence, either-
(i) To the best of the Offeror's knowledge and belief, neither it nor any of its proposed agents, subcontractors, or their agents is engaged in any such activities; or
(ii) If abuses relating to any of the prohibited activities identified in 52.222-50(b) have been found, the Offeror or proposed subcontractor has taken the appropriate remedial and referral actions.

(End of provision); and

3. Prospective offerors may reformat pricing tables 1 through 8 to fit 11"X 17" documents for better readability. Pricing Tables that are reformatted shall be folded flush to fit 81/2 by 11, a standard sheet of paper.

AMENDMENT 9 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of Amendment 9 TO THE SOLICITATION is to extend the close of the solicitation to Thursday,
July 30, 2015 at 05:00pm Eastern time and state offerors are to be sure to read 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JUL 2013) in preparing their subcontracting plan to be submitted in their proposal.

This is Amendment Nine (9) to the solicitation (A001,
A002, A003, A004, A005, A006, A007, A008, A008REVISED, and A009). Propective offerors are to fill out Box 8, 15A and 15B, date 15C of the SF 30s for each Amendment To The Solicitation and turn them in with their proposal.

REVISED AMENDMENT 8 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of REVISED Amendment 8 is to replace the previously posted A008 SF30 with the A008REVISED SF 30. The revised SF 30 removes any indication for Amendment 8 of the requirement being extended past the July 23, 2015 close date. Prospective offerors are to include the SF 30 A008 with their proposal and also the A008REVISED which will be signed and dated as the previous amendments. Thus, to date there are eight amendments and a revised Amendment 8.

A008REVISED is attached to this announcment for prospective offerors to download, read and sign.

AMENDMENT 8 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of Amendment 8 is to do the following:

1. Attached a Revised Pricing Spreadsheet with modified larger Table 7 and 8 cells to use if needed;

2. Add by reference FAR Clauses 52.219-8 Utilization of Small Business Concerns (JUL 2013) and 52.219-9 Small Business Subcontracting Plan (JUL 2013); and add

3. Attachment 18 Vehicle Safety and Equipment Inspection (i.e. template).

This is amendment eight (8) to the solicitation (A001, A002, A003, A004, A005, A006, A007 and A008). Prospective offerors are to fill out Box 8, 15A and 15B, date 15C of the SF 30s for each Amendment To The Solicitation and turn them in with their proposals.

AMENDMENT 7 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of this Amendment is to extend the close date for this solicitation to Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 05:00pm Eastern time instead of Thursday, July 16, 2015 at 05:00pm Eastern time.

This is amendment seven (7) to the solicitation (A001,
A002, A003, A004, A005, A006 and A007). Prospective offerors are to fill out Box 8, 15A and 15B, date 15C of the SF 30s for each Amendment To The Solicitation and turn them in with their proposals. A007 SF 30 is attached to this announcement.

AMENDMENT 6 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of this AMENDMENT 6 TO THE SOLICITATION is to do the following:

1. Post a set of clarifications to Questions and Answers (see WPS 2 Q & A Clarifications attached);

2. State prospective offerors shall call the contracting officer, Kevin McGhee, the day prior to deliverying their proposal to set up a day and time for receipt. The number to call is 571-345-2169 INSTEAD OF 571-345-2162 as listed in L.8 of the solicitation. All propsective offerors are to call no later than 05:00pm Eastern time, July 15, 2015. Offerors shall also ensure the contracting officer sends them, and they receive, an e-mail confirming appt. delivery time and offerors shall confirm by phone that their proposal is received by the contracting officer and receive an e-mail confirming delivery.
Offerors shall ensure they personally speak to the contracting officer setting up a time for delivery and confirming receipt.

There are now six (6) amendments to the solicitation.
A001, A002, A003, A004, A005, A006. Each one of the SF30s representing the amendments is attached under this FBO Notice. Each one gives the offerors guidance for their proposal submission. Offerors are to turn in each SF 30 with their proposal signed and dated.

