Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Security Support Services

Notice of Intent (NOI) to Sole Source
Requireing Activity: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Europe-Middle East (WRAIR-E-ME) Notice ID – HT9426-27-NOI-046239
Related Notice: N/A
Product Service Code (PSC): R430 – Support – Professional: Physical Security and Badging North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: 561612 – Security Guards and Patrol Services
Small Business Size Standard: $29.0 M

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), Europe Middle East (E-ME) has a continued cost share obligation for security services with the L. Sakvarelidze National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC) at the Richard G. Lugar Center for Public Health Research in the Republic of Georgia. The purpose of this contract is to provide cost share reimbursement for security support services throughout the Lugar Center. In accordance with the Implementing Agreement between the WRAIR and NCDC, dated 15 December 2015, Paragraph 5, Responsibilities, subparagraph (a)(6) state that the WRAIR will contract with NCDC to pay 50% of the Lugar Center’s cost that can be directly attributed to the operation and maintenance of the facility. NCDC is the sole legal Georgian entity responsible for the acquisition and payment of security services for the Lugar Center. As occupants of the Lugar Center, the WRAIR-E-ME is responsible for up to 50% of costs of these services. which will be based on the total amount invoiced and the payment amount to the service provider minus Georgia Value Added Tax. As the WRAIR, E-ME is not a legal Georgia entity and is only co-located at the facility, it cannot enter into a legally binding agreement to purchase and pay for security services outside of the services currently being provided by NCDC. THIS NOI IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, and no solicitation document exists for this requirement. Meaningful submissions received in response to this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether a competitive procurement is in the best interest of the Government.
Responsible, interested parties may identify their interest by submitting capability statements (using PDF, MS Word, or Excel attachments), in writing, by 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 23 November 2026 to Ms. Linda Hinson at [email protected] and Mr. Lance Nowell at [email protected]. Supporting evidence must be furnished in sufficient detail to demonstrate the firm’s ability to provide the stated capability. Information and materials submitted in