# Armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) Services in Washington, DC

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/70rfp224rec000001

- Solicitation number: 70RFP224REC000001
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Simmons & Golden Security LLC for $48,683,280.00
- Department: Department of Homeland Security
- Agency: Office of Procurement Operations
- Contracting office: FPS East CCG Div 2 Acq Div (70RFP2)
- NAICS: 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services
- Product or service code: S206 Guard Services
- Set-aside: Service-disabled veteran-owned small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Washington, District of Columbia
- County: District of Columbia (FIPS 11001). https://abierto.us/counties/district-of-columbia-dc-11001
- City: Washington. https://abierto.us/cities/washington-dc-1150000
- First posted: January 18, 2024
- Last posted: November 1, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0a509116a9ff4a17a388dbd547d7b7b8/view

## Description

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Procurement Operations (OPO), Federal Protective Service Acquisition Division (FPSAD), under a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned small business (SDVOSB) set-aside, has procured armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services contract in Washington, D.C. The armed PSOs will protect federal personnel and property at federally owned and leased buildings.

The Contractor shall provide all labor, material, management, supervision, training, licenses, and permits to provide the services in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW). The Period of Performance is for a five-year ordering period. The contract was issued as an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract as defined in FAR 16.504, with fixed price provisions.

This acquisition was solicited as a commercial service acquisition in accordance with FAR Part 12/15 as a competitive, currently certified/active, SDVOSB set-aside procurement. Firm fixed price task orders will be issued. The source selection process utilized for this acquisition was best value/trade-off. The technical, non-price factors that were used was Relevant Past Performance and Management Approach. The non-price factors were considered more important than price.

Estimated total hours under this contract are 780,000 for the 5-year period. The submission requirements and evaluation criteria were defined in the solicitation. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 561612 with size standard is $29 million. The Contractor is required to be registered with System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Simmons & Golden Security LLC (UEI KKWALQKX5A67)
- Contract: 70RFP225FREC00003 under 70RFP225DEC000001, delivery order
- Obligated: $8,837,165.68
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources
- Link: solicitation number 70RFP224REC000001 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 70RFP2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70RFP225FREC00003_7001_70RFP225DEC000001_7001/

- Recipient: Simmons & Golden Security LLC (UEI KKWALQKX5A67)
- Contract: 70RFP225DEC000001
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 6 offers received
- Link: solicitation number 70RFP224REC000001 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 70RFP2 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_70RFP225DEC000001_7001/


## Publications

- January 18, 2024: Presolicitation. Notice 18f7390740884445bb143ac1cbd751d4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/18f7390740884445bb143ac1cbd751d4/view
- March 20, 2024: Solicitation, due April 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice dd6ee5f497df466f9e218dd4e0ff9832. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/dd6ee5f497df466f9e218dd4e0ff9832/view
- March 26, 2024: Solicitation, due April 3, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 471de1ee488647d397c5d513815cc9e4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/471de1ee488647d397c5d513815cc9e4/view
- April 2, 2024: Solicitation, due April 10, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice b86cd8ab98a345af8cf11820bed91fac. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b86cd8ab98a345af8cf11820bed91fac/view
- April 9, 2024: Solicitation, due April 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 0c7ca465f9414bd49494e479336ea998. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0c7ca465f9414bd49494e479336ea998/view
- April 16, 2024: Solicitation, due April 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM EDT. Notice d982b933515b4dad9999989d819f7328. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d982b933515b4dad9999989d819f7328/view
- November 1, 2024: Award notice. Notice 0a509116a9ff4a17a388dbd547d7b7b8. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/0a509116a9ff4a17a388dbd547d7b7b8/view

## Points of contact

- Josh B. Clemens, josh.b.clemens@fps.dhs.gov
- Katelyn Santacroce, katelyn.santacroce@fps.dhs.gov

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