Department of Transportation · Federal Aviation Administration · 692M15 ACQUISITION & GRANTS, AAQ600
Account requiredWhy it scored this way
Every reason behind the verdict rather than the headline one — which of your certifications match, how much runway is left, whether the work is your size, and what we would need to know to sharpen it.
The requirements that decide a bid — bonding, clearances, experience minimums, page limits — live in the attachments, not in the notice above. Start a free trial to upload them and have them read.
Draft the paperwork
Written against this notice and what you have told us about your company. Anything we do not know is marked [NEEDS INPUT] in the draft rather than guessed at — read it before you send it. Federal notices routinely put the real requirement in an attachment; adding the documents above makes every one of these materially better.
Start a free trial to draft these. Nothing is sent to an agency on your behalf, ever — you get a document to review, edit and submit yourself.
What would disqualify you
Read straight from the solicitation documents: the bonding, clearances, insurance minimums, experience thresholds and deadlines that decide whether you can bid at all — before you write a word.
Compliance matrix
Every stated and implied requirement, its source section, whether it is mandatory, and where your response will address it.
Proposal outline
A submission skeleton where every required element is a heading with its source requirement quoted beneath it. You write the substance; nothing gets forgotten.
Questions to submit
Genuine ambiguities and requirements that disadvantage a smaller bidder, drafted as questions you can submit before the Q&A deadline.
Past performance write-ups
Which of your prior awards best match this requirement, and draft write-ups in the format the agency asked for.
Solicitation details
Solicitation number
692M15-25-R-00012
Notice type
Solicitation
NAICS
561612
Product service code
R430
Set-aside
8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)
Posted
2026-09-14
Response deadline
Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Atlantic City, NJ
Contracting contact
sarah.e.mccarty@faa.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
Comparable awards under NAICS 561612 at this agency — the incumbent, what they were paid, when their period of performance ends, and the real pricing distribution rather than the headline number. From public federal award records.
(1) INTRODUCTION: The FAA’s William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace has a requirement for Armed Security Guard Services. (2) CONTRACT TYPE AND PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: A single contract will be awarded with a 2-month Transition, a 12-month Base period and four (4) 12-month Option periods. (3) NATURE OF COMPETITION: The effort will be competed as a Total Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Business (SEDB) 8(a) set-aside using best value tradeoff procedures. (4) STANDARD LANGUAGE: This announcement does not obligate the Government to award any effort resultant from this Solicitation/Screening Information Request (SIR). The FAA will not pay any costs associated with responding to or providing a submission in response to this posting. (5) MANDATORY SITE VISIT: A mandatory site visit is scheduled for 9:00 AM Eastern Time on 29 September 2026. As specified in Section L.4 of the SIR, Offerors planning to attend the mandatory site visit must confirm attendance in writing via email to the CO no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time on 22 September 2026. See SIR for further instructions. (6) FACILITY ACCESS: The Real ID requirement is fully enforced for everyone attempting to enter the WJHTC. Contractors will not be permitted to attend the mandatory site visit without proper Real ID identification or identified alternative. See SIR for further instructions. (7) SUBMISSION OF QUESTIONS: All questions regarding the SIR and/or resulting from attendance at the site visit must be submitted in writing via email to the CO no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time on 5 October 2026. See SIR for further instructions. (8) PROPOSAL SUBMISSION: Proposals must be submitted via email to the CO no later than 4:00 PM Eastern Time on 29 October 2026. Reference “692M15-25-R-00012 WJHTC Guards [insert Offeror’s Name]” in the email subject line. Offerors are responsible for ensuring that submitted proposals are received by the Government prior to the specified submission date and time. Any proposal received after the specified submission date and time is considered “late” in accordance with AMS 3.2.2.3-14 Late Submissions, Modifications, and Withdrawals of Submittals and will not be evaluated. See SIR for further instructions. (9) SIR ATTACHMENTS: Solicitation 692M15-25-R-00012 is attached below along with all applicable attachments, as outlined in SIR Section J. (10) The Acquisition Management System (AMS) applies to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in place of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and various other provisions of Federal acquisition law.
Contact
Point of contact
Sarah McCarty
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
sarah.e.mccarty@faa.gov
Submit questions
Ambiguities and requirements worth clarifying, written as questions you can send before the deadline.
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