# El Paso Water Ionwave #48-26

EPWater Unarmed Security Guard Services for Facilities and Seasonal Sites

**Posted:** October 11, 2026
**Respond By:** November 18, 2026
**Identifier:** 48-26
**NAICS:** 561612

EPWater is seeking a security-services contractor to staff and manage unarmed guard coverage across its El Paso-area water, wastewater, administrative, and seasonal sites.
- **Government buyer:** El Paso Water Utilities (EPWater), Public Service Board; managed by Purchasing & Contracts Administration.
- **Scope:** 22 priced service line items for unarmed guards, an Account Field Supervisor, an Account Manager, and optional as-needed guard coverage. The solicitation also describes the overall security-services requirement.
- **Staffing and coverage:** Approximately 53 officers are currently estimated, with capacity to scale to about 60 or more. Posts include continuous three-shift, seven-day coverage at many facilities and weekday daytime shifts at others.
- **Service requirements:** Access control, visitor and vehicle processing, patrols, alarm and emergency response, incident reporting, relief staffing, training, uniforms, equipment, and approved workforce-accountability and guard-tour technology. Officers must meet Texas qualification and registration requirements; the contractor must provide local staffing and emergency deployment capacity.
- **Named companies and platforms:** No security-services provider or security-equipment OEM is identified. Boeing is named as a guard-post location, not as a vendor. EUNA Procurement (IonWave) is identified as the proposal-submission platform.
- **Bid worksheet:** Lists a total bid amount of $2,142,240. Most guard posts have a $16 minimum hourly rate; the field supervisor has a $21 minimum and the account manager a $24 minimum. The two management roles are listed as salaried, and the offeror supplies patrol vehicles for them.
- **Contract structure:** One initial year, with up to four additional one-year extensions by mutual agreement; a limited month-to-month extension may also apply. Phase-in is limited to 30 calendar days unless EPWater approves otherwise, and posts must be staffed when service begins.
- **Service line items:**
  - General security guard services for EPWater facilities, including seasonal sites; staffing and assignments may change.
  - Unarmed guard — EPWater Main Headquarters: 14,560 hours; weekday and weekend shifts, with multiple guards on weekday shifts.
  - Unarmed guard — Robertson Umbenhauer / Canal Street Water Treatment Facility: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Haskell R. Street Wastewater Treatment Facility: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Jonathan Rogers Water Treatment Plant: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Roberto Bustamante Wastewater Treatment Plant, East Gate: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Canutillo Upper Valley Water Treatment Plant: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — John T. Hickerson Wastewater Treatment Plant: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant, Main Entrance: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — Tech20 Education Resource Center, Main Entrance: 8,736 hours; three shifts, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Communication Dispatch Office, Pan Am C Building: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Fred Hervey Water Reclamation Plant: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Pan American C, Inside Entrance: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — Pan American Campus Guard Station: 8,736 hours; one guard per shift, seven days a week.
  - Unarmed guard — Stormwater Operations Facility Guard Station: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — Stormwater Operations Facility Inside Entrance: 2,600 hours; weekday coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — Boeing site: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — International Water Quality Laboratory: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Unarmed guard — Sandbag Distribution Sites: 2,100 hours total across Artcraft Booster Station, Blackie Chesher Park, and Stormwater Operations Facility; assignments may change.
  - Unarmed guard — Brook Hollow SCADA Administration Lobby: 3,120 hours; weekday daytime coverage.
  - Account Field Supervisor (Patrol): 2,080 hours; weekdays, with an offeror-provided patrol vehicle.
  - Account Manager (Administrative): 2,080 hours; weekdays, with an offeror-provided patrol vehicle.
  - Optional as-needed unarmed guard services at EPWater locations: 2,700 hours; no overtime or holiday pay.

### Description

EPWater is seeking proposals for security guard services at its facilities. The scope includes unarmed security guards at multiple locations, scheduled shifts and continuous monitoring, plus an account field supervisor and an account manager. Optional unarmed guard services at various EPWater locations are also included on an as-needed basis. Proposals are due November 18, 2026, at 1:30 PM Mountain Time and may be submitted electronically or as sealed hard copies.

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