Description
The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking a contractor to provide armed security guard services for the LDH Disability Determinations New Orleans office. The contractor will be responsible for providing a minimum of one guard on duty at all times, with the ability to fill in when necessary. The guard will be required to work Monday through Friday from 5:45am to 5:45pm, with occasional extended hours on Saturdays. The contractor must have at least three years of satisfactory experience in the full-time security guard business and must provide proof of current licensure by the Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners. The contractor will be required to provide a written security personnel schedule on a weekly basis and to maintain a weekly log of all visitors and daily activity.
Some key responsibilities of the guard include:
• Providing assistance for authorized personnel against bodily harm, theft, or vandalism to property
• Checking in all visitors according to Agency policies and escorting them to appropriate areas
• Making hourly rounds around the entire complex to check all interior public access doors and exit doors
• Reporting any theft, suspicion of theft, incidents, or suspicious people to the area director and/or designated site contact person
• Unlocking the parking lot entrance gate and opening the building each morning, and clearing the building of all remaining personnel and securing all exits each evening