This amendment is to announce the change in solicitation number of TSA's requirement for screening services at Orlando Sanford International Airport under solicitation number HSTS05-13-R-SPP011. The new solicitation number will be HSTS05-14-R-SPP004. It will be posted under that heading on www.fbo.gov. Please monitor FBO for the solicitation posting. Description: The Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) intends to solicit industry to provide airport Security Screening Services. Services include comprehensive screening of passengers and personal property at Orlando-Sanford International Airport (SFB), Sanford, FL. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this competition is 561612. The resulting contract term for SFB will be from the date of award for 12 months with four 12-month option periods. A detailed statement of work will be included in the solicitation. Comments or correspondence must be submitted in accordance with the information/instructions contained in the solicitation posting when it is released. Potential offerors are hereby notified that the solicitation and subsequent amendments to the solicitation will only be available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov. Prospective offerors are responsible for downloading the Request for Proposal (RFP) and all attachments when posted. Some of the RFP attachments contain Sensitive Security Information (SSI). It is suggested that vendors follow the process below in order to gain approval for access to these documents early on in the process. It is the offerors responsibility to monitor the FBO for the release of the solicitation and any amendments that may follow. TSA intends to hold a pre-proposal conference. A draft Statement of Work is attached as Attachment 1 for reference during the visit. Please monitor the FBO website for further information. Release of Sensitive Security Information: A. Background. Sensitive Security Information (SSI) may be available to offerors in preparing responses to this acquisition. Potential offerors must obtain specific authorization in order to obtain SSI. SSI will not be available or otherwise provided or disclosed to any person not specifically authorized to receive it. SSI provided under this acquisition may only be used to satisfy acquisition requirements. B. Senior Corporate Official. Each offeror (and subcontractor/team member) must separately designate in writing to the Contracting Officer a single, corporate official who will serve as the single point of contact for sensitive information. This individual must certify that all appropriate protections will be followed, only authorized individuals will have access to the sensitive information, and that those individuals adequately understand their responsibilities to protect the information. This official must also certify to the Contracting Officer every 60 days that all appropriate protections have been followed, only authorized individuals have access to the sensitive information, and that those individuals with access adequately understand their responsibilities to protect the information. A copy of this certification shall also be emailed to
[email protected]. This official will also ensure that the Contracting Officer is notified of staffing changes or circumstances in which individuals no longer need access to the information. C. Offeror Responsibility. The Contracting Officer will review the Excluded Parties List, Dunn and Bradstreet, and the System for Award Management to ensure that the corporate entity would not otherwise be precluded from receiving a contract award. While this review does not replace the responsibility determination required by FAR part 9, it may prohibit offerors from receiving SSI information during the solicitation phase of the acquisition. D. Criteria for Release. As part of this acquisition, SSI may only be accessed by individuals which have successfully passed a Security Threat Assessment. This assessment may include a verification of site facility clearance in the National Industrial Security Program (NISP), contractor suitability determination or other federal background investigation, individual security clearance(s), and if required, a criminal history records check (CHRC) and/or a check against terrorism databases. E. Information Requirements. Consistent with the criteria release described above, offeror's Senior Corporate Officials must provide the appropriate information to the TSA as identified below. This requirement applies to any prospective subcontractor, joint venture partner, or "team" company whose access to the specified SSI and consequent input into the planned proposal is necessary to prepare and complete the proposal. All information must be emailed to
[email protected] with a carbon copy to Steven Galotti at
[email protected] no later than 7/11/2013. TSA will not guarantee delivery of SSI to companies that submit their requests after 7/11/2013. (1) Senior Corporate Officials shall provide the Contracting Officer via email with the CAGE code of the offeror's facility that will manage the proposal, company DUNS number, and address; and (2) Senior Corporate Officials shall provide the following information for all employees who require access to SSI in a single password protected Microsoft Excel spreadsheet emailed to the Contracting Officer. The password for the password protected spreadsheet shall be sent to the Contracting Officer in a separate email, at the same time. • Employee Full Name: • Employee Gender: (i.e., Male or Female) • Employee Birth Date: • Employee Citizenship: • Social Security Number: • Indication of whether any nominated employees have: • Previously received a TSA suitability determination; • Undergone a federal background investigation; or • Possess an individual security clearance F. Privacy Act Statement. TSA will use the information provided to conduct a security threat assessment on individuals who seek access to Sensitive Security Information (SSI). The information will be shared within DHS with personnel who need the information to perform their official duties. Additionally, DHS may share the information with law enforcement, intelligence, or other government agencies as necessary to identify and respond to potential or actual threats to transportation security in accordance with the routine uses identified in the applicable Privacy Act system of records notice (SORN), DHS/TSA 002, Transportation Security Threat Assessment System (T-STAS). This SORN was last published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2005, and can be found at 70 FR 67731- 67735. Authority: 49 USC 114. Furnishing this information is voluntary. However, failure to furnish the requested information may delay or prevent the completion of your security threat assessment, without which you may not be granted access to the SSI. G. Notification of Assessment. If it is determined that covered individuals are not eligible to receive access to particular SSI based on the threat assessment, TSA will provide the individuals and company point of contact a written determination that provides notification that the individual does not qualify to receive SSI. Appeal of the determination will not be permitted due to the time sensitive nature of the acquisition process, however, the potential offeror may nominate another individual to receive SSI access. In the event that an individual is determined to be a security threat and the individual believes that the results of the screening are inaccurate, he or she will be informed by TSA on how to pursue redress from TSA, however due to the demanding acquisition schedule, TSA will not delay an acquisition to resolve redress issues. H. Non-Disclosure Agreements. Each offeror employee requesting access to SSI as specified herein will be required to execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement (DHS Form 11000-6). The executed forms shall be provided with and as part of the submission of information reflected in Paragraph E above. The Offeror should understand that employees granted access to SSI and signing a non-disclosure agreement are bound by the terms of that agreement indefinitely, notwithstanding their employment status or any other background checks or clearances granted by any Government agency. Return of SSI. Any SSI provided to the offeror must be returned to the Government and verified by the Government prior to the beginning of proposal evaluations. Any offeror not returning SSI provided directly to them will be subject to penalties as prescribed by law and otherwise rendered ineligible for further consideration in the evaluation.