SolicitationFull and open
Domestic Guard Services
Department of State · Acquisitions - Diplomatic Security
Responses due Oct 9, 2026, 13 days from now
Solicitation: The agency is taking bids or proposals now. The documents say what to submit and by when.
- Solicitation number
- 19AQMM21R0010
- Place of performance
- Virginia
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 561612
- Product service code
- R430
- Posted
- Sep 25, 2026
- Contracting office
- Acquisitions - Diplomatic Security, Arlington, VA
- Notice ID
- 1f941dad1a024f508e5a8b42b4d2ccc9
Description
ALL INTERESTED OFFERORS SHALL NEED TO
a) REQUEST EXPLICIT ACCESS VIA FBO FOR D OCUMENTS POSTED
b) THROUGHLY REVIEW PARAGRAPH 4, 5 AND 6 GIVEN HEREIN
1. The U.S. Department of State (DoS) has a requirement for a qualified
Contractor to provide highly trained and professional security force,
hereinafter referred to as the DoS Diplomatic Security, Uniformed Protective
Division (UPD), which directly support the Domestic Facilities
Protection Office (DS/DO/DFP). This requirement is to manage protection
security force to:
a) Protect life and property,
b) Protect and control classified/sensitive information/property,
c) Prevent unauthorized access to facilities or other venues und er charge of
DS;
d) Maintain order at DoS facilities or other venues under charge of DS.
e) Deter criminal activity and when appropriate, apprehend violators in and
around all DoS controlled facilities or other venues under charge of DS
nation-wide, to include Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.
2. The Contractor shall be expected to provide their organizational structure,
management, and qualified staff at levels adequate to meet or exceed the
requirement contained in the solicitation Performance Work Statement
(PWS). The Contractor shall be required to provide services in a manner
that prevent loss or injury to U.S. personnel, property; destruction of assets;
to prevent unauthorized access; and deter potential terrorist attacks.
Anticipated period of performance is one base year and four one-year
options (to be exercised at the sole discretion of the Government).
3. Required NAICS is 561612
4. Recommended or suggested requirements for this effort are as follows:
a) The Offeror should have at least 10 years' overall experience providing
24/7 Armed Uniformed Protective Guard Services to the United States
Government or the private sector (must be able to provide evidence of at
least 3 Armed Uniformed Protective Guard Services contracts performed
during the last 10 years) as part of their experience and past performance.
b) The Offeror should be able to demonstrate that at least one (1) of the
contracts referred to in paragraph a) above was valued at a minimum of
$400 million.
c) The Offeror should have employed at least 500 Armed Uniformed
Protective guards, inclusive of at least five (5) Explosive Detection Dog
Teams, in performance of at least one (1) of its Uniformed Protective Guard
Services contracts within the last five (5) years. Meaning, the contract
should have included both uniformed armed protective services and EDD
teams (teams could have been subcontracted).
d) The Offeror should have performed Armed Uniformed Protective Guard
Services domestically (within the continental United States) in at least 50
differently situated locations, with at least 15 sites physically located
domestically in multiple States, (inclusive of Hawaii, the District of Columbia,
and Puerto Rico) within the last ten (10) years.
e) In addition to the above, the Offeror should have performance experience
within the last 5 years, providing Armed Mobile Patrol Uniformed Protective
Guards.
f) The contractor should have experience within the last 3 years providing
Armed Uniformed Protective Guards cleared in protecting classified up to
Top Secret.
g) The Offer or should have past/current experience in Collective Bargaining
Agreements/Contract Negotiations.
h) The Offeror should have past/current performance experience within the
last 3 years operating a Uniformed Protective Guards (UPO's) Centralized
Command Center, wherein uniformed protective guards are utilized in
dispatching UPO's to calls for service as well monitoring alarms (fire and
Intrusion Detection Systems) and making notifications (email and phone) to
senior management.
i) The Offeror should have experience within the last 3 years providing
Armed Uniformed Protective Guards that have handled demonstrations
numbering at least 100 demonstrators.
5. All contracted personnel, regardless of nationality, will be required to pass
a background investigation conducted by the Contractor and a separate
background investigation conducted by the U.S. Government to certify their
suitability for employment under this contract. The expected security
complement is anticipated to be approximately no less than 1,270 (excluding
Corporate and indirect support).
6. Contractors shall be required to have a Collective Bargaining Agreement
(CBA) for this contract with Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of
America (SPFPA) and Locals 644, 645, 646, and 647, plus any other union
determined to be necessary or needed for the successful completion of this
contract.
7. The approximate acquisition schedule is as follows:
a) Offerors will have approximately six weeks to prepare proposals as given in the posted instructions. All dates are subject to change and any change will be posted on this site via amendments.
b) No pre-proposal site visit will be scheduled.
c) Questions regarding the content of this solicitation shall be due by 09/04/2026 as instructed in Section L. There will only be one (1) round of questions. Responses to questions will only be provided to those questions deemed relevant and substantive.
8. Offerors shall have an active registration on the System for Award
Management at https://www.SAM.gov. It shall be the Contractor's
responsibility to ensure vendor's information is accurate on SAM.gov.
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9. Offerors shall be required to request access documents via sam.gov.
Only two (2) representatives from each firm will be allowed Explicit Access in
an effort to control access to sensitive but unclassified documents. Access
will be granted AFTER the documents are posted and when the
Government POC receives a sam.gov electronic explicit access request email
notice. Contractor is responsible for all aspects of obtaining access.
PHONE CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Documents
Some documents are marked controlled on SAM.gov and need an explicit access request there.
Contracting contacts
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