Amendment 0003 Questions & Answers are hereby provided for informational purposes only and do not amend or change the solicitation. If there is any conflict between the solicitation and the information contained in the answers to questions, the solicitation governs. Amendment 0002 This amendment hereby extends the closing date for receipt of proposals (RFP) to 03/01/2023 at 2:00 pm EST. Amendment 0001 The following is provided for informational purposes only and does not amend or change the solicitation. If there is any conflict between the solicitation and this additional information, the solicitation governs. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Federal Protective Service Acquisition Division (FPSAD), intends to procure armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at various federal facilities in Washington, D.C. This requirement is being solicited as a commercial service acquisition in accordance with FAR Part 12/15. This procurement is a 100% Women Owned Small Business set-aside. It is anticipated that a single award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) type contract with fixed price provisions will result from this Request for Proposals (RFP). The NAICS code for this acquisition is 561612, Security Guard and Patrol Services. The size standard for NAICS 561612 is $29 million. The resultant ID/IQ contract will consist of a five annual ordering periods. The Request for Proposals (RFP) shall require the submission of a technical and price proposal. A Pre-proposal teleconference is scheduled for 1:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on February 21, 2023. Contractors are required to email a request to
[email protected],
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[email protected] no later than 09:00 A.M. EST the day of the teleconference. An invite will be sent to interested vendors via Microsoft Teams shortly after for the pre-proposal conference. The purpose of the pre-proposal conference is to provide a comprehensive overview of the RFP, so that offerors can ascertain the general conditions that could materially affect the proposal price. Attendance is not mandatory; however, it is strongly recommended. The Contractor is requested to submit any questions regarding this requirement via email as soon as possible but no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Time, February 22, 2023 to
[email protected],
[email protected] and
[email protected]. Vendors are requested to withhold their questions until after the pre-proposal conference. Prospective contractors may contact the Government while preparing a proposal in order to obtain clarification of the statement of work or to obtain other information needed to prepare a proposal. Any clarifying information issued by the Government will be provided to all prospective contractors. Those women owned small businesses wishing to receive the current post exhibit must submit a completed Non-Disclosure Agreement to
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[email protected], which is included under this RFP as Exhibit 3 within C. SOW Exhibits Attachment 2. Upon receipt of a completed DHS Form 11000-06, the post exhibit shall be sent via email. Please Note regarding the attached solicitation: All attachments are paper-clipped to this document. In order to view the paper-clipped attachments, the PDF file must be opened in the desktop application. The attachments will not show if opened in a web browser.