Market Survey: Security Officer Services - Western Service Area

1. Introduction/Purpose The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is required to procure security officer services under the National Security Officer Services (NSOS) Program. The purpose of this Market Survey/Request for Information is to survey the marketplace to assess the level of interest and capabilities among qualified providers of the required services, as well as whether adequate competition exists to set-aside for small business. 2. Description of the Required Services There is a need for security officer services in order to provide Contract Security Officer (CSO) services for FAA employees, facilities, and United States Government property and assets from loss, theft, damage, unauthorized use, criminal acts, espionage, sabotage, and terrorism in the FAA geographical Western Service Area (WSA) in accordance with the attached Attachment A. DRAFT NSOS WSA Statement of Work (SOW). The Draft SOW is subject to change if the FAA determines it is in its best interest to issue a solicitation at a future date. This service area includes locations within the continental United States (CONUS) and outside the continental United States (OCONUS) as depicted in the attached Attachment B: WSA Service Area Detail. This attachment identifies the states and territories within the WSA that will require security officer services. For the purposes mentioned above, the FAA requests the following information from interested businesses: CAPABILITY STATEMENT: The Contractor's primary business must be providing Contract Security Officer (CSO) services, including unarmed and armed security officers (SOs). The Contractor must have at least five (5) consecutive years of documented experience in providing armed contract SO services. The Contractor must provide written evidence of performance at large facilities similar to FAA large manned facilities. This includes operation of automated access control, visual surveillance, intrusion detection, and X-Ray scanning equipment. 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, 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. The Contractor must list the Western Service Area states in which their business is currently licensed to do business. 3. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code The NAICS code is 561612 - Security Guards and Patrol Services. The small business size standard for this code is $29 million. 4. Nature of Competition The nature of the competition has not been determined at this time. The FAA will assess the responses to this market survey and will make acquisition decisions based on those responses. The FAA may decide to conduct a full and open competition, set aside all or part of the procurement for small businesses, socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses (8a), service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs), women owned small business (WOSBs), economically disadvantaged woman owned small businesses (EDWOSBs) or HUBZone small businesses that are certified by the SBA, conduct a direct award as allowed under the FAA Acquisition Management System unless maximum dollar amounts preclude any such possibility, or not conduct any competition. 5. General The FAA has not yet determined when or whether an acquisition will be conducted for the subject requirement. This market survey is only for the purpose of identifying potential sources. No SIR/RFP exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the SIR/RFP. The FAA will not accept unsolicited proposals. 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 costs incurred while responding to this public announcement. Responses will not be returned. Since this is a market survey announcement, no evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to respondents. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on SAM.gov. It is the Contractor's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation. 6. Submittal Requirements for Market Survey Interested businesses must provide the following: Capability Statement as defined above (not to exceed 5 pages); Name and Address of Company, Point of Contact (name, title, telephone number, and email address); Large or Small Business Designation and any 8(a), SBVOSB, WOSB, EDWOSB, or HubZone status; and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. 7. Market Survey/RFI Responses Submission Instructions Email your response to Keri Henderson at contact@example.gov no later than 12:00 pm EST on Thursday, August 24, 2023. The electronic submission should be a Portable Document Format (PDF). Hard copies are not sought so please do not send.