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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 11, 2006 FBO #1719
SOLICITATION NOTICE

58 -- NATO NC3A Notifiation of Intent to Invite Bids for Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) Radio Network Stages 3&4 in Afghanistan

Notice Date

8/9/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

517910 — Other Telecommunications
 

Contracting Office

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Defense Programs Division, Room 3876 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230
 

ZIP Code

20230
 

Solicitation Number

RFQ-CO-12079-OPL
 

Response Due

8/22/2006
 

Archive Date

8/25/2006
 

Description

OVERVIEW The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) intends to advertise for International Competitive Bidding (ICB) on works and services within the framework of the NATO Security Investment Program. Eligible firms will be invited to provide bids on a Request for Quotation (RFQ) in relation to the provision of a PSYOPS Radio Network for Stages 3 & 4 for ISAF. NC3A is serving as the Host Nation for this project, which was authorized by the NATO Infrastructure Committee (IC). NC3A intends to use basic (one step/one envelope) bidding procedure. The successful bid pursuant to this RFQ will be that bid which is compliant with the technical requirements and is the lowest price offered. The envisaged bidding procedure for this RFQ will be the BOA procedure with the additional opportunity for the Nations in response to this Notification of Intent (NOI) to nominate bidders in addition to the companies identified by NC3A as BOA vendors. The estimated value of this project is 6 million Euros ($7.6 million USD). The reference of the Request for Quotation (RFQ) is RFQ-CO-12079-OPL. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same RFQ reference. OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS Within ISAF?s Area of Operations (AOO), a radio network is required to receive central program from Kabul and re-broadcast it locally to reach specified Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) regions. In addition, at the Regional Command (RC) level, a network must support alternative broadcast of regionally produced programs to their subordinated PRTs. This project will extend the PSYOPS Radio Network to the 17 PRT locations, in the Southern and Eastern region of Afghanistan. The radio network will require the following components: - 5 KW commercial FM Band radio transmitters with 20m masts and antennas - CIS shelters with heating and air-conditioning to accommodate the FM transmitters - Generators and Un-interