Security Support Services Follow-on

This announcement is related to Sources Sought HDTRA1-21-R-0038 posted in October 2021.

This is a non-personal services contract to support DTRA, Security and Counterintelligence Division (OI-MSC). The contractor shall provide personnel to perform security support services to assist Government personnel within the NCR and other DTRA locations. The required support services are:

• Senior Program Manager/Senior Site Lead Special Security Office (SSO) Research/Support
• Special Access Program (SAP) Security
• Foreign Disclosure (FD)
• Personnel Security (PERSEC)
• Antiterrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP)
• Information Security (INFOSEC)
• Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)
• Industrial Security (INDSEC)
• Operations Security (OPSEC)
• Research & Technology Protection (RTP)
• Locksmith
• Escort Services
• Access Support
• Entry Control Officer
• Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)
• Insider Threat Support (InT)
• Physical Security (PHYSEC)

This requirement was was awarded as a cost plus fixed fee (CPFF) contract directly to an 8(a) ANC. A CPFF contract was determined to be the most appropriate contract type for this requirement because:

Historically, there are numerous uncertainties surrounding contract performance of the security support staff relative to: changes in threat level to DTRA protected program missions, fluctuations in the required level-of-effort, as well accessibility to suitably cleared and experienced staff within the required labor categories. Persistent ambiguity surrounding the level of support needed to successfully meet OI-MSC's security needs over an extended period of time prohibits the estimation of cost with sufficient enough accuracy to use a fixed-price type (FFP) contract;

The work to be performed is of such a unique nature that experienced, knowledgeable, and certified persons are in limited supply. As a result, there is significant fluxuation in required labor rate costs within a single labor category and recruiting, hiring, maintaining, and replacing departed persons with the necessary knowledge and skillsets makes imposition of a FFP type contract an impediment to efficient sourcing and retention of qualified security support staff.