The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Protective Service (FPS) has a requirement to acquire armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at various locations throughout Mississippi. The armed PSOs will protect federal personnel and property at federally owned and leased buildings. 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 ordering periods and an optional 6-month extension. Services shall be furnished via an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This acquisition is being solicited as a total 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 will be defined in the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561612 with Small Business size standard of $29 million. Offerors need to possess a Secret Clearance prior to the date and time established for proposal submission. 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.

Amendment 0001 is issued to address several changes to the solicitaiton and extend the closing date. Please review the amendment in its entirety.

All questions must be submitted in writing to Contract Specialist Melissa.hally@fps.dhs.gov, Contracting Officer Thomas.schrank@fps.dhs.gov and FPSACQDIV1@fps.dhs.gov.