SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Screening of Passengers and Property at Airports
- Notice Date
- 11/5/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 561612
— Security Guards and Patrol Services
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Border and Transportation Security, Transportation Security Administration, Headquarters TSA, 601 S. 12th Street TSA-25, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA, 22202
- ZIP Code
- 22202
- Solicitation Number
- HSTS01-04-Q-OPTOUT
- Response Due
- 11/29/2004
- Archive Date
- 12/14/2004
- Description
- Description Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is seeking sources to provide security screening services to ensure safe, courteous, and efficient passenger and baggage screening at United States airports. Offerors shall review www.tsa.gov to learn about the background and the acquisition approach associated with this requirement. To access the SPP information, go to the bottom right heading entitled ?Spotlight? and click on the hyperlink directly under ?Spotlight? entitled ?Screening Partnership Program.? This page contains links to the acquisition approach, program guidance, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ?s), and press releases. The draft Statement of Work is provided on the website for information purposes only. At this time, TSA will be conducting the acquisition process by pre-qualifying offerors to proceed to the next acquisition phase by establishing a Qualified Offeror List (QOL). The following provides a summary of the background and acquisition approach for the SPP: BACKGROUND The Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) P.L. 107-71 required the TSA to assume responsibility for passenger and baggage security screening operations at the nation?s airports by November 19, 2002. 49 U.S.C. ? 44920 (ATSA ?108) provides, in part, that TSA shall allow an airport operator to submit an application to have screening carried out by the screening personnel of a qualified private screening company: APPROACH Due to the potential number of airports and private contractors that may be interested in participating in the SPP, and the sensitive nature of the scope of work to be completed, TSA will follow a down-select acquisition approach which is as follows: 1)Develop Qualified Offeror Lists (QOL)(Phase I) 2)Select Offerors determined qualified for Qualified Vendor List (QVL)(Phase II) 3)Issue BOAs to QVL by Region (Phase II) 4)Issue Airport Task Orders Based on Best Value (Phase III) The first phase is to establish two Qualified Offeror Lists (QOL?s). One QOL for small businesses and one QOL for large businesses. The QOL?s will pre-qualify offerors seeking to compete for SPP contracts through mandatory GO/NO GO technical and financial requirements. Offerors must pass statutory ATSA requirements and TSA requirements to be a qualified private screening company. The establishment of the QOL will streamline the acquisition process and allow for TSA to maintain greater control of the contract competition. After establishing the QOL?s, TSA plans to implement the second phase of the procurement by issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) to those companies on the QOL. The result of the RFP will be to award a Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) to those offerors evaluated to present the required technical and cost capabilities. A BOA is an agreement among parties (not a contract) with no minimum or maximum guarantee. The RFP will include the objectives of the SPP, key selection steps and dates, and information on the criteria and evaluation of the RFP responses. The QVL will establish the qualified offerors by geographical region who can compete for airport specific task orders. The geographical region will be divided based upon the same regional lines as the TSA Area Directors. However, Offerors and airport applicants will determine which or all of the geographical areas they would like to be considered for in the QOL/QVL process. TSA plans to issue task orders for screening services at a particular airport based upon the area in which the airport exists. Therefore, those offerors and airports on the area QVL for the area in which the airport exists and received a BOA may receive the task order RFP for that airport. TSA plans to evaluate the small business QOL separately from the large business QOL utilizing the same evaluation criteria. The third phase includes those Offerors on the QVL who have been awarded BOAs. These qualified vendors may compete for airport specific task orders on a best value basis. A BOA is an agreement among parties (not a contract) with no minimum or maximum guarantee. As such, TSA will issue airport specific Task Orders (TOs) containing specific contract requirements, terms and conditions, tailored to meet the needs of specific airports. Offerors responding to this combined solicitation/synopsis must submit capability and certification statements. The capability and certification statements will address the Aviation and Transportation Security Act (ATSA) mandatory requirements and TSA requirements which are provided in detail on www.tsa.gov. The ATSA and TSA requirements will be evaluated on a Go/NoGo basis. Offerors who DO NOT meet the ATSA requirements identified as Go/No Go criteria WILL NOT be evaluated further on TSA requirements criteria. Only those qualified screening companies that meet the ATSA and TSA requirements will be placed on the QOL and will be determined to have a reasonable chance to be awarded a BOA and be competitively awarded a task order. The detailed requirements of this synopsis are published on the SPP TSA website at www.tsa.gov. Offerors shall access and review the SPP website prior to responding. Proposals are due by 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard time on November 29, 2004 to the above address to the Attention of Sheila Roche. Any questions shall be emailed to OPT-OUT@tsa.gov. Offerors shall state ?SOLICITATION QUESTION? in subject line of email or else the question may not be answered. The cutoff date for questions is 15 November. Point of Contacts Sheila Roche, Contracting Officer Richie Lieber, Contracting Officer
- Place of Performance
- Address: DHS-Border and Transportation Security, Transportation Security Administration, TSA HQ, 701 S. 12th Street, Office of Acquisition, TSA-25, 10th Floor, Arlington, VA
- Zip Code: 22202
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 22202
- Record
- SN00704444-W 20041107/041105211518 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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