Patent and Trademark Office, Office of Procurement, Box 6, Washington, DC 20231

S -- SECURITY GUARD SERVICES SOL 52-PAPT-8-00010 DUE 012398 POC Carol Newman, Contract Specialist (703)305-8146 E-MAIL: carol.newman@uspto.gov, carol.newman@uspto.gov. The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), located in Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia, anticiptates entering into a five year (base and four one-year options), firm-fixed-price contract for Security Guard Services. The services will be acquired under Federal Acquistion Regulation, Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items procedures. The proposed contract is 100% set-aside for firms under the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program. The Standard Industrial Classification Code is 7381. A competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued on or about January 9, 1998. The RFP closing date will be fifteen days thereafter. Only written requests for the RFP are acceptable. The requests may be faxed to the attention of Carol Newman on (703)308-5484 or mailed to the above listed address. The purpose of this competitive solicitation and the resultant contract is to provide stationary and roving unarmed security guard services to nine building sites occupied by the PTO. Services will be required Monday through Friday, with specific sites needing services Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays. A contract will be awarded based on "best value". Past performance information will be required in response to this solicitation for the last five years of "all" private companies and government agencies to whom similar security guard services have been provided. (0002)

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