Building Control and Access Consultant Service

The government authority located in Baltimore, Maryland is seeking a building control and access consultant service to establish a unified access control strategy. The agency needs to deploy a modern, scalable solution addressing exterior and interior door access, intrusion detection, door prop alarms, physical and electronic key management, and visitor management. Additionally, the agency wants to introduce new efficient technologies, specifically supporting virtual identification cards on smartphones, and evaluating the feasibility of moving away from physical proxy cards. The scope of work requires the delivery of a current state assessment report, stakeholder and use case analysis report, governance and RACI framework, and business process and workflow redesign. The selected consultant must also provide a future-state architecture and technology strategy, closed-circuit television and security operations center integration analysis, a tiered access control model, and a data analytics and reporting framework. Finally, the project covers emergency response requirements, an access control master plan, architectural and engineering design standards documentation, and a pilot implementation plan. Bidders must be onshore organizations based in the United States of America. The performance of the requested work will take place offsite. The agency is looking for proposals to determine the budget, and the contract period will span one year. The agency will hold a pre-bid meeting on June 4, 2026. Bidders must submit all questions no later than June 5, 2026. The agency has not specified the final proposal submission deadline or the explicit evaluation criteria in the initial announcement.