Bridge Contract for Guard Services

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) intends to issue a sole-source award that will result in a bridge contract to MPD Security, Inc., for a six-month period, beginning August 1, 2011 through January 31, 2012, for armed guard services for the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), located at 4685 Log Cabin Drive, Macon, Georgia 31204 in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 12, Commercial Items. The authority for this award is FAR 13.106-1 (b) (1) - For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstances of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. This requirement will be awarded to a small business. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 561612. The size threshold for determining whether or not an offeror is a small is a company with gross annual sales not exceeding $18.5 million. The Contractor is required to provide management, supervision, fully trained and physically fit personnel, equipment and supplies necessary to provide professional armed guard services. OPM intends to issue a competitive procurement for this requirement in the near future (during the first quarter of fiscal year 2012). Interested sources should ensure that they are registered on the Federal Business Opportunities website under the applicable NAICS code to receive notification when the Request for Proposal is issued. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. However, all responsible parties who identify their interest and capability to satisfy this requirement will be considered. No solicitation will be issued, therefore, all requests for the solicitation will be considered non-responsive. A determination not to compete this action based upon responses received is in the sole discretion of the Government. All interested parties must express their interest and capabilities in writing via e-mail to Vito F. Bertucci at [email protected] . Verification of receipt of electronic transmission is the sole responsibility of the contractor. All OPM contractors are required to register in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database prior to execution of award. If no competitive responses are received, an award will be made to MPD Security, Inc.