AMENDMENT 5 TO THE SOLICITION

The purpose of this Amendment is to replace Attachments 2 and 3 in their entirety. Prospective offerors are to use the Revised two Attachments 2 and 3 (sent to them by e-mail) in lieu of previous ones.

There are now five (5) amendments to the solicitation.
A001, A002, A003, A004 and A005. Each one of the SF 30s representing the amendments is attached under this FBO Notice. Each one gives the offerors guidance for their proposal submission.

Prospective offerors will sign each SF 30 for each AMENDMENT TO THE SOLICITATION and turn those SF 30s in signed and dated with their proposal

AMENDMENT 4 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of this Amendment is to do the following:

1. Provide a Revised Pricing Spreadsheet. See page 2 of the SF 30 for changes to the Pricing Spreadsheet. Offerors shall use today's posted Pricing Spreadsheet in lieu of the earlier posted Pricing Spreadsheet. Today's Pricing Spreadsheet replaces the previous Pricing Spreadsheet in its entirety;

2. Make changes to Attachment 1 at 2.2.4 PSS/Designated Defensive Marksman (PSS/DDM)(P); 2.7.2.2 Training Coordinator (TC)(P); and 2.7.2.3 Integration and Training Instructor (ITI)(P). Today's posted Attachment 1 replaces the earlier posted Attachment 1 in its entirety; and

3. Make changes to Attachment 14 on page 2 of that attachment at Section 5 Laboratory Specimen Drug and Alcohol Testing. See A., 1 thru 12. Today's posted Attachment 14 replaces earlier posted Attachment 14 in its entirety.

(Pricing Spreadsheet changes on page 2 of the SF 30 followed by revised Attachment 1 and revised Attachment 14 attached)

Prospective offerors will sign each SF 30 for each Amendment To The Solicitation and turn those SF 30s in signed and dated with their proposal. There have been four amendments to the solicitation to date: A001, A002, A003 and A004.

AMENDMENT 3 TO THE SOLICITATION

The purpose of this Amendment is to do the following:

1. Provide answers to the offerors submitted questions (see attachment titled Questions and Answers);

2. Identify the subsequent changes to Sections C, F, H, I, L, and M (see attachment titled Section Changes);

3. State that offerors are to fill out Box 8, 15A, and sign and date 15B and 15C of the Standard Form 30 for each AMENDMENT TO THE SOLICITATION and turn them in with their proposals. To date there have been three SOLICITATION Amendments. Attached are the SF 30s for Amendment 1, 2 and 3.

The purpose of Amendment 3 is to state the following:

1) Prospective offerors shall contact Contracting Officer John Menard at MenardJR@state.gov (571) 345-2164 instead of Kevin T. McGhee at mcgheekt@state.gov for preregistration;

2) Issue WPS 2 Solicitation, Attachments, Pricing Spreadsheet, and Restricted Access Request Form;

3) State that ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN A RESTRICTED ACCESS REQUEST FORM IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO ATTACHMENTS 2 AND 3. THESE ATTACHMENTS WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER MAY 22, 2015. PLEASE PROVIDE THE RESTRICTED ACCESS FORM COMPLETELY FILLED OUT BY THEN BUT NO LATER THAN JUNE 4, 2015. OFFERORS SHALL HAVE AN ACTIVE REGISTRATION ON THE SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT AT HTTPS://WWW.SAM.GOV. OFFERORS SHALL ENSURE THAT THE POINT OF CONTACT (POC) ON THE RESTRICTED ACCESS REQUEST FORM PROVIDES HIS/HER FULL NAME, INCLUDING FIRST, MIDDLE (IF APPLICABLE), AND LAST NAME. THE POC'S FULL NAME SHALL BE IDENTICAL TO THE FULL NAME IN THE FBO.GOV DATABASE. THE OFFEROR MUST ALSO ENSURE THAT THE SUBMITTING POC'S FULL NAME, INCLUDING FIRST, MIDDLE (IF APPLICABLE), AND LAST NAME, ARE IDENTICAL IN SAM.GOV AS THE NAMES APPEAR IN FBO.GOV.

