Department of State, Office of Acquisition, P. O. Box 9115, Rosslyn Station, Arlington, VA 22219-0244

S -- ARMED GUARD SERVICES SOL S-OPRAQ-98-R-0071 DUE 043098 POC Paula B. Compton, Contracting Officer, (703) 875-6038 This modification corrects the Contracting Officer's E-Mail address identified in the previous notice of March 23, 1998-10:52 AM. Corrected address is: paula.b.compton@dos.us-state.gov. This is a pre-solicitation notice to identify additional interested sources for the forthcoming solicitation. The Department of State (DoS), Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Office of Domestic Operations, intends to issue a solicitation to purchase armed uniformed guard services. This pre-solicitation notice will be followed by a formal solicitation entitled Requests for Proposals (RFP) to be issued in June 1998. The contractor will be required to provide a safe environment for all DOS personnel and to protect property and information located at all DoS facilities within the United States and its territories. At a minimum, the contracted security force must provide security guard services in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland, New York, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida, Massachusetts, Illinois, Hawaii, Texas, Pennsylvania, Washington, Louisiana and Connecticut. On an ad hoc basis, protective services are also provided at other domestic locations. The security forces serve as a 24-hour deterrent and respond to unauthorized, illegal, or potentially life threatening activities, e.g., terrorist attacks, assassination attempts, thefts of classified materials, unlawful destruction of public properties, and violations of other Federal and State criminal statutes. The contractor will be required to recruit, train, and manage security personnel consisting of service and executive employees as defined by the Service Contract Act. The period of performance shall be twelve (12) months for the basic contract and four (4) twelve (12) month option periods. Any organization believing they have the capability to fulfill the requirements specified in this notice is requested to send a notice of interest to the Contracting Officer at the following E-Mail address: paula.b.compton@dos.us-state.gov. The notice of interest shall include a telephone number, fax number, point of contact and complete organization address. There will be no pre-solicitation conference. The forthcoming RFP is expected to be issued in June 1998 via the Internet; no hard copies will be issued. Further written instructions will be provided to interested parties prior to issuance of the official RFP. This requirement will be advertised in the CBD for 15 days before issuance of the RFP.***** (0084)

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