Armed Guard Security Services

The pre-solicitation notice associated with this solicitation was posted on 21 December 2011. This Request for Proposal (RFP) solicitation is only available on the FedBizOpps.gov web page at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. This solicitation is for armed guard security services for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) / Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) / Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and its facilities located in Anniston, AL. The Acquisition Operations Division/Preparedness Branch intends to award firm-fixed-price contract award under the authority of FAR Part 15. The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is a federal entity (a component of the National Preparedness Directorate (NPD), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS)) and is the designated federal training center engaged in preparing emergency first responders, emergency management officials, state and local community leaders and managers, plus federal, private section and international first responders on a space-available basis, to combat terrorism including response to weapons of mass destruction and hazardous materials incidents. Training courses provided by the CDP provide specific knowledge and expertise for deterrence, prevention, response to and recovery from Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and hazardous materials incidents The intention of this requirement is to obtain contracted armed guard security services to support Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/National Preparedness Directorate/National Training and Education Directorate/Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) located in Anniston, Alabama. The contractor shall provide all support services as identified in the statement of work. The objective of this procurement is to obtain reliable, efficient and effective services by applying a sound management and technical approach that will provide the best value and meet the objectives described in the statement of work. There are 14 attachments with this solicitation as outlined in Section J of the solicitation. Please ensure to review the entire solicitation and provide all appropriate responses and documentation as required. With the submission of a proposal package as outlined in Section L, please remember to complete all required documents within the solicitation packet, including but limited to: Page 1 of the SF 33, B.3 "Price/Cost Schedule", I.16 "Key Personnel or Facilities", and Section K "Representations, Certifications and Other Statements of Offerors". This is an unrestricted full and open competitive acquisition using FAR Part 15 procedures. A firm-fixed-price contract award is anticipated. Award shall be based on best value to the Government using trade-offs. The Period of Performance will be 2 weeks of transition followed by 11 and months of services for the base period. The contract will include four 12-month options. The anticipated contract performance start date is May 1, 2012. Any responsible offeror may respond to this solicitation. The NAICS code is 561612. The Small Business Size Standard for this NAICS is $18.5 million. The incumbent contractor for this requirement is G4S Government Solutions Inc., under contract HSHQSL-07-C-00001. Pre-Solicitation Notice # HSFEEM-12-R-0004 was previously issued for this requirement. All questions shall be submitted no later than 1:00 pm, February 17, 2012, by email to Stephen Gibson, Contract Specialist, DHS/FEMA, Emmitsburg, MD. E-mail address: stephen.gibson@fema.dhs.gov. No phone calls accepted. A site visit is scheduled for February 15, 2012, 1:00 PM (Central Time), Center for Domestic Preparedness, 61 Responder Drive, Building 61, Room 2001, Ft. McClellan, Anniston, AL 36205. No more than three (2) representatives per potential offeror will be admitted to the site visit. If you plan to attend, it is required that you email your company name and list all persons who will be attending to the stephen.gibson@fema.dhs.gov. IN ADDITION, it is also required that you FAX your company name, the full names of all persons who will attend the site visit, their social security number, and date of birth. This information must be provided for all site visit attendees. This information is to be FAXED ONLY to the CDP security office at fax: 256-847-1960 - NO SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUESTS VIA EMAIL WILL BE PROCESSED. All site visit information must be submitted no later than February 7, 2012 4:00 PM (Central Time). There will be no exceptions to this deadline. Site visit attendees without prior security clearance will not be admitted into the CDP facility. NOTE: Only one site visit will be conducted. No questions will be entertained during the site visit. Any questions shall be emailed to the Contract Specialist shown above with the solicitation number referenced. No other site visit will be provided. Proposals are due no later than 1:00 pm, February 29, 2012.