Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Protective Security Officer Services, Los Angeles Area
Department of Homeland Security · Office of Procurement Operations
AI summaryThe Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service wants armed security officers to protect federal people and buildings across Los Angeles and surrounding areas. It is a large, unrestricted IDIQ contract (an open-ended contract where work is ordered in pieces) with a one-year base and four option years. The actual solicitation is expected around October 30, 2026; this notice only announces it. More in the summary
A newer version of this notice was posted Oct 27, 2026. It moves the due date from Oct 22, 2026 to Dec 30, 2026, which is the date shown on this page. See the latest version.
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Summary of the version posted Oct 1, 2026. The notice was amended Oct 27, 2026. The due date moved from Nov 20, 2026 to Dec 30, 2026. Check what else changed on SAM.gov. The notice looks incomplete: Evaluation factors beyond the technical-versus-price weighting. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Protective Service wants armed security officers to protect federal people and buildings across Los Angeles and surrounding areas. It is a large, unrestricted IDIQ contract (an open-ended contract where work is ordered in pieces) with a one-year base and four option years. The actual solicitation is expected around October 30, 2026; this notice only announces it.
Who can bid
- Must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) (or in the process of registering) to receive an award
- Small business size standard under NAICS 561612 is $29 million (the acquisition itself is unrestricted, so large businesses can also bid)
- Armed officers, so state/local security licensing and firearms qualifications are likely needed; specifics are not stated in this notice
How to submit: due Nov 20, 2026 09:00 Pacific Time (-08:00), as listed in the SAM.gov notice fields. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
- Serious: Very large, multi-year armed guard contract. About 5 million officer hours over five years means a big payroll, hiring and insurance load that can be hard for a small business to carry.
- Worth checking: Unrestricted competition. No small business set-aside, so you would compete against large security companies.
- Worth checking: Solicitation not yet released. Requirements, wage rates and instructions are not available until the solicitation is issued, so you cannot yet judge the full scope.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 1.9.1 Synopsis.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Armed Protective Security Officer (PSO) services at federally owned and leased buildings in Los Angeles, CA and surrounding areas
- All labor, material, management, supervision, training, licenses and permits needed to deliver the services
- Work performed under the Statement of Work (SOW), via task orders under an IDIQ contract with fixed hourly rates
- Contract type
- IDIQ with fixed hourly rates; resulting task orders are firm-fixed-price
- Period of performance
- 1 base year + 4 one-year option periods + an optional 6-month extension
- Place of performance
- Los Angeles, CA and surrounding areas (federally owned and leased buildings)
- Estimated value
- No dollar value stated; estimated 4,976,884 PSO hours over a 60-month period
- How they'll choose
- Best value / trade-off, with technical (non-price) factors combined more important than price
- Offers due
- Nov 20, 2026 09:00 Pacific Time (-08:00), as listed in the SAM.gov notice fields (from the version posted Oct 1, 2026; amended since)
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical (non-price) factors, combined, are more important than price
- Price
- Specific factors and submission requirements will be defined in the solicitation
What to include when you submit
- Submission requirements and evaluation criteria will be defined in the solicitation, which is expected on or about October 30, 2026
- No documents will be made available before the solicitation is issued
- Questions must be submitted in writing to the Contract Specialist, Rachel Kalac, at Rachel.D.Kalac@fps.dhs.gov
Not in the notice text
- Evaluation factors beyond the technical-versus-price weighting
- How and where proposals must be submitted, and any page limits
- Required licenses, firearms qualifications, background checks or suitability requirements for officers
- Wage determination and hourly rate structure
- Whether the due date of November 20, 2026 applies to the solicitation that has not yet been issued
- Current incumbent contractor
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 1, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FPS West CCG, Denver, CO
- Product/service code
- S206 · Housekeeping – Guard
- Business type
- Security & guard services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561612)
- Versions
3 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 27, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Dec 30, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 20, 2026 (changed)
- Oct 1, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/Solicitation (this version)Due Oct 22, 2026
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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