The Portage County Purchasing Department is seeking proposals for unarmed security guard services at the Portage County Courthouse. Proposals must be submitted by February 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM. A mandatory pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for January 22, 2026, at 11:00 AM. The contract term is from a mutually agreed-upon date in 2026 through December 31, 2029, with a possible 3-year renewal. The county will use a web-based electronic signature program, DocuSign, for contract execution. Proposers must submit their proposal via email to ***@***. *. * evaluation will consider organization capabilities, staff qualifications, proposer solutions, and cost. The county reserves the right to negotiate contract terms.
The proposals are due on or before 2:00 p. m. , tuesday, february 10th, 2026.
The proposals will be scored using the following criteria: description points organization capabilities 200 staff qualifications 100 proposer solutions 450 cost proposal 250 total ****.
Proposers must have been engaged in business of providing security guard services for at least 1 years.
In the event that proposer fails to provide adequate replacement staff during normal scheduled hours, the county reserves the right to invoice the proposer an amount equivalent to the overtime county deputys hourly rate as a penalty for nonfulfillment of contracted services.
A preproposal vendor site visit is scheduled to be held on thursday, january 22, 2026, at 11am at **** church st, stevens point, wi **** starting at the main entrance vestibule. The site visit is mandatory, please contact payeng baldemor via email ***@***. *. *, if you plan to attend. failure to attend will disqualify a vendors submitted proposal.
The written notice of intent to protest the intent to award a contract must be filed with chris schultz, procurement director, portage county wisconsin, **** strongs ave, stevens point, wi ****, and received in his office no later than five 5 working days after the notice of intent to award is issued.
