Questions and Answer 002 Amendment 0003

Questions are annotated by # with the Answer below.

Amendment 0002 Answer Questions 1 – 30

Is there an instruction to offer for this solicitation?

Answer: FAR Provision 52.212-1 has been added.

Is there the criteria for evaluations for an award?

Answer: See Amendment 0001 - Changes, uploaded the - Proposal Attachment 10 Evaluation Factors for Award. Amendment 0002 has the updated criteria for evaluations titled in Attachment(s) 2 .2.1 Evaluation Factors for Award - Amendment 0002 – 20261026 Updated Instructions
2.2.1 Proposal Attachment 2 APPENDIX - Weapons Roster - Amendment 0002 – 20261026 Added column of Prime or Subcontractor
2.2.1 Proposal Attachment 3 APPENDIX - Pricing Proposal - Amendment 0002 – 20261026 Added TAB: FAR Clause 52.216-31
Updated TAB: Schedule
2.2.1 Proposal Attachment 5 Technical Evaluation Document -PSO Document List - Amendment 0002 – 20261026 Added column of Prime or Subcontractor

Is this a new contract?

Answer: Yes.

Is there going to be a standard form 1449 to sign?

Answer: 1449 has been uploaded to sam.gov and will need signed.

Small Business and Geographic Eligibility: The solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside and includes the disaster-area representation requirements under FAR 52.226-3. May a small-business prime contractor headquartered outside Florida submit a proposal using an established Florida-based, licensed security subcontractor? Must the prime independently satisfy the Florida local-area requirements, or may the subcontractor's Florida operations and experience be considered in determining eligibility?

Answer: No. A Florida-based subcontractor’s location and experience may support the prime contractor’s proposed performance approach, but they do not independently satisfy the prime offeror’s representations under FAR 52.226-3. A small-business prime located outside Florida may submit a proposal only if it can truthfully make all required disaster-area representations and comply with FAR 52.219-14 and 13 CFR 125.6 limitations on subcontracting. The prime contractor must perform the required share of the work (50%) and may not use a subcontractor arrangement to circumvent small-business or disaster-area eligibility requirements.

No. A prime contractor headquartered outside Florida would not meet that requirement merely by teaming with or subcontracting to a Florida-based firm.

Security Agency Licensing: Is the prime contractor required to independently possess a Florida security agency license, or may it fulfill the operational licensing requirements through a properly licensed Florida Class B security agency subcontractor performing the armed security services?