S -- LOCAL GUARD SERVICES, AMERICAN CONSULATE HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

Notice Date

October 25, 2000

Contracting Office

American Embassy Halifax, Nova Scotia (CG), Suite 910, Cogswell Tower, Scotia Sq., Halifax, NS, Canada B3J3K1

ZIP Code

00000

Solicitation Number

S-CA280-01-R-0001

Point of Contact

Ethel Clarke, tel: 902-429-2480

E-Mail Address

Email address for the contract specialist. (clarkeee@state.gov)

Description

Please note this solicitation is not ready to be issued as of this date. The American Consulate, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, will launch, via the Internet, a solicitation to require the operation and management of Local Guard Services for the Consulate in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in order to prevent unauthorized access, protect life, maintain order, deter criminal attacks against employees, dependents and property and terrorist acts against all US assets, and prevent damage to Government property. The Contractor shall furnish managerial, administrative, and direct labor personnel to accomplish all work as required in the contract. The estimated number of hours for guards is 24,644 per year. These requirements may change depending on funding availability in forthcoming periods. Anticipated performance is for one base period and four one-year periods at the option of the Government. Major duties and responsibilities are to perform access control to limit entry to only authorized personnel or visitors, the operation of walk-through metal detectors, hand-held detectors and special monitoring devices. Contract period is one year with four, one-year options to renew. All responsible sources may submit an offer, which shall be considered. The Government plans to issue the solicitation via the Internet on the Statebuy Interactive Platform (SIP). You can reach the SIP through the URL:http://state.monmouth.army.mil/ Or you can go to the Dept. of State Acquisition Front Page at http://www.statebuy.gov/home.htm. Then proceed to U.S. State Department Business Opportunities to see the listing that will contain the solicitation. You can subscribe to receive email notification when the RFP is launched to the internet through the "Subscribe" function under "Secured Services" on the http://state.monmouth.army.mil/ site. You are encouraged to Subscribe to cbd category S inside of that function to receive notices on this RFP. Once the RFP is launched to the site, if you have any downloading difficulties through the internet site, please email tolemansc@state.gov or call (703)516-1694 and ask for Stuart Toleman. The RFP will also be launched on a local internet server at www.usembassycanada.com with identical files.

Web Link

Website where the RFP can be downloaded when launched. (http://state.monmouth.army.mil/)

Record

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