Amendment 1 of Synopsis: Announcing the Preproposal Conference

Friday MAY 22, 2015

Holiday Inn Rosslyn
1900 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington VA 22209

Offerors interested in attending the pre-proposal conference must pre-register by
contacting Kevin T. McGhee by e-mail, mcgheekt@state.gov AFTER THE SOLICITATION IS POSTED.

Amendment 2 of Synopsis

The purpose of Amendment 2 of the Synopsis is for it to read as follows:

1) Offeror shall demonstrate it is a U.S. company without any unmitigated foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI); if the offeror is under FOCI, the FOCI mitigation must have been approved by Defense Security Service. If the Offeror is a joint venture (see FAR 9.601), then it must demonstrate that its participants making up the contractor joint venture are all U.S. companies, without any unmitigated foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI); if the offeror is under FOCI, the FOCI mitigation must have been approved by Defense Security Service.

                                 INSTEAD OF

Offeror shall demonstrate it is a U.S. based, owned and controlled company without any unmitigated foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI), such mitigation must have been approved by the Defense Security Service. If the Offeror is a joint venture (see FAR 9.601), then it must demonstrate that its participants making up the contractor joint venture are all U.S. based, owned and controlled companies without any unmitigated FOCI, as stated above;

2) Change the contracting officer's point of contact phone number to 571-345-2162 instead of 571-345-2384;

3) A Question and Answer (Q & A) period will start on the day the RFP is posted to www.fbo.gov. Thereafter, interested parties may submit questions via e-mail ONLY to mcgheekt@state.gov until 05:00pm Eastern time, June 4, 2015. The government will post answers to questions received via www.fbo.gov.

                                 INSTEAD OF

A Question and Answer (Q & A) period will start on the day the RFP is posted to www.fbo.gov. Thereafter, interested parties may submit question via email to mcgheekt@state.gov. Interested parties will be allowed to submit additional questions (in writing) at the end of the pre-proposal conference. The government will post answers to questions received via www.fbo.gov;

5) The Government anticipates the pre-proposal conference to begin registering attendees no sooner than 08:00am Eastern time on Friday, May 22, 2015 and the conference to last no later than 04:00pm Eastern time, May 22, 2015;

6) Cutoff for pre-registering to attend the pre-proposal conference is 12:00pm (noon) Eastern Time, May 21, 2015. Pre-registration is REQUIRED to attend;

7) State the pre-proposal conference is for prospective offerors only; and

8) Change the response date to 05:00pm Eastern Time July 16, 2015

                                   INSTEAD OF

                           06:00pm Eastern Time July 7, 2015

Amendment 1: Announcing the Preproposal Conference

Friday MAY 22, 2015

Holiday Inn Rosslyn
1900 North Fort Myer Drive
Arlington VA 22209

Offerors interested in attending the pre-proposal conference must pre-register by
contacting Kevin T. McGhee by e-mail, mcgheekt@state.gov AFTER THE SOLICITATION IS POSTED.

                        Worldwide Protective Services 2 
                                     SYNOPSIS

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) contemplates award of multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contracts (IDIQ) to multiple qualified U.S. firms. Contract types for individual task orders will vary and selected in accordance with FAR 16.104.

This IDIQ will satisfy anticipated and unanticipated armed personal protective, static guard and team based emergency response security services requirements worldwide. The IDIQ focuses primarily on DOS requirements in high threat areas. The anticipated period of performance is one year with four one-year option periods (to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government) and the maximum ceiling amount on this IDIQ contract is expected to be $10.2 billion dollars. The NAICS code for these services is 561612.

