American Embassy Ottawa, Ontario (E), 100 Wellington St., K1p 5T1 P.O. Box 5000, Ogdensburg, NY 13699-0430

S -- LOCAL GUARD SERVICES FOR AMERICAN EMBASSY OTTAWA, CANADA SOL S-CA525-97-R-0001 DUE 031597 POC Jeanne E. Topka, Contracting Officer 613-238-4470 ext. 251 E-MAIL: Paulette Donnelly, paulette.donnelly@dos.us-state.gov. The American Embassy Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, requires the operation and management of guard services in order to prevent unauthorized access, protect life, maintain order, deter criminal attacks against employees, dependents and property and to deter terrorist attacks against all U.S. assets, and to prevent damage to U.S. Government property. This solicitation is a total small business set-aside, using SIC 7381 as the size standard definition. The Contractor shall furnish managerial, administrative and direct labor personnel to accomplish all work as required under this contract at the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa and six locations in the Ottawa metropolitan area. The estimated number of guard services required per year under the contract is 29,174 hours and 2,202 hours for a supervisory guard. Solicitation is for a base year and four one-year options. All requests for the solicitation must be submitted in writing. Telephone requests for the RFP will not be honored. This RFP may be designated as a streamlined acquisition and may be placed on the Department's electronic bulletin board site, accessible via dial-up modem at 703-875-4945 and on the internet. Please notify Paulette Donnelly at paulette.donnelly@dos.us-state.gov if you wished to be placed on a list for electronic access to the RFP via the internet. If you are already on the list of local guard contractors and have received a verification from the Office of the Procurement Executive that you have been placed on that list, you will receive an email notice when the RFP is launched to the net. See numbered Notes 1 and 26 (0021)

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