CANCELLED 4/1/22 Uniform Security Guard Services Jud/Gen

Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, through its Purchasing Department and Facilities Development & Operations Department, issued Request for Proposal No. 22-003-IM soliciting proposals for Uniformed Security Guard Services at judicial and general facility locations throughout Palm Beach County. The procurement encompasses multiple levels of uniformed security guards (Levels I through VI) and site/field supervisors across seven judicial facilities and multiple general facility locations. Proposers were required to submit pricing for five separate lots covering general locations with Level I and IV armed guards, judicial locations with Level II, V, and VI guards, Palm Beach International Airport with Level III guards, and site/field supervisors for both general and judicial locations. All pricing submissions required fully burdened hourly rates for a five-year period accounting for Florida's scheduled minimum wage increases through September 2026. Qualified proposers were required to demonstrate at least five years of security experience, continuously employ or manage a minimum of 100 security guards through direct employment or subcontract, provide three non-residential client references, maintain contracts with combined annual values of at least $2,000,000, and possess State of Florida Class D and G security licenses. A mandatory pre-proposal conference was held on March 25, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at the Purchasing Department with attendance required for proposal responsiveness, and the original proposal submission deadline was April 18, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. local time, requiring one unbound original, nine bound copies, and one electronic PDF copy. The anticipated contract commencement and Board award date was July 12, 2022, with an initial two-year contract term ending July 11, 2024, and three available one-year renewal options at the County's sole discretion.

The procurement included a 25 percent Small Business Enterprise (SBE) subcontracting goal with mandatory 20 percent minority and women-owned business enterprise (M/WBE) participation requirements. Proposers were required to maintain a Performance and Payment Bond or Letter of Credit equal to twenty percent of the total contract value prior to contract commencement. Judicial facility positions required mandatory integrity testing conducted by both the contractor and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, with specific liquidated damage provisions for performance failures. All proposers were subject to criminal history records checks per Palm Beach County Code Sections 2-371 through 2-377. This RFP was cancelled in its entirety on April 1, 2022, pursuant to Palm Beach County Code Chapter 2, Article III, Section 2-54(c)(5), and the Purchasing Department indicated that a reissued solicitation would be made available in the near future through the Purchasing Department's Vendor Self Service System at https://pbcvssp.co.palm-beach.fl.us/webapp/vssp/AltSelfService. No specific contract value or budget range was disclosed in the solicitation documents.