Simmons & Golden Security LLC

Simmons & Golden Security LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business based in Maryville, Tennessee, provides armed and unarmed protective security officer services to federal agencies as a prime contractor (100% of recent awards), competing predominantly under small-business and service-disabled veteran-owned small-business set-asides. The company is a minority-owned, Black American-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business operating as a limited liability company under parent company Simmons & Associates, LLC.

The vendor's customer footprint is heavily concentrated with the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations, which accounts for 19 of 20 awards (96.5% of combined potential value) and the Department of Energy's Office of Science, which holds a single $66.4 million protective force security services contract at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Across the entire recent award portfolio, DHS OPO funds $1.63 billion in combined potential value.

Simmons & Golden Security LLC holds six active indefinite delivery contracts with DHS OPO totaling approximately $1.61 billion in ceiling value. The portfolio includes a $1.133 billion multiple-award Armed Guard II Services IDIQ (effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2030) with active delivery orders across multiple states; a $135.3 million single-award IDIQ for armed and unarmed protective security officer services in the West Virginia Panhandle and Frederick County, Virginia (awarded August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2031); an $85.5 million total small-business set-aside single-award IDIQ for armed PSO services throughout Indiana (October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2029) with four active delivery orders totaling $31.3 million; a $63.2 million service-disabled veteran-owned small-business set-aside single-award IDIQ for Maryland PSO services (March 1, 2023, through February 29, 2028) with four task orders issued; a $51.5 million service-disabled veteran-owned small-business set-aside single-award IDIQ for Washington, D.C. PSO services (November 1, 2024, through October 31, 2029) with two active delivery orders; and a $40.9 million total small-business set-aside single-award IDIQ for Mississippi PSO services (March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2030) with two active delivery orders. Representative delivery orders include a $20.76 million order for protective security officer services in College Park and Riverdale, Maryland (completion February 29, 2028); a $16.97 million order for armed PSO services throughout Indiana (completion September 30, 2026); and a $66.4 million Department of Energy cost-plus-award-fee contract for protective force security services at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (through July 7, 2029).

Activity has grown from two awards in 2023 to eight in 2024 and seven in 2025, with three awards in 2026 to date. Within the next twenty-four months, four awards (combined potential value $52.9 million) reach ultimate completion, presenting recompete opportunity. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime contractor with no reported subcontractors across the award portfolio. Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2023 and FY2024 shows $16.7 million in invoiced revenue across 121.3 FTE-years combined: $5.9 million across 43.4 FTEs in FY2023 and $10.9 million across 77.9 FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reported prime contracts median around $65.42/hr, with rates ranging from $64.89/hr at the 10th percentile to $83.51/hr at the 90th percentile. The vendor self-performed all reported hours with zero subcontractor engagement across SCI records. NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services) and PSC Housekeeping-Guard code characterize the portfolio; the Oak Ridge contract carries PSC Support-Professional (Physical Security and Badging).

Simmons & Golden Security, LLC (S&G) is a Department of Veterans Affairs Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business, a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, certified Minority Business Enterprise, and minority-owned 8(a) candidate Joint Venture headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee. S&G leverages proven business, protective force, and emergency management expertise to strengthen federal and commercial security programs by identifying risks, implementing best practices, enhancing operational readiness, and improving mission assurance across complex environments.