Universal Protection Service, LIMITED Partnership

Universal Protection Service, LIMITED Partnership, doing business as Allied Universal Security Services, is a foreign-owned, for-profit security services provider delivering armed and unarmed protective security officer services to the federal government as a prime contractor on 29% of recent awards and as a subcontractor on 71%. The vendor competes exclusively in full-and-open unrestricted contracting with no socioeconomic set-asides. Headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, with administrative ties to Irvine, California, Allied Universal operates across NAICS 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services), PSC code S206 (Security Guard and Patrol Services), and related categories.

Allied Universal's federal footprint spans $85.47 billion in combined potential value across 298 awards, with $1.13 billion obligated as of the source date. The vendor's customer concentration is split between civilian and defense agencies. The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Procurement Operations leads by award count and dollar volume: 70 awards carrying $9.84 billion combined potential value, predominantly delivery orders for protective security officer services at federal facilities across the United States and territories. The Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Air Systems Command, and United States Fleet Forces Command account for 123 awards combined and represent the vendor's second-largest customer base by volume. The Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Service anchors the third-tier customer concentration with just 2 awards but $10.33 billion combined potential value on the Global Protective Services multiple-award IDIQ. These top four customers account for approximately 69% of recent awards; the remaining customer base spans 30 civilian and defense agencies with smaller, distributed footprints.

Allied Universal's primary vehicle position centers on DHS regional protective security officer IDIQs. The Armed Protective Security Officer Services IDIQ — a $3.3 billion multiple-award contract valid through December 31, 2028 — generated 14 task orders from Allied Universal across 2026 alone, including multi-year regional awards: $401.69 million for southern border PSO services through July 2031, $267.25 million for Northern California through April 2031, $226.84 million for the New York metropolitan area through January 2030, $198.25 million for Illinois statewide through November 2030, $136.31 million for Michigan through October 2027, $112.93 million for upstate New York through June 2030, and $105.53 million for Louisiana through July 2031. The vendor also holds a $176.41 million single-award DHS IDIQ for Central California armed PSO services through May 2029 and a $157.62 million single-award DHS IDIQ for Maryland armed PSO services through July 2029. Both single-award vehicles have generated multiple task orders in 2024 and 2025. Recent prime work also includes a $194.58 million single-award IDIQ from DHS for armed guard services in Washington, DC through January 2029, an $84.11 million GSA Multiple Award Schedule delivery order from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for armed security guard services through August 2031, and a $77.97 million DHS task order for PSO services in Washington, DC through January 2028. On defense, the vendor holds a $10.33 billion multiple-award Global Protective Services IDIQ awarded by DOD Washington Headquarters Service (June 2025 through June 2035) and a $65 billion Worldwide Expeditionary Multiple Award Contract TITUS under Naval Supply Systems Command (October 2025 through December 2029) for humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, contingency operations, and logistics support.

Activity has accelerated sharply — 12 awards in 2022 to 89 in 2025 — with 7 awards (combined potential value $436.3 million) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and facing recompete. The vendor's SCI-reported invoicing on federal prime service contracts grew from $70.2 million in FY2022 (738 FTEs) to $114.7 million in FY2025 (1,080 FTEs), demonstrating consistent year-over-year growth in deployed labor. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work run a median of $52.26/hr, with entry-level security positions at the 10th percentile ($31.47/hr) and specialized senior roles reaching the 90th percentile ($63.01/hr). Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, subcontractors performed approximately 5% of total contractor hours, with 16 named subcontractors reported; the vendor predominantly self-performs through direct-hire security personnel.

As a subcontractor, Allied Universal provides security guard and patrol services to major defense primes. The vendor subcontracts to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation on Long Range Radar System engineering support, Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent development, and B-2 Bomber Depot Maintenance; to Lockheed Martin Corporation on Aegis Weapon System training, JASSM testing, and ship integration security; to BAE Systems Maritime Solutions across ship maintenance availabilities (USS Carter Hall, USS Wasp, USS Ramage, USS Essex, and other vessels); to General Dynamics Land Systems on Abrams tank production and facilities support; to Sikorsky Aircraft on VH-92 presidential helicopter sustainment; and to Sierra Nevada Company on Survivable Airborne Operations Center services. These sub relationships reflect a consistent role: providing fixed-site and mobile security personnel to support defense contractor operations at shipyards, test ranges, and manufacturing facilities.

Allied Universal's GSA Multiple Award Schedule labor portfolio spans 12 distinct security and facility-management categories priced from $84.20/hr for entry-level Guard I roles through $245.65/hr for Program Manager positions, with no security clearances offered. The rate spectrum positions the vendor competitively in guard and patrol services while providing tiered access to higher-skilled training instructor and program management labor. Recent delivery orders show mixed subcontractor engagement — some Hawaii and Puerto Rico PSO orders carried 23–27% subcontractor hours; others deployed only direct-hire labor — indicating flexibility in regional staffing models.