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Friday, October 1, 2010

Industry Talk: DoS Gives 8 Base Contract Awards For Worldwide Protective Services Program

Filed under: Afghanistan,Industry Talk,Iraq,Jobs — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 12:14 PM

     Excellent news and congrats to all of these companies who won a contract. And now the real fun will begin. lol

     Expect a flurry of training and vetting to get this massive security force up and running. DoS and these companies have their work cut out for them. –Matt

Edit: 10/02/2010 -Also check out Danger Room’s run down of the awards. TC lost the embassy gig in Iraq to SOC (potential of $974 million/5 year), and AGNA lost their gig at the Kabul Embassy to EODT( potential of $274 million/ 5 year).  Xe was able to get an award via International Development Solutions.

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The Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) program provides comprehensive protective security services to support U.S. Department of State operations around the world.

Sep 30, 2010

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) made the following eight base contract awards for the Bureau of Diplomatic Security – Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) Program resulting from solicitation: SAQMMA10R0005 (-a) on September 29, 2010.  The maximum program value is $10,000,000,000.00 USD.  The maximum value is cumulative and includes all work performed by all contractors during the WPS program period of performance, including all option periods.The base contracts include a one year base period of performance with four one year option periods.  DOS included the minimum guarantee of $5,000.00 for each WPS contractor with each base contract award.Please see section M of solicitation: SAQMMA10R0005 (-a) for more information on the evaluation criteria that DOS used to select the firms listed below for base contract awards.

Aegis Defense Services, LLC

DynCorp International, LLC

EOD Technology, Inc.

Global Strategies Group (Integrated Security), Inc.

International Development Solutions,

SOC, LLC.

Torres International Services, LLC.

Triple Canopy, Inc.

Link to FBO website here.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Industry Talk: EODT Awarded Security Contract To Protect Camp Duffman, Afghanistan

Filed under: Afghanistan,Jobs — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 1:18 AM

    Congrats to EODT and I hope the contract goes well.  Perhaps someone from the company would care to comment on this? Tim is located in Jalalabad and I am sure he knows a little something about this camp.

   What is interesting is that there were a ton of FOB security solicitations that I posted awhile back, and no word on the awarding for that stuff. I did hear about a company called SSSI winning a contract, and Blackice Security posted the job ad for it. Here is a thread on SOCNET about them and the pay was pretty low if you ask me.

    Also, I wanted to say that EODT is doing a fantastic job of getting their news out there.  I got the heads up about this through an RSS feed they have. This ‘really simple syndication’ tool makes it very handy for getting the latest scoop about companies.  Hopefully other companies will follow their lead and set up RSS feeds for their news and jobs. –Matt

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EODT Awarded Security Contract to Protect Camp Duffman, Afghanistan

LENOIR CITY, TN (September 27, 2010) – EODT was awarded a contract by the Afghanistan Regional Contracting Center to provide comprehensive security services at Camp Duffman, located near Jalalabad. The contract was the latest in a series of awards made to EODT under the AO Mountain Warrior ID/IQ security services base contract covering Eastern Afghanistan. The area has seen substantially increased insurgent activity over the past several months.

“While we are pleased to have won this contract, we are mindful of the danger our men and women in uniform routinely face in this region of Afghanistan,” said EODT’s President and CEO Matt Kaye. “We take our being selected as an expression of confidence in the capabilities and professionalism of our people, and we are anxious to begin work in support of their important mission”.

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Friday, May 7, 2010

Jobs: Project Manager/Site Manager/PSS/DM-WPS, OCONUS

Filed under: Jobs — Tags: , , , , , , , — Matt @ 1:20 AM

   I am not the POC or recruiter and please use the email provided below in order to submit your resume. Now if this is another ‘notional opportunity’ thing, who knows, but it doesn’t hurt to get in the ring and submit anyways.  I noticed that Wakenhut was advertising as well for WPS guys. (I am sure all of the big companies are in on the bid) So we will see.

   A couple of things about this.  First, I mentioned yesterday that the requirements for security is pretty high right now in Afghanistan, and this drive to up the numbers of WPS folks is a part of that process.  The worldwide requirements for securing government employees out there is tremendous. So the WPS program will need some folks, and it will be interesting to watch that evolve and grow.  Although the one thing I continue to hear from contractors on this program, is that the rules and policies can get pretty ridiculous, and it is filled with typical government bureaucracy. But work is work.

   The other thing I wanted to mention, is that EODT has a great company website.  What makes it so cool is the RSS it has for company news.  Now if they could do the same for jobs, and if all the companies could set up RSS for their jobs and news, well then all of us would be happy.  I might have to do a post on this. –Matt

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Project Manager/Site Manager/PSS/DM

EOD Technology, Inc. (EODT), a global provider of professional support services to a broad range of Federal markets, is presently seeking qualified candidates for the Worldwide Protective Services (WPS) Program. This Department of State program will satisfy anticipated and unanticipated personal protective, static guard, and emergency response team security service requirements worldwide.

Some general requirements and information for these positions are:

• Projected start dates commence in the Summer/Fall of 2010

• 12 month contracts with various rotation schedules

• Must be at least 21 years of age

• Must have valid, current driver’s license and passport

• In the case of military service, all military discharges must have been under honorable conditions

• No impediments to traveling overseas to and within countries that are considered dangerous or unhealthy

• Must pass detailed medical evaluation and physical fitness test

• Must be able to qualify and remain current in weapons normally carried by law enforcement officers, e.g., semi-automatic pistol, rifles, sub-machine guns, and shotguns

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Personnel Security Clearance and/or Public Trust Certification

Some of the positions we are seeking are:

Project Manager

·         Must have a Bachelor’s degree by an accredited institution

·         Fifteen (15) years of experience

·         Ten (10) years of the fifteen years must have been working on or overseeing personal protective, static guard and emergency response team assignments

·         At least three (3) of the ten years must have been in a management or in-charge capacity

·         The remaining five (5) years of experience shall be generalized experience

Complex/Site Manager

·         Ten (10) years of military service as an Officer or Senior NCO, or similar police/local guard force supervisory experience

·         Experience and/or service shall include physical security, access control and force protection, and must be similar in complexity and scope to the specific requirements of the Task Order

Protective Security Specialist (PSS)

·         Three (3) years of experience

·         One (1) year of the three, shall include experience in protective security assignments

PSS/Designated Defensive Marksman

·         Three (3) years experience as a military sniper or police sharpshooter

·         Completed or served at least three (3) years in military, law enforcement, or executive commercial protection

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Friday, January 1, 2010

Jobs: Security Specialist 1, Iraq

Filed under: Iraq,Jobs — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 12:39 PM

 Interesting little opportunity. I am not the POC and good luck. –Matt

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Security Specialist I  

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Department: Critical Mission Support

Position: Security Specialist I

Salary Classification: Grade 4

Reports to: Site Manager

Primary Functions: Provide static security services.

EODT Vision: To promote freedom, stability, and environmental stewardship worldwide.

EODT Mission: To enhance our customers’ effectiveness – anytime, anywhere.

We accomplish this mission by delivering superior expertise to the projects we undertake – and by continuing to improve our work, fostering innovation, and providing the most professional project management.

EODT Core Values:

          o SERVICE

          o AGILITY

          o INTEGRITY

          o DRIVE

Essential Functions/Duties:

    * Perform the day-to-day protective security functions as specified in daily post and detail orders.

    * Carries and operates weapons as specified in daily post and detail orders, or upon orders from the detail leader or shift leader

    * Guard security site against damage, fire, theft, trespassing, illegal entry, exit, and unlawful attacks.

    * Patrol premises to ensure that the site is properly secured

    * Verification and identification of employees and other persons entering the site. Inspect and properly store equipment

    * Develop incident reports of attacks, damage, theft, or unusual occurrences. Investigate disturbances and in the event of an emergency maintain order and safety of the occupants of the site

    * Ensure the guard force under his/her supervision adheres to established SOPs, protocols, and maintains their weapons/equipment in a high operational state

    * Understands and acknowledges the Chain of Command

    * Be able to identify personal and work related problems of his/her Guard Force under his/her command at an early stage to avoid any operational impact

    * Act in accordance with EODT’s Ethics Program

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Saturday, October 3, 2009

Industry Talk: As Troops Draw Down, More Contractors Hired

Filed under: Industry Talk,Iraq — Tags: , , , , , , , , — Matt @ 10:16 AM

     Warning, this story is a positive story about security contractors.  So if you are one of those ‘contractor-hater’ types, stop reading right now.  If you are actually interested in what it is we do in the war, or interested in the motivations of actual security contractors, then read on.

    Overall, this was a pretty basic human interest story, and showed EODT and it’s employees in a non-biased way.  Good stuff, and thanks to the Star Tribune for having the courage to actually approach this story devoid of any pre-tense or subjectiveness. –Matt

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As troops draw down, more contractors hired

By MARK BRUNSWICK, Star Tribune

October 2, 2009

Their unit was a target almost every time it went off-base. Friends from high school died in front of them, and they were hit by rocket attacks while trying to retrieve fallen comrades on the desolate roadways of Iraq’s Anbar Province.

Just as they were starting to pack to leave in 2007, they learned that they were part of a group of 2,500 Minnesota National Guard troops whose deployments had been extended an additional four months as part of President George W. Bush’s “surge.”

So where did two veterans from Detroit Lakes end up after coming home? Back in Iraq.

Dustin Heard and Dan Wilson, who were in the same unit in Iraq during a 15-month tour with the Guard, are now working as private security contractors at a base near the Baghdad International Airport.

“This time is a lot different,” said Heard, who was hired to supervise security at the base’s high-occupancy areas such as the dining hall and the gym.

“Stuff has calmed down. It doesn’t seem like the same place.”

As it draws down its combat forces in Iraq, the United States is contracting with more private security companies to protect its installations.

In June, there were more than 13,000 security contractors in Iraq and services for security represented 11 percent of all contractors, a 19 percent increase from the three previous months. In the coming years, the costs of these contracts could exceed $1 billion.

The jobs have changed

The actions of some contractors, such as the former Blackwater, have given security firms something of a Wild West aura and raised questions about their proper role in wartime. There is no doubt that the work can be dangerous — former St. Louis Park police officer Paul Johnson-Reuben was one of five contractors killed in 2008 after being kidnapped near the Kuwait border.

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