Sources SoughtPosted Feb 28, 2025·Responses due Mar 14, 2025

WJHTC Armed Security Guard Services

FAA · 692M15 ACQUISITION & GRANTS, AAQ600

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
561612
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
692M15-25-R-00012
Set-aside
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
PSC
Not stated
Place
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Contact
Sarah McCarty (sarah.e.mccarty@faa.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 692M15-25-R-00012 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Feb 28, 2025 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Sep 14, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (1 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace (WJHTC), located at the Atlantic City International Airport, NJ, is conducting a market survey to assess the current marketplace and to identify Small Business entities capable of providing Armed Security Guard Services to the WJHTC. Note that the potential award is a follow-on to an 8(a) set-aside. The responses to this survey are for informational purposes only. This is not a Screening Information Request or a Request for Proposal of any kind. The FAA is not seeking or accepting proposals. Res… (show all)

pondents will not be notified of the results of this survey or the results of information submitted. Any confidential or proprietary information submitted in response to this announcement must be marked accordingly by the vendor. Such information will not be disclosed outside of the acquisition team. NOTE: The FAA will not pay for any information received or costs incurred in preparing the response to this market survey. Therefore, any cost associated with the market survey submission is solely at the interested vendor's expense. Interested firms are required to review the attached Draft Statement of Work and submit the following: 1. Company�s business name, SAM UEI, and Small Business classification 2. CAPABILITY STATEMENT: Submit a summary of your firm�s capability in meeting the FAA�s requirements as described in the attached Draft SOW. This statement should not exceed ten (10) pages in length. All of the following must be addressed in your response: a. Experience with this type of work by providing at least 3 examples of contracts for armed SO services within the past 10 years for a minimum of $1,500,000.00/yr. Include basic contract information for each contract (e.g., task overview, dollar amount, customer, period of performance, etc.) along with the size and function of the facility (i.e., number of buildings, acreage, number of employees, type of company, critical infrastructure protected). Provide sufficient information so the FAA can fully understand the work performed and the complexity. b. Capability of all armed SOs on the contract to acquire and maintain, prior to the start of the contract, a NJ permit to carry a firearm. c. Capability of providing and maintaining a Program Manager and five (5) shift Guard Supervisors to meet the Key Personnel requirements in the SOW 3.2. d. Capability of maintaining an adequate staff of armed Security Officers (SOs) (50+ full and part-time) to ensure all post assignments and additional guards to fill surge requirements are available. e. Address capability to provide all armed SOs, including key personnel and computer operators-unarmed, with a secret clearance and ability to obtain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) suitability. f. Capabilities in operation of screening visitor�s, packages, vehicles and operation of x-ray and walk-through scanning equipment. g. Capabilities in operation of a 24/7-365 dispatch center, including but not limited to: dispatching emergencies with local EMS, operation of communications equipment, monitoring of cameras, Intrusion Detection System (IDS) , alarms and card reader access points and preparing desk logs and incident reports. h. Capabilities in addressing all training required by armed guards, to include but not limited to Security Officers Registration Act (SORA). i. Capabilities in operation of visitor�s desk, including but not limited to in-processing of visitors, identification checks, operating/maintaining visitor program software and camera, contacting sponsors and escorting. j. Capabilities in operation of badging office, including but not limited to operating badging software and camera, maintaining logs, addressing access and problems. k. Capabilities of providing all associated vehicles, weapons, ammunition, uniforms, radios and equipment required by the contract. l. Any additional information about your company to assist the FAA in planning the acquisition strategy (e.g., company website, management team, key personnel, teaming arrangements, etc.). Please supply the following by 12:00 PM Eastern Time on 14 March 2025 to sarah.e.mccarty@faa.gov.

Who won similar work

4 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (FAA), same industry group (NAICS 5616).

Single-winner award sizes (4): middle half $40.2M to $90.6M, median $69.0M; range $124K to $109.1M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ADC LTD1$109.1MMar 17, 2026
VISION QUEST SOLUTIONS INC1$84.5MAug 26, 2026
M. C. DEAN, INC.1$53.6MMar 10, 2026
TRU VANTAGE SOLUTIONS, INC1$124KMar 28, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 4 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 983 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.