NOTE: This requirement is pending coordination with the Small Business Administration (SBA) Procurement Center Representative (PCR). This is an amendment to synopsis FA3047-05-R0005 posted 4 Mar 2005. The purpose of this amendment is to restate the small business set-aside requirements stated in the draft pre-solicitation notice and to revise the solicitation issue and proposal due dates. This notice is issued in advance for informational purposes. The contractor is responsible for providing armed security guards for Installation Entry Control (IEC), Visitor Control Center (VCC), and Commercial Vehicle Inspection (CVI) in conjunction with the Security Forces Unit at Air Force installations. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this solicitation is 561612, Security Guards and Patrol Services. The small business size standard is $10.5 million. This requirement will be divided into an undetermined number of geographic regions. A portion of the requirement will be set aside for small business. This acquisition is subject to legislative authority to award a contract for increased security guard functions, in accordance with Section 332 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314), as amended by Section 324 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375). The current authority to contract for security guards expires 30 Sep 06. Any resulting contracts and exercise of options will be contingent upon extension of this authority. This acquisition is contingent upon the availability of funds in accordance with FAR 52.232-18. Funding for this acquisition is not currently available. No legal liability on the part of the Government for any payment may arise until funds are made available to the Contracting Officer for this contract and until the Contractor receives notice of such availability. This acquisition will be solicited as a Request for Proposal (RFP) and source selection will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 15. A firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity type contract(s) will result from this solicitation. The anticipated performance period will be a 12-month base period with four 12-month option periods. The Request for Proposal issue and closing dates have been temporarily postponed until further notice. Actual dates will be specified in the final solicitation. Proposal preparation instructions will be included in Section L, Instructions, Conditions and Notices to offerors, of the solicitation. This will be an electronic solicitation release. No hard copies will be mailed. Solicitation, amendments and other miscellaneous documents will be posted to FedBizOpps at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. It is the responsibility of each offeror to review the web page for notice of amendments, updates or changes to current information. In order to be eligible for award, registration in the Central Contractor Registration database at http://www.ccr.gov/ is required. The links to the USAF Small Business and Small Business Administration websites are http://www.selltoairforce.org/ and http://sba.gov/. Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Barbara A. Lee at (210) 671-1711 or e-mail:
[email protected].