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 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 in the FAA NSOP geographical South East Region Service Area in accordance with the attached Attachment A. Draft Statement of Work (SOW).

This service area includes locations within the continental United States and territories as depicted in Attachment B. South East Service Area Detail. This attachment identifies the states that will require security officer services.

In order to make this determination, the FAA requires the following information from interested businesses.

CAPABILITY STATEMENT:

1. The Contractor’s primary business must be providing contract security officer services, including unarmed and armed security officers (SOs).
2. The Contractor must have at least five (5) years of documented experience in providing armed contract SO services.
3. 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. 
4. 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. 

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 $20.5 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 or set aside all or part of the procurement for small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) or eligible socially and economically disadvantaged businesses that are certified by the SBA for participation in the SBA's 8(a) Program. 

5. General

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 cost incurred in 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 the respondents. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on beta.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:

1. Capability Statement as defined above (not to exceed 15 pages, with 12-point Times New Roman font);
2. Name and Address of Company, Point of Contact (name, title, telephone number, and email address);
3. Large or Small Business Designation and any Minority/Disadvantaged/Veteran Status;
4. Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number.

7. Market Survey/RFI Responses Submission Instructions

Email your response to Keri Henderson at [email protected] NO LATER THAN 5:00PM EST ON TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021. Responses received after this deadline will not be considered. The electronic submission should be in either Microsoft Word format or Portable Document Format (PDF). Hard copies are not sought so please do not send.