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ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN A RESTRICTED ACCESS REQUEST IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THIS REQUIREMENT The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has a requirement for a qualif... ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS WILL NEED TO COMPLETE AND RETURN A RESTRICTED ACCESS REQUEST IN ORDER TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO THIS REQUIREMENT The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has a requirement for a qualified Contractor to provide Local Guard Services to support the U.S. Mission in Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador. The Government requires a secure environment to conduct their mission. The Contractor shall provide the organizational structure, management, and qualified staff at levels adequate to meet or exceed the requirement contained in the Performance Work Statement. The Contractor shall be required to provide services in a manner that prevent loss or injury to U.S. personnel, dependents, property; destruction of assets; to prevent unauthorized access; and deter potential terrorist attacks. Anticipated period of performance of the single award Time and Material (T&M) with fixed priced (FP) and cost reimbursable (CR) elements for one base year and four one-year options (to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government). All contracted personnel, regardless of nationality, will be required to pass a background investigation conducted by the Contractor and a separate background investigation conducted by the U.S. Government to certify their suitability for employment under this contract. The approximate acquisition schedule is as follows: The synopsis will be posted for a minimum of fifteen (15) days but may be longer. No paper copies will be mailed. Once the solicitation is posted on SAM.Gov, the offerors will have approximately Forty-Five (45) days to submit proposals. All dates are subject to change and any change will be posted on this site. Site Visits of the U.S. Mission facilities in Ecuador will be provided via a PowerPoint Presentation due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Offerors are requested to provide notice of their interest in the solicitation (i.e., name of representative, name of firm, address) to Mohammed N. Haque at HaqueMN@state.gov PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED Offerors shall have an active registration on the System for Award Management at https://www.SAM.gov. Offerors shall ensure that the point of contact (POC) on the Restricted Access Request form provides his/her full name, including first, middle (if applicable), and last name. The POC’s full name shall be identical to the full name in the SAM.Gov database. The Offeror must also ensure that the submitting POC’s full name, including first, middle (if applicable), and last name, are identical in SAM.gov as the names appear in SAM.gov. In accordance with 22 U.S.C. § 4864, the Government will give preference to offerors qualifying as U.S. persons or U.S. Joint Venture Persons. The contract will be awarded to the best technically acceptable proposal with the lowest evaluated price.

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This Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) is for information, planning and market research purposes only and shall not be construed as either a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Un... This Sources Sought/Request for Information (RFI) is for information, planning and market research purposes only and shall not be construed as either a solicitation or obligation on the part of the United States Department of State (“State”). The purpose of this RFI is to identify ALL INTERESTED VENDORS that are capable of providing the services described in this RFI, draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and draft Special Contract Requirements. State will use this market research information to assess the market's capability to successfully meet State’s need for local guard services at the U.S. Mission Ecuador. State welcomes responses from all interested vendors. State does not intend to make a decision or award a contract on the basis of responses nor otherwise reimburse interested sources for the preparation of any information submitted for State's use of such information. State reserves the right to contact vendors if additional information is required. Responses must clearly demonstrate capabilities through examples of previous and/or current guard security contracts or experience closely related thereto. The Government has an additional QUESTIONNAIRE for which we are seeking subject matter expertise from the commericial enterprise, please see attached "Mission Ecuador RFI -Questionaire" for more details. Vendors are encouraged to review the attached "SourcesSought_and RFI Ecuador" for more details and how to respond to this RFI/Sources Sought. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR COST PROPOSALS. This is a request for interested potential offerors to submit a brief capability statement and respond to a reequst for information questionnaire.