John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 20566

R -- SECURITY GUARD SERVICES SOL RFP NO. JFKC01-99-R-SEC001 POC Valerie Veatch, Contracting Officer, 202-416-7912 E-MAIL: Valerie L. Veatch, Contracting Officer, vlveatch@mail.kennedy-center.org. Estimated issue date for the RFP is May 18 with a closing date of June 18, 1998. Security guard services for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The Kennedy Center has over 4 million visitors a year, including the President of the U.S. and numerous heads of government and state. The offeror must be able to provide a professionally qualified and highly skilled security force to support a comprehensive security program on a 24-hour-a day, 365 days-day-a-year basis. Only proposals from a U.S. owned company will be considered. The contractor will maintain an off-site command post which is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year (answering machine/voice mail not sufficient) The contractor will also provide labor, equipment, administrative support, transportation, training, and supplies necessary to ensure competent and productive performance of services. A minimum of eight years experience in each of the following is required: protection of high-level government officials, law enforcement, protection of property, threat assessments, and physical security involving the general public and federal Government. The majority (80%) of the contractor's personnel assigned to the Kennedy Center must be full-time. All employees must submit to drug screening examinations prior to initially reporting for duty and will be subject to periodic screening thereafter. All officers (armed or unarmed) shall be qualified as Special Police Officers in the District of Columbia. A financial responsibility determination will be accomplished concurrent with the competitive range evaluation. The contractor shall not have filed bankruptcy within the last 8 years. The contractor shall provide an audited financial statement for the past 3 years certified by a public accounting firm. The contractor shall have 8 years experience with federal Government contracts and shall also have experience with contracts of similar size and complexity. Offerors who do not meet the minimum 8-year requirements may present documentation for consideration giving justification as to why they feel they should be considered for performance under this contract. Technical proposals will be evaluated on best value criteria. Technical factors as a whole are significantly more important than price in determining the awardee. Price will not be scored, but will be evaluated separately from the technical factors. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the Kennedy Center. The offeror's DUNS number should be included in the request.for the RFP. To expedite RFP requests, please furnish TWO (2) self-addressed gummed labels for each solicitation requested. The solicitation number should appear on the bottom edge of the labels. A preproposal conference will be held at the Kennedy Center approximately 10 days after the RFP is issued. All respondents will be notified of the exact time, date, and location. To provide all offerors with the most complete information, please telefax your questions before the conference to Valerie Veatch, 202-416-8975. (0114)

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