I. Offeror Minimum Mandatory Requirements

A. Offeror shall demonstrate it is a U.S. based, owned and controlled company without any unmitigated foreign ownership, control or influence (FOCI), such mitigation must have been approved by the Defense Security Service. If the Offeror is a joint venture (see FAR 9.601), then it must demonstrate that its participants making up the contractor joint venture are all U.S. based, owned and controlled companies without any unmitigated FOCI, as stated above.

B. Offeror shall demonstrate that it is a member in good standing with the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association (ICoCA) and confirm compliance with the requirements set forth in the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard entitled PSC-1-2012. If the Offeror is a Contractor joint venture formed to act as the prime contractor (see FAR 9.601), the team members must also be members of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association in good standing. If the Offeror uses subcontractors to provide any security services, they too must be members of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Service Providers' Association in good standing.

C. Within the last five (5) years (as of the release date of the solicitation), (and for the minimum duration of at least two (2) years combined within those five (5) years), offeror shall have performed contract(s) (Federal, State or Private Sector) as a contractor (prime or sub) providing: (a) armed personal protective and (b) armed guard and (c) team-based emergency response security services in a "high risk, high threat environment". In this regard, the offeror shall demonstrate that:

1. It performed at least one (1) security service contract valued for at least $10 million annually; and
2. It performed at least one (1) security service contract where its services were rendered in multiple locations; and
3. It performed at least one (1) security contract where it employed at least 75 personnel providing direct services under the contract.

II. TOP SECRET FACILITY CLEARANCE

Firm(s) selected for award, to include Joint Ventures, shall already possess or be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret Facility clearance after contract award and before any performance on a task order issued under the IDIQ contract. Any firms selected for award who do not have the required TS facility clearance will be sponsored for such by the Department of State.

III. Anticipated Acquisition Schedule

DOS plans to post the complete Request for Proposal to www.fbo.gov no sooner than fifteen (15) days of this notice; no paper copies will be mailed. Once the solicitation is posted, offerors will have approximately sixty (60) days to submit a proposal for the IDIQ contract award. Offerors shall certify that their proposals remain valid for a minimum of one hundred twenty (120) days after submission.
A Question and Answer (Q &A) period will start on the day the RFP is posted to www.fbo.gov. Thereafter, interested parties may submit questions via email to mcgheekt@state.gov. Interested parties will be allowed to submit additional questions (in writing) at the end of the pre-proposal conference. The government will post answers to questions received via www.fbo.gov.
The date and time of the pre-proposal conference will be announced via www.fbo.gov. Attendance at the pre-proposal conference is MANDATORY. DOS will reject proposals received from Offerors who failed to attend the pre-proposal conference. Offerors interested in attending the pre-proposal conference must pre-register by contacting Kevin T. McGhee by e-mail, mcgheekt@state.gov AFTER THE SOLICITATION IS POSTED. All interested parties shall follow-up their e-mail to Mr. McGhee with a phone call at (571) 345-2384 to confirm receipt of the e-mail and to receive additional details and instructions concerning the pre-proposal conference.
No more than three (3) representatives from each firm (to include potential subcontractors) may attend the pre-proposal conference. Interested parties shall be prepared to give Kevin T. McGhee notice of their interest by providing the name of the representative (s) who will attend the conference, name of the representing firm, address of the firm, telephone number of each person attending and Cage Code of the firm that will be the primary contractor. Each attendee of the conference shall present TWO FORMS OF PICTURE IDENTIFICATION confirming identity. Those representatives unable to present two forms of identification SHALL BE TURNED AWAY at the door. Preregistration is MANDATORY. Interested parties who do not pre-register will not be permitted to attend the pre-proposal conference.

Offerors are solely responsible for any and all expenses resulting from this announcement (i.e. travel, lodging, per diem, proposal costs and other miscellaneous expenses, etc.) and are responsible for confirming all dates specified in this synopsis by immediately checking the solicitation when posted on www.fbo.gov to see if there are any changes.