Opportunity
El Paso Water Ionwave #RFP48-26 Addendum 3
EPWater Unarmed Security Guard Services
Posted
October 11, 2026
Respond By
December 02, 2026
Identifier
RFP48-26 Addendum 3
NAICS
561612
EPWater is seeking a contractor for unarmed security coverage across its El Paso-area water, wastewater, administrative, and other facilities. - Buyer: El Paso Water (EPWater), also identified as El Paso Water Utilities, acting through the EPWater Public Service Board and Purchasing & Contracts Administration/Purchasing Department. - Scope and scale: Unarmed Level II security services, estimated at about 53 officers with capacity to scale to 60 or more. Duties include post coverage, access control, patrols, alarm and emergency response, incident reporting, relief staffing, training, and approved workforce-accountability and guard-tour technology. - Priced services: The worksheet lists 22 line items totaling 113,914 estimated hours, including guards at named facilities and seasonal sites, an Account Manager, an Account Field Supervisor, and optional coverage. Detailed posts, hours, and quantities appear below. - Key requirements: Texas-registered qualified officers; local staffing and relief capacity; rapid emergency deployment; reliable communications; required certifications and post training; and an established, operational business office in El Paso County. The contractor supplies Security-marked vehicles for the Account Manager and Field Supervisor. EPWater provides any body-worn cameras it adopts and covers camera storage, software licensing, and docking stations; the contractor handles training and compliance. - Contract structure: One-year initial term, with up to four additional one-year extensions by mutual agreement and a possible month-to-month extension of up to six months. Services begin upon Notice to Proceed; phase-in is limited to 30 calendar days unless EPWater approves otherwise. - Named organizations and locations: No security-services provider or product OEM is identified. Regus and WeWork are mentioned only as examples of coworking facilities; Boeing is a guard-post location, not a named vendor. The listed bid worksheet total is $2,142,240.
Description
EPWater is requesting proposals for security guard services at its facilities. The scope includes unarmed security officers at specified facilities and shifts, along with an account manager and account field supervisor. Optional unarmed guard services at various EPWater locations are also included as needed. Proposals may be submitted electronically or by sealed bid by December 2, 2026, at 1:30 PM MT.