Security Assessment Services

Location:	Mississippi
Posted:	Dec 10, 2025
Due:	Jan 28, 2026
Agency:	State Government of Mississippi
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	Q - Medical Services
Solicitation No:	1711-26-R-RFPR-00001
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

RFP Number: 3120003270

To Provide: Security Assessment for the Mississippi Department of Public Safety,

Office of Capitol Police

CLOSING LOCATION

Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Procurement Department

4th Floor, Room 402, 1900 E. Woodrow Wilson Boulevard

Jackson, MS 39216

PROPOSAL COORDINATOR

Britney Wesley or Sonya Williams

Procurement Department

Telephone: 601-987-1407 or 601-987-1467

Fax: 601-987-1442

E-mail: bjwesley@dps.ms.gov or sonyawilliams@dps.ms.gov

CLOSING DATE AND TIME

Proposals must be received by 10:00 A.M., January 28, 2026

SECTION 1

1.1 Proposal Requirement

The original and 5 copies of the proposal, 6 copies total, shall be signed and submitted in

a sealed envelope or package to Britney Williams or Sonya Williams,

Mississippi Department of Public Safety, Procurement Department, 4th Floor, Room 402,

1900 East Woodrow Wilson Boulevard, Jackson, MS 39216 no later than the time and

date specified for receipt of proposals. Timely submission is the responsibility of the

respondent. To prevent opening by unauthorized individuals, all proposal submissions

must be sealed in an envelope or package and marked, “SEAL PROPOSAL – DO NOT

OPEN”. The envelope or package shall be marked with the proposal opening date and

time, and the number of the request for proposals. The time and date of receipt shall be

indicated on the envelope or package by Procurement. Each page of the proposal and all

attachments shall be identified with the name of the respondent. The Mississippi

Department of Public Safety (MDPS) reserves the right to reject any proposal if the

Vendor fails to provide the requested information and/or fails to demonstrate that the

Vendor is properly qualified to carry out the obligations of the Contract and to complete

the work described in the RFP. Modifications or additions to any portion of the proposal

document may be cause for rejection of the proposals. As a precondition to proposal

acceptance, the MDPS may request the respondent to withdraw or modify those portions

of the proposal deemed non-responsive that do not affect quality, quantity, price, or

delivery of the service.

1.1.1

Timeline

Task

Advertisement Dates for RFP

Receive Questions for Clarification Dates

Date

December 10, 2025; December 17, 2025

Starting 8:00 a.m., CST, Wednesday,

December 10, 2025, to, December 29, 2025,

at 5:00 p.m. CST.

Please email questions to

bjwesley@dps.ms.gov or

sonyawilliams@dps.ms.gov

Respond in Writing to Clarification

January 7, 2026

Proposal Submission Deadline

No later than 10:00 a.m., CST Wednesday,

January 28, 2026,

Bid Opening Date

Wednesday January 28, 2026, 10:00 am

CST.

Evaluation of Proposals

Thursday, January 29, 2026, or later

Anticipated Award Notification to

Thursday, February 5, 2026,

Proposal(s)

Request for Reconsideration date and Time Tuesday February 10,2026, 5;00 pm. CST

Anticipated Contract start date

Anticipated Date: March 11, 2026

Note: MDPS reserves the right to adjust the Procurement Schedule as it deems necessary.

1.1.2 Cancellation of Solicitation or Rejection of Proposals

At the Agency’s sole discretion, an RFP may be canceled or any or all responses

to the solicitation may be rejected, in whole or in part, when the Agency

determines that it is in the Agency’s best interest to do so.

MDPS reserves the right to reject any and all proposals during any step of the

procurement process, even after negotiations have begun. Agency reserves the

right to reject any and all proposals if the Offeror takes exception to the terms and

conditions of the RFP and/or fails to meet the terms and conditions and/or in any

way attempts to limit the rights of Agency and/or the State of Mississippi,

including but not limited to, the required contractual terms and provisions set

forth in this RFP. Reasons for rejecting individual proposals or qualifications

include but are not limited to:

1) The proposal contains unauthorized amendments to the requirements

of the Request for Proposals.

2) The proposal is conditional.

3) The proposal is incomplete or contains irregularities which make the

proposal indefinite or ambiguous.

4) The proposal is received late.

5) The proposal is not signed by an authorized representative of the party.

6) The proposal contains false or misleading statements or references.

7) The proposal does not offer to provide all services required by the

Request for Proposal.

8) The proposal was non-responsive to the solicitation.

9) The offeror is deemed non-responsible.

10) The proposal fails to meet the requirement of the Agency.

11) The proposed price is clearly unreasonable.

12) The Agency finds that there was a lack of competitiveness because of

collusion or because reasonably competition did not occur.

13) The Agency has determined by rejection of the proposal is in the best

interest of the State.

1.1.3 Minor Informalities and Irregularities

The Mississippi Department of Public Safety has the right to waive minor defects

or variations of a proposal from the exact requirements of the specifications that

do not affect the price, quality, quantity, delivery, or performance of the services

being procured and if doing so does not create an unfair advantage for any

offeror. If insufficient information is submitted by a offeror for the Mississippi

Department of Public Safety to properly evaluate the offer, the Mississippi

Department of Public Safety has the right to require such additional information

as it may deem necessary after the submission deadline, provided that the

information requested does not change the price, quality, quantity, delivery, or

performance time of the services being procured and such request does not create

an unfair advantage for any offeror. (Information requested may include, for

example, a copy of business or professional licenses, or a work schedule.)

