Sources Sought
Unarmed Security Guards at the SLVHCS POP: 12/20/2026 - 12/19/2027 4 Option Years POC: Christopher Rossi
Department of Veterans Affairs
AI summarySources sought 36C25627Q0078 (a market research request, not a solicitation) is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB). The Department of Veterans Affairs wants unarmed security guards at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans. Planned work is a base period starting December 20, 2026 plus four option years; responses are capabilities statements only, and no quotes or proposals are accepted. More in the summary
Market research, not a bid. Replying is free and tells Department of Veterans Affairs who could do this work. Send a short reply to the contracting contact; no price is needed. See the contact
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Sources sought 36C25627Q0078 (a market research request, not a solicitation) is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB). The Department of Veterans Affairs wants unarmed security guards at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS), 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans. Planned work is a base period starting December 20, 2026 plus four option years; responses are capabilities statements only, and no quotes or proposals are accepted.
Who can bid
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside under SAM.gov; the NAICS size standard is $29 Million
- Company must be licensed and certified in Louisiana, with a company license from the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners in effect for the whole performance period
- Registered, active and verified in SAM.gov to be considered for award
How to submit: Email to Christopher.Rossi2@va.gov; facsimile or telephone responses are not accepted. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 22, 2026.
- Serious: Set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses. Only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) can win a later award under this set-aside; other firms are unlikely to be considered.
- Serious: Louisiana security company license required. The company needs a Louisiana security guard agency license that stays in effect without a gap for the whole contract, so out-of-state firms must already hold it.
- Worth checking: Round-the-clock staffing on nine posts. Several posts run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including federal holidays, so the firm needs enough licensed guards, relief and a replacement plan for every shift.
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- Worth checking: Guard screening and fitness rules. Guards need a psychological assessment, vision and hearing standards, and must be physically able to apprehend suspects. This adds hiring and screening cost.
- Minor: Information request only. No quotes or proposals are accepted now, and the notice does not promise a solicitation will follow.
- Minor: Quality control plan due after award. If awarded, a quality control plan is due to the contracting officer within ten business days.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- 36C25627Q0078_1.docx (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Licensed, unarmed security guards on nine posts at 2400 Canal Street, covering all posts without interruption
- Site #1: one Guard Supervisor (lead guard) 24/7/365, roving to check each stationary post (Total Hours: 8,760)
- Site #2 and #3: Foyer/Horseshoe, 1700-0700 on weekdays (Total Hours: 3,500) and 24 hours on Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays (Total Hours: 2,760)
- Sites #4, #5, #8 and #9: Building 5 patient garage, Building 6 Central Energy Plant, Building 8 staff garage and Building ED, each 24 hours a day, seven days a week (Total Hours: 8,760 each)
- Sites #6 and #7: Building 6 Transitional Living, 1600-0630 on weekdays (Total Hours: 3,625) and 24 hours on weekends and federal holidays (Total Hours: 2,760)
- Check identification, patrol, direct traffic, enforce parking rules, report incidents to VA Police and keep duty logs
- Provide all uniforms, equipment, training and supervision, and name a lead guard to act for the contractor
- Send a quality control plan (QCP) to the contracting officer no later than ten business days after award
- Contract type
- Not stated. The notice calls it non-personal, unarmed security guard services (contractor staff are not directed by Government staff)
- Period of performance
- Base period December 20, 2026 through December 19, 2027, plus four option years ending December 19, 2031
- Place of performance
- Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System, 2400 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70119
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 4, 2026, 1:00 PM Central
- How to submit
- Email to Christopher.Rossi2@va.gov; facsimile or telephone responses are not accepted
What to include when you submit
- Send a capabilities statement that includes your Unique Entity ID (UEI) number
- Say your size classification: SDVOSB, veteran-owned, HUBZone, 8(a), small, small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business, or large
- Mark anything proprietary; marked information will be handled accordingly
- Do not send a quote or proposal: none is accepted with this notice
After award, you must have
- Guards must be U.S. citizens, at least 18, with no felony convictions, a high school diploma or equivalency, two years of experience, and a valid Louisiana driver's license or state ID From 36C25627Q0078_1.docx:
Contractor employees performing guard services shall be U.S. citizens with a minimum of eighteen (18) years of age.
