R--Guard Services for Albany Field Office Troy, New York.

1.PLACE OF PERFORMANCE. The Contractor shall perform the services cited herein at the Albany Field Office (AFO) Reservation, 1 Bond Street, Troy, New York. The facility consists of 13 buildings of various sizes, a navigation lock, and approximately 7 acres of land bounded by a security fence on the northern, eastern, and southern perimeter, and by the Hudson River on the western perimeter. A layout of the facility, including the location and numbering of buildings, is included at Appendix C. Approximately 20 civilian employees work at the facility, however, during the period of contract services, the facility will normally be unoccupied. 2.REQUIREMENTS. a. The contractor shall be licensed in the State of New York and shall comply with all State and local laws applicable to security guards. Where required by local law or ordinance, prior to the commencement of work the Contractor shall obtain and furnish copies of any licenses, permits, etc. for the Contactor and for each employee serving as an unarmed security guard. b. The Contractor shall furnish trained personnel, uniforms, equipment, material, and supervision (with the exception of Government-furnished facilities, equipment and materials specified herein) to satisfactorily maintain the physical security of the AFO facility. c. Services performed under this contract shall be subject to inspection and acceptance by the Contracting Officer or his duly authorized representative (COR). d. The Contractor shall endeavor to prevent the occurrence of fires, explosions and other catastrophes by close observation of the buildings, machinery, vehicles, electrical equipment, and personnel to identify unsafe or potentially unsafe conditions, procedures or activities. Upon the citing of any unsafe condition, the COR or his designee shall be notified and admission to the unsafe area shall be restricted. Only authorized personnel shall be allowed admittance to the restricted area in order to minimize the risk. e. The Contractor shall prepare and submit a full report of incidents that are considered security breaches, violations of administrative regulations, or the assignment as set forth herein. See paragraph 13 entitled, Record Keeping for daily report requirements. Daily reports shall be supplemented as required to fully detail all unusual events/incidences. f. The Contractor shall receive, secure, and account for all keys issued to the Contractor for use in the performance of this contract. Duplicate or replacement keys must be requested through the COR. Authorized duplicates will be provided at the Governments expense. Keys issued for duty performance will not be removed from the installation. g. The Contractor shall maintain records and submit reports in accordance with appropriate regulations, directives and orders and requirements contained herein. h. All guards reporting for duty shall adhere to the following: 1) Complete, clean and neat uniform. 2) Personal appearance acceptable for the security profession. 3) Physically capable of standing watch (i.e., physically capable of performing duties, free of intoxicants including alcohol and drugs, sufficiently rested, etc). i. All guards shall be fluent in the English language and shall be capable of understanding instructions and all special orders. This project is being solicited as 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The applicable NAICS Code is 561621 with a small business size standard of $18,500,000. The media selected for the issuance of solicitations and amendments shall solely be at the discretion of the Government; accordingly, the media utilized for this project is the Internet. Paper copies of this solicitation, and amendments, if any, will not be available or issued. Interested parties may download and print the solicitation, at no charge at www.fbo.gov. Project Scope of work are portable document files (PDF) and can be viewed, navigated, or printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Minimum system requirements are Pentium-based personal computer, Microsoft Windows 95 or greater, and 32 MB application RAM. A registration page is attached to the web site, and prospective bidders are required to register to receive notice of any amendments that may be issued to the solicitation. Utilization of the internet is the preferred method. Solicitation documents for this effort will be available on or about 05 November 2008. The Request for Quotes will be due on 12 November 2008 at 2:00 P.M. Registration Requirements: DFARS 252.204-7004 Required Central Contractor Registration (CCR) applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the Department of Defense CCR database prior to award. Lack of registration in the CCR database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on CCR registration and annual confirmation requirements may be obtained by calling +1 (555) 000-0000 or via the Internet at http://www.ccr.gov. The Contract Specialist for this procurement is Jason Parker and can be reached via email at contact@example.gov or at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000. The technical manager is William Petronis at phone number +1 (555) 000-0000.