Name | Type | Posted | Actions |
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ESS_IDS_Notice_of_Intent-3.pdf | Jun 9, 2026 |
Electronic Security System and Gate upgrade
Contact and place of performance
MAJ George Jackson
Norfolk, VA 23510
USA
SPECIAL NOTICE / NOTICE OF INTENT - FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. This special notice is not a solicitation, request for proposal, request for quotation, invitation for bid, or commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or award a contract. The Government is not requesting proposals, quotations, or bids in response to this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with reviewing or r...
View more2. Brand-Name Intent and Acquisition Information
Per RFO FAR 6.103-1(d), RFO FAR 6.104, and DFARS 206.103-170 (Class Deviation 2016-O0017, Rev. 1), USACE Norfolk District intends to include brand-name components in the solicitation package. The Contracting Officer intends to prepare a Brand Name Justification and Approval (J&A) document for the solicitation package. The approved J&A, redacted as necessary, is expected to be posted with the solicitation, if issued.
The anticipated acquisition is an open-market, 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS code 561621, Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths), and PSC N063, Installation of Equipment: Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems. The anticipated contract type is firm-fixed-price. The final acquisition approach, contract type, solicitation number, evaluation factors, clauses, provisions, and requirements will be provided in the solicitation, if issued.
3. Project Description
The anticipated requirement includes non-personal services for the procurement, installation, integration, testing, commissioning, documentation, training, warranty support, and maintenance/sustainment of a modernized ESS and related gate/access-control infrastructure at Fort Norfolk. The Contractor will be required to provide all personnel, supervision, management, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, software, licensing, testing instruments, documentation, and other items necessary to deliver a complete, integrated, tested, and operational security system.
The anticipated scope includes modernization of Fort Norfolk's physical and electronic security posture through access control, video surveillance, security monitoring, perimeter gate, and related perimeter/fence-access improvements. The work may include, but is not limited to:
4. Required Brand-Name Components / Platforms
The specified products have unique compatibility, interoperability, operational continuity, cybersecurity/supply-chain compliance, and sustainment characteristics that meet the Government's minimum requirements for access control, credential verification, video surveillance, security monitoring, and gate/access-control capabilities at Fort Norfolk. The products listed below are required to maintain compatibility with the existing Fort Norfolk security environment and the broader North Atlantic Division security support structure.
AMAG Symmetry
AMAG Technology
Access-control/security management platform required for Fort Norfolk and North Atlantic Division compatibility and continuity with the existing access-control environment.
Brand Name
Telaeris XPID201
Telaeris
Handheld badge-verification device compatible with AMAG Symmetry and required for guard force credential-verification operations at gates and controlled areas.
Brand Name
Milestone Professional+
Milestone Systems
Video-management/camera platform required to restore and sustain the existing video-management environment and support reuse/integration of existing camera infrastructure.
Brand Name
The brand-name requirements apply to the identified components or platforms only and are intended to define the Government's minimum compatibility, interoperability, and operational continuity needs. Qualified contractors may compete for the overall requirement in accordance with the solicitation, if issued.
5. Required System Outcomes
The completed system must be capable of supporting Government security operations, including management of access permissions, monitoring of entry control points, video recording and playback, centralized viewing, guard force credential verification, response to unauthorized access or security events, and continued sustainment of the Fort Norfolk security environment.
The Contractor will be expected to furnish, install, integrate, test, commission, document, train users on, warrant, maintain, and sustain the ESS solution. The system and all work must comply with applicable Federal, DoD, Army, USACE, cybersecurity, supply-chain, physical security, antiterrorism/force protection, operations security, installation access-control, and Unified Facilities Criteria requirements identified in the solicitation, if issued.
6. Capability Statement Instructions
All potential responsible sources wishing to demonstrate the ability to meet the agency's requirements may submit a written response with a technical capabilities statement. The technical capabilities statement must demonstrate the ability to provide, install, integrate, test, commission, document, train users on, warrant, maintain, and sustain an ESS solution that incorporates the identified brand-name components and remains compatible with the existing Fort Norfolk security environment.
Responses should include the following information, as applicable:
Responses shall be submitted electronically no later than [insert date and time] Eastern Time to the points of contact listed below. Late responses may be reviewed at the Government's discretion for informational and market-research purposes; however, the Government is not obligated to review or consider responses received after the stated response date and time.
THIS SPECIAL NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. A determination by the Government not to compete the brand-name elements of the project based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to modify the Government's acquisition approach.
7. Point of Contact
Primary Point of Contact: George Jackson, Contract Specialist, [email protected]
Secondary Point of Contact: Tiffany N. Kirtsey, Contracting Officer, [email protected]
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Norfolk District, has issued a notice of intent for the procurement, installation, and maintenance of a modernized Electronic Security System (ESS) and gate infrastructure at Fort Norfolk. This project involves non-personal services for the design, integration, testing, and commissioning of an operational security system encompassing physical access control, video surveillance, and perimeter gate improvements. Performance will take place in Norfolk, Virginia, and the requirement is classified under NAICS 561621 Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) and PSC N063 Installation of Equipment: Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems.
The government intends to include brand-name requirements for specific components to ensure compatibility with existing infrastructure and the North Atlantic Division security support structure. These components include the AMAG Symmetry access-control platform, Telaeris XPID201 handheld badge-verification devices, and the Milestone Professional+ video-management platform. The contractor will be responsible for providing all management, equipment, and materials necessary to deliver a complete system, including workstations, servers, recording equipment, and fencing upgrades. This anticipated acquisition is structured as a firm-fixed-price contract and is designated as a 100% Total Small Business Set-Aside (SBA).
Submissions for this special notice, identified by solicitation number W91236-26-Q-A001, are due by June 23, 2026. Potential responsible sources may submit written technical capability statements to MAJ George Jackson to demonstrate their ability to meet the government’s compatibility and operational continuity requirements. The notice was published on June 9, 2026, and includes one attachment titled ESS_IDS_Notice_of_Intent-3.pdf. This announcement is for informational and market-research purposes only and does not constitute a formal solicitation.
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