- Each guard must have a psychological assessment, with results sent to the contracting officer before the guard is assigned to duty From 36C25627Q0078_1.docx:
…psychological assessment, with results furnished to the Contracting Officer (CO) at least five (5) days prior to assignment of the guard to duty…
- Proof of federal and Louisiana OSHA training, First Aid, Heat Stress, Blood borne Pathogens, CPR, AED and Workplace Violence training for each guard before duty From 36C25627Q0078_1.docx:
Documentation of training will be completed prior to assignment of a guard to duty.
Current contractor
No incumbent is named and no previous contract number, follow-on or recompete is stated.
Not in the notice text
- The PWS refers to a Performance Requirements Summary matrix in section 15, but the attached text ends at section 14, so those performance standards are not seen.
- No schedule of prices, contract type, evaluation method or Government estimate is stated.
- Which Service Contract Act wage determination (the federal wage rate for service workers) applies is not stated; PWS 4.3 names Security Guard 1, position 27101.
- The notice does not say whether a solicitation will be issued or when.
Eligibility and how to respond
- If it goes ahead as planned: only service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) certified through SBA's VetCert can bid as the prime contractor. Not certified through VetCert yet? Apply on VetCert (SBA), or start with the SDVOSB guide. More open service-disabled veteran-owned set-asides under NAICS 561612
- To respond, send a short reply to the contracting contact near the top of this page. No price is needed.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- 256-Network Contract Office 16 (36C256), Ridgeland, MS
- Product/service code
- S206 · Housekeeping – Guard
- Business type
- Security & guard services (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 561612)
- Versions
2 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Oct 22, 2026 · Amendment 0001 (this version)Due Nov 4, 2026
- Oct 21, 2026 · Sources SoughtDue Nov 4, 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 answer a sources sought notice
- Open SDVOSB set-aside contracts
- SDVOSB and veteran-owned contracts
- Limitations on subcontracting
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, SDVOSB (service-disabled veteran-owned small business), Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY. This SOURCE SOUGHT NOTICE is for the purpose of Market Research. Response to this notice will be used for information and planning purposes and issued in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10- Market Research, in order to conduct market research. No proposals or quotes are being requested or accepted with this notice. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation or a guarantee to issue a solicitation in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. All information submitted in response to this announcement is voluntary; the Government will not pay for information requested nor will it compensate any respondent for any cost incurred in developing information provided to the Government. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation, if issued. This announcement is based on the best information available at this time and is subject to future modification. This notice shall NOT be construed as solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Responses to this notice is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. The purpose of this synopsis is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources and their size classification, Service Disabled/Veteran Owned Small Business. (SDVOSB/VOSB), HUBZone, 8(a), small, small disadvantage, woman owned small business, or large business) relative to NAICS code is 561612 (Security Guards and Patrol Services) and the size standard is $29 Million. The Product Service Code (PSC) is S206, Housekeeping Guard Services. Requirement: The Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System (SLVHCS) has a requirement for non-personal, unarmed security guard services. The contractor shall provide licensed unarmed security guards trained and qualified on duty from the first day of performance through completion of the contract in accordance with the Performance Based Work Statement (PWS) and any other mandatory federal, state, local and VA regulation at the following SLVHCS Medical Center locations: ALL SITES ARE LOCATED AT 2400 CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119. Responses must be received by no later than 13:00 p.m. Central Standard Time, Friday, 4 November, 2026. Responses shall be emailed to Christopher.Rossi2@va.gov Capabilities Statements to include UEI number. Facsimile or Telephonic responses will not be accepted. Note: All interested parties are reminded to be registered, active and verified in the following to be considered for Award (as applicable). SAM: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked as proprietary will be handled accordingly. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. No quotes will be accepted.
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