Background Report Government Bids & RFPs

The U. S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is issuing a firm-fixed-price task order to LexisNexis Special Services Inc. for credit reporting services under the GSA MAS schedule. The total estimated value is $67,****, with a performance period from November 26, 2025, to December 25, 2025. LexisNexis is the only vendor capable of meeting CBP's requirements due to unique capabilities, continuity of operations, and compliance with security standards. Market research confirmed this. The justification is posted in accordance with FAR ****(a)(2)(i).

The purpose of this agreement is to complete background checks on prospective Tarrant County employees and employees of external vendors completing services on Tarrant County property. The contract will be for twelve months, with the possibility of two renewals. A pre-bid conference is scheduled for October 27, 2025. Bidders must submit their proposal response to the statement of work. Five references are required. The deadline for questions is October 28, 2025, and the response deadline is November 10, 2025.

The Department of Buildings and General Services is seeking to establish contracts for statewide sprinkler system testing. The contract period is for three years with an option to renew for up to one additional twenty-four month period. The state anticipates the start date for such contracts will be January 1, 2026. Questions are due by October 29, 2025, and responses are due by November 13, 2025. Bidders must submit their pricing information in the price schedule attached to the rfp. The state may award one or more contracts and reserves the right to make additional awards to other compliant bidders at any time if such award is deemed to be in the best interest of the state. Awards will be made in the best interest of the state. The state may award one or more contracts and reserves the right to make additional awards to other compliant bidders at any time if such award is deemed to be in the best interest of the state. All other considerations being equal, preference will be given first to resident bidders of the state and/or to products raised or manufactured in the state, and then to bidders who have practices that promote clean energy and address climate change, as identified in the applicable certificate of compliance. Bidders are requested to complete the climate change considerations in state procurements certification, which is included in the certificate of compliance for this rfp. For bid amounts exceeding $250,****, bidders are required to provide a list of all proposed subcontractors and subcontractors subcontractors, together with the identity of those subcontractors workers compensation insurance providers. The state will not consider exceptions to contract terms and conditions included with this rfp. Bids must be received by the state by the due date specified on the front page of this rfp. Late bids will not be considered. There will not be a public bid opening. All bids under this rfp must be submitted electronically in accordance with the submission requirements herein. Electronic bids will be accepted via email submission to ***@***. *. * subject line of the email submission must reference the project title as indicated on the front page of this rfp. Bids must consist of a single email with a single, digitally searchable pdf attachment containing all components of the bid. Multiple emails and/or multiple attachments will not be accepted. There is an attachment size limit of 40 mb. It is the bidders responsibility to compress the pdf file containing its bid if necessary in order to meet this size limitation. It is also the bidders responsibility to ensure that their own email system can send and receive messages up to this size.