The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) in December hosted a preproposal conference for interested bidders for the protective force services contract at the Nevada National Security Site.
Contract incumbent Centerra Group was among several companies that sent representatives to the meeting at the NNSA’s Nevada Field Office and site visit on Dec. 12 and 13. The others participants were ADC, Crimeless Security, DFW Security Protective Force, and SOC LLC.
The NNSA released its request for proposals for protective force services at the site in early December, for a contract that would feature a one-year base period, from June 1, 2017, to May 31, 2018, followed by four single-year option periods through the end of May 2022. The agency has extended its deadline for proposal submissions until 4 p.m. Mountain time on Jan. 18, 2017.
Centerra Group’s current security contract at the site is worth $234 million since December 2011. The NNSA said in November it would award the company a six-month contract extension by the end of 2016.
The selected contractor would provide security at the NNSA’s Nevada National Security Site; the Remote Sensing Laboratory at Nellis Air Force Base; and the North Las Vegas Complex, with forces authorized at 180 security police officers and 24 duty officers.
The contract is expected to be a performance-based fixed-price/time and materials hybrid with a total five-year term worth roughly $270 million. The NNSA said it expects to issue a contract by the second quarter of 2017.
The Nevada National Security Site spans over 1,375 square miles and supports the agency’s stockpile stewardship, nonproliferation, and counterterrorism operations, among others. Current operations at the site include subcritical nuclear experiments and high-explosive test detonations.
