Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at the IRS Brookhaven facility in Holtsvill... The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at the IRS Brookhaven facility in Holtsville, NY. The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, management, supervision, training, licenses, and permits to provide the services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The Period of Performance is for a one-year base period with four one-year option periods. This requirement will be solicited as a commercial item in accordance with FAR Part 12. Services shall be furnished via an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with fixed hourly rates. It is anticipated that this requirement will be issued as an 8(a) Small Business Set-Aside. Resultant task orders under this contract will be firm fixed prices. The source selection process to be utilized for this acquisition is best value/trade-off. The technical, non-price factors, when combined, are more important than price. The submission requirements and evaluation criteria are defined in the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561612 with Small Business size standard is $29.0 million. The Contractor is required to register with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov. No contract award shall be made to any contractor that is not registered or in the process of registering with the System for Award Management. If are interested in submitting a propsal for this solicitation, you are requested to complete DHS Form 11000-6 - NDA, that is provided as an attachment to this posting in order to receive a copy of the post exhibit. A Pre-Proposal Conference will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. All interested parties are invited to attend a briefing of this procurement. The briefing will cover items such as the evaluation criteria, technical factors, post exhibit, pricing, teaming arrangements, etc. This conference will be 100% virtual via MS Teams and there will be no dial-in provided for this conference. The scheduled date for this pre-proposal conference is Wednesday, 05/08/2024, at 9:30 AM EST. If you plan on attending, please RSVP by sending an email to Thomas Schrank at thomas.schrank@fps.dhs.gov no later than 4:00 PM EST on Monday, 05/06/2024. Please include the names and email addresses for all who will be attending from your company. The meeting will be sent out to everyone who RVSP on Tuesday 05/07/2024. The purpose of Amendment 0001, dated 06/05/2024, is to extend the closing date until 06/14/2024. The purpose of Amendment 0002, dated 06/07/2024, is provided an updated page 11 of Attachment 1 - Statement of Work, as well as provide responses to industry questions received for this RFP.