1.1.4 No Obligation to Contract

The release of this RFP does not constitute an acceptance of any submitted

proposals, nor does such release in any way obligate the Agency to execute a

contract with any offeror. Agency reserves the right to accept, reject, or negotiate

any and all offers on the basis of the evaluation criteria contained within these

documents. The Final decision to execute a contract with any party rests solely

with the Agency including the decision to make no contract award.

1.1.5 Late Submissions

A bid received at the place designated in the solicitation for receipt of bids after

the exact time specified for receipt will not be considered unless it is the only bid

received, or it is received before award is made and was sent by registered or

certified mail not later than the fifth (5th) calendar day before the date specified

for receipt of bids. It must be determined by the MS Department of Public Safety

that the late receipt was due solely to mishandling by the MS Department of

Public Safety after receipt at the specified address.

The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a late bid is the

U.S. Postal Service postmark on the wrapper or on the original receipt from the

U.S. Postal Service. If the postmark does not show a legible date, the contents of

the envelope or package shall be processed as if mailed late. "Postmark" means a

printed, stamped, or otherwise placed impression, exclusive of a postage meter

impression, that is readily identifiable without further action as having been

supplied and affixed by the U.S. Postal Service on the date of mailing. Offerors

should request postal clerks to place a hand cancellation postmark (often called a

bull's eye) on both the receipt and the envelope or wrapper.

The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at the office

identified for bid opening is the time and date stamp of that office on the bid

wrapper or other documentary evidence of receipt used by that office.

1.2 Expenses Incurred Preparing Offerors

The MDPS accepts no responsibility for any expense incurred by the respondent in the

preparation and presentations of an offer. Such expenses shall be borne exclusively by

the respondent.

All parties participating in the procurement process with regard to this solicitation shall

bear their own costs of participation, pursuant to Section 1.4.4 of the PPRB OPSCR

Rules and Regulations.

1.3 Proprietary Information

The respondent should mark any and all pages of the proposal considered to be

proprietary information which may remain confidential in accordance with the

Mississippi Code Annotated §§ 25-61-9 and 79-23-1(1972, as amended). Any pages not

marked accordingly will be subject to review by the general public after award of the

contract. Requests to review the proprietary information will be handled in accordance

with applicable legal procedures.

1.4 Registration with Mississippi Secretary of State

By submitting a proposal, the respondent certifies that it is registered to do business in the

State of Mississippi as prescribed by the Mississippi Secretary of State or, if not already

registered, that it will do so within seven (7) business days of being offered an award.

Sole proprietors are not required to register with the Mississippi Secretary of State.

1.5 Debarment

By submitting a proposal, the respondent certifies that it is not currently debarred from

submitting proposals for contracts issued by any political subdivision or agency of the

State of Mississippi or Federal government and that it is not an agent of a person or entity

that is currently debarred from submitting proposals for contracts issued by any political

subdivision or agency of the State of Mississippi or federal government.

1.6 Competitive Proposals

Discussions may be conducted with respondents who submit proposals determined to be

reasonably susceptible to being selected for award. Likewise, MS Department of Public

Safety also reserves the right to accept any proposal as submitted for contract award,

without substantive negotiation of proposed terms, services or prices. For these reasons,

all parties are advised to propose their most favorable terms initially.

1.7 Cancellation of Solicitation

Any offeror claiming that its response contains information exempt from the Mississippi

Public Records Act (Miss Code Ann § § 25-61-9, 75-26-1 through 75-26-19, and/or 79-

23-1), must submit a second copy of the proposal document in which all information

offeror deems to be confidential commercial and financial information and/or trade

secrets is redact in black. Offeror shall also provide a document stating the specific

statutory authority for each redaction/exemption. Offeror may be subject to exclusion

pursuant to Chapter15 of the OPSCR Rules and Regulations if the Agency or the PPRB

determine that redactions made by the offeror were made in bad faith in order to

prohibit public access to the portions of the proposal which are not subject to Miss.

Code Ann.§ §25-61-9, 75-26-1 through 75-26-19, and/or 79-23-1. The redacted

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Smart Number	1711-26-R-RFPR-00001	Advertised Date	12/10/2025 12:00 AM
RFx #	3120003270	Submission Date	01/28/2026 10:00 AM
RFx Status	Open	Major Procurement Category	PERSONNEL SERVICES NON-IT
RFx Opening Date	01/28/2026 10:00 AM	Sub Procurement Category	PERSONNEL SERVICE - NON-TECHNOLOGY
RFx Type	Request for Proposal
Agency	MS DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
RFx Description	Pursuant to PPRB approval for RFX 3180002820, this is a RFP/ RFQ to procure services for Security Assessment Services.

Name	Britney Wesley	Email	BJWESLEY@DPS.MS.GOV
Phone	6019654628	Fax

PRODUCT CATEGORY	PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
91893	Serv ConsultSecurity