Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services - Puerto Rico/ Virgin Islands

The U.S. Department Homeland Security, Federal Protective Services (FPS), is conducting market research to identify small business contractors capable of providing Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services at various locations throughout Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands. PSO Services are defined in three categories: PSO Basic Services, Temporary Additional Services (TAS), and Emergency Security Services (ESS). PSO Basic Services are the permanent ongoing services pre-scheduled with monthly fluctuating schedules or any other services added up to any established maximums identified in the contract. TAS are services beyond the basic service requirements. TAS are the short term, short notice, non-recurring needs for service. ESS are services beyond the basic and TAS service requirements. ESS services are used in the event of a National and/or State declared Federal Emergency disaster requiring additional PSO resources to be established on short notice, and generally in commercial or make-shift facilities (i.e. Federal Emergency Management Agency disaster recovery location).

The FPS protects Federal facilities and those who occupy them by conducting law enforcement and protective security services and leveraging access to the intelligence and information resources of our network of Federal, state, local, tribal, territorial, and private sector partners. The FPS mission is to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from terrorism, criminal acts, and other hazards threatening the U.S. Government's critical infrastructure, services, and the people who provide or receive them.

FPS is seeking information from small business contractors who have performed armed PSO efforts in the last three years that were approximately 485,000 hours per year, either individually on one contract or in the aggregate on several contracts. The contract currently requires approximately 208 full-time equivalent PSOs, covering approximately 48 Federal facilities across 3 geographically separated islands, including thirty six (36) facilities throughout Puerto Rico, four (4) facilities throughout St. Croix, USVI, and five (5) facilities throughout St. Thomas, USVI. Contractors must be fully licensed in Puerto Rico & the Virgin Islands to perform this type of service.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY.

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. This Sources Sought Notice is released pursuant to FAR Part 10 Market Research and is issued for the purpose of identifying available sources (interested entities) capable of performing the requirement. This is not a solicitation announcement for proposals and NO CONTRACT will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests. The information gathered from this source sought notice will be utilized in the Government's determination on contract and business type utilized in the solicitation.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this effort is 561612, Security Guards and Patrol Services, with a small business size standard of $29M. The NAICS Code and corresponding size standard is provided to determine the appropriate business size in response to this sources sought notice. For further information on business size definitions please refer to the Small Business Administration's web site: https://www.sba.gov/document/support-table-size-standards.

Please review the attachment that provides the questions we are requesting each vendor provide a response to in their submission. Response should be submitted via email to thomas.schrank@fps,dhs.gov no later than the requested due date.