S -- Local Guard Services

Contracting Office AddressDepartment of State, Office of Logistics Management, Acquisition Management, P.O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219. Description: Please note that this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The Department of State will launch, via the FedBizzOps, a solicitation to require operation and management of Local Guard Services in order to prevent unauthorized access, protect life, maintain order, deter criminal attacks against employees, dependents and property and terrorist acts against all US assets and prevent damages to Government property. The contractor shall furnish managerial, administrative and direct labor personnel to accomplish all work as required in the contract. Anticipated performance is for one base period and four one-year periods at the option of the Government. The estimated number of annual hours for guards is 175,428. These requirements may also change depending on funding availability in forth coming periods. The anticipated performance is for one base period and four one-year periods at the option of the Government. Major duties and responsibilities are to perform access control to limit entry to only authorized personnel or visitors, the operation of walk-through metal detectors, hand-held detectors and special monitoring devices. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The Government plans to issue the solicitation on or about September 26, 2005 at the FedBizOpps site. This requirement will be issued via the Internet - no paper copies will be mailed. Note: The response date in this FEDBIZOPS is not a firm date please see the RFP for the actual date. Original Point of Contact: James S. (Steve) Rogers, Contracting Officer, Phone No. (703) 875-7320, Fax No. (703) 875-6006, Email rogersjs@state.gov Place of Performance: American Embassy San Jose, Costa Rica 1200 Pavas, San Jose, Costa Rica