The contract is for two security guards to man the security checkpoint for all persons entering the Raymond Robinson Justice Center. The security checkpoint will be operational all hours that the building is open to the public. The security guards man a walk-through metal detector, an x-ray scanner for parcels and large objects and hand-held magnetic wands for personal examinations.
This contract was secured through a Request for Bid. The City received five (5) bids. Applied Operations Security, CSC Security Services Corporation, Good Guard Security, Inc., Investigation Technologies, Inc., dba International Investigators, and North American Security Service. The recommendation is to award this bid to Investigation Technologies, Inc., dba International Investigators as submitting the lowest responsive and responsible bid.
The contract with be for one (1) year with five (5) one-year automatic renewal periods. Estimated cost for the first year is approximately $102,400.00. The amount of future annual renewals may be increased by the same amount as shown in the mean hourly wage for Occupation Code 33-9032 Security Guards in the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Program.
Failure to award this contract will result in there being no one to operate the single entry point security station in the Raymond Robinson Justice Center. This would expose the Court Clerks, City Prosecutors, Judges, and citizens to possible threats by a person unhappy with the operations of the Municipal Court of Record, staff and magistrates. Previous security guard operations have successfully detected and prevented the introduction into the Courthouse of knives, firearms, and other contraband.