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Security Guard Services for City Hall Complex, Thomas Center and Other City Sites as Needed (B)
Explanation
Recently, the City engaged in contractor supplied security guard services for City Hall, the Thomas Center and other City sites as needed. Prior to 2018, the City had no security guard services for General Government - City Hall or other City Sites with the exception of City Commission meetings which was provided by GPD. At first, the City piggybacked on a contract for security guard services through a contract used by GRU; however, the company could not meet the needs of the City. Security services were not a budgeted item in 2018 and the demand for security services were changed due to events that occurred across the United States.
The City requested proposals for Security Services in August, 2018 based upon part -time services (5:30 am to 9:00 am and 3:00 pm to 7pm) and the City received only one qualified bid from Almighty Protection Services 2, LLC (Almighty) to provide this service. Almighty is a minority owned company with its headquarters in Pembroke Pines, Florida (Broward County). The contract was awarded to Almighty. The Purchasing Department did reach out to other vendors to determine why there was the lack of interest in the Request for Proposals for this service. The primary reason for the lack of responses to the Request for Proposal was because the City was seeking part time unarmed guard service that did not give them enough hours to make a profit.
Over the last twelve months, we have adjusted the scope of services based upon recent events across the United States particularly those security concerns that focused on Public Facilities. In addition, we used the services on one particular occasion at Dignity Village. The hours of service have been expanded from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm. Our current vendor was asked if they could provide armed as well as unarmed services for the City. Also discussed was the company’s ability to prov...
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