In accordance with Federal Aviation Administration Acquisition Management System (AMS) 3.2.1.2.1 - this announcement is to conduct a Market Survey for the purpose of soliciting statements of interest and capabilities from interested vendors. The FAA Facility Security Risk Management office has a requirement for security officer services in the Eastern Service Area (ESA) which includes locations within the continental United States and Puerto Rico. The Western, Central and Eastern Service Areas are depicted by the shaded regions in the attached Service Area Map. These security officer services are being procured in order to provide physical security safeguards for FAA employees, facilities, and United States Government property and assets from loss, theft, damage, unauthorized use, criminal acts, espionage, sabotage and terrorism. Interested sources that are capable of providing both armed and unarmed security officer services in accordance with the attached draft Statement of Work should respond. The nature of the competition has not been determined at this time. The FAA will evaluate the responses to this Market Survey and will make acquisition decisions based on those responses. The FAA may decide to do a full and open competition or set aside all or part of the procurement for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses or eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses that are certified by the SBA for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program. The Principal North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) size standard code for this requirement is 561612, Security Guards and Patrol Services, with a size standard of $20.5M. The FAA encourages the use of the FAA Mentor-Protégé Program for this requirement. Information on the FAA Mentor-Protégé Program can be found on the FAA Small Business website at www.sbo.faa.gov through the Contracting With FAA tab. All responses (one per company) are to be provided on company letterhead and limited to a total of 15 typewritten pages. No type font less than 11 point may be used. PURPOSE: This Market Survey is to provide information for the FAA to consider in choosing the method and type of procurement competition. This is neither a Screening Information Request (SIR) nor Request for Proposal (RFP) of any kind. The FAA will not accept unsolicited proposals. The FAA requires copies of certification letters for interested service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses that are certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program. In order to make this determination, the FAA requires the following information from interested vendors. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: a. The Contractor’s primary business must be providing contract SO services, including armed security officers (SOs). b. The Contractor must have at least five (5) years of documented experience in providing armed contract SO services. c. The Contractor must provide written evidence of satisfactory service to large facilities similar to FAA large manned facilities. This includes operation of automated access control, visual surveillance, intrusion detection and X-Ray scanning equipment. d. The Contractor must show the ability that they and all of their personnel assigned to FAA facilities can meet all applicable federal, state and local license and registration requirements, and that all required registrations and licenses will be current, and that they will have the capability to maintain this status. In those circumstances where the state or local requirements are less stringent than FAA requirements, SOs will be required to meet the FAA requirements. e. Identify any restrictions in providing security officer services geographically. For example, if you cannot provide security officers for any states or areas within the Eastern Service Area, identify those areas. If you can only provide security officers for one or more states (see attached map) then note that. f. Identify the type of security officer services provided by your firm (Armed/Unarmed). REQUIREMENTS FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: Interested vendors must provide the following: a. Capability Statement (as defined above) b. Completed Business Declaration Form (attached) c. Copy of SBA 8(a) Certification Form and/or proof of service-disabled veteran-owned small business status (if applicable) SUBMISSION FORMAT: Preferred Format : Electronic Quantity: 1 set Address:
contact@example.gov OR Hardcopy Address: Robert Taylor FAA National Headquarters 800 Independence Ave, SW Room 400 Washington, DC 20591 NOTES: Electronic submission is preferred. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft Word format or portable document format (PDF). This market survey is for informational purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment or a promise to contract by the Government. All submissions must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 31, 2015. For questions or requests for additional information regarding this market survey, contact Robert Taylor, Contracting Officer, via email. Submission must include company Point(s) of Contact, telephone number(s), FAX number(s), email address(es), and mailing address. The Government is not liable for costs associated with the preparation, submittal of inquiries or responses for this announcement and will not reimburse any firm for cost incurred in responding to this public announcement. Responses will not be returned. Since this is a sources sought announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. No solicitation exists at this time. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on the FAA's Contract Opportunities web page. It is the Offeror's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of the solicitation. If you're viewing this announcement from a source other than Federal Aviation Administration Contract Opportunities (FAACO), visit https://faaco.faa.gov/index.cfm/announcement/view/21222 to view the original announcement.
