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Federal proposal tools for NAICS 561612

Security Guards and Patrol Services

Bid software for Security Guards & Patrol contractors

VETR Proposal is federal proposal tools for guard-services bidding, which is won and lost on price realism. In 561612 the labor is the contract, wage determinations set the floor, and a bid priced below what the post schedule actually costs gets found unrealistic rather than competitive. VETR builds the labor model through fringe, overhead, G&A and fee with escalation across each option year, and benchmarks it against comparable awards.

NAICS 561612 covers contract security guard services at federal facilities. Major buyers are DHS (federal protective service, ICE, CBP), DoD (base contracts), GSA (federal building portfolio), VA (medical center security), and DoJ.

$6.0B in federal contracts obligated in FY2025· USASpending.gov

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Federal contracting in NAICS 561612 at a glance

SBA size standard

$25M average annual receipts

Per SBA's table of small business size standards (13 CFR 121.201), as published for 2023. Some codes carry footnoted exceptions. SBA revises these — confirm the current standard at sba.gov before you certify your size on an offer.

Top buying agencies

DHS
DoD
GSA
VA
DoJ

Common contract types

  • FFP base contracts
  • IDIQ task orders

Common vehicles

  • DHS Centralized Acquisition
  • GSA Schedule 84
The VETR Framework

How VETR applies to NAICS 561612 pursuits

Four pillars, calibrated to how Security Guards & Patrol contracting officers actually evaluate proposals.

V

Value

Applied to NAICS 561612

Security guard bids compete on labor compliance (SCA wage rates), benefits, and recruiting velocity. VETR's cost tools handle SCA wage indexing.

E

Experience

Applied to NAICS 561612

Past performance weighs site-incident records, audit findings, and CPARS. VETR's past-performance records carry incident + audit detail.

T

Teaming

Applied to NAICS 561612

Multi-site contracts often need regional subcontractors. VETR's teaming CRM supports geographic-coverage tagging.

R

Responsiveness

Applied to NAICS 561612

Federal security RFPs have hard mobilization deadlines (30/60/90 days). VETR's milestone tracker handles them.

Agencies that buy heavily in NAICS 561612

Agency-specific playbooks for the top buyers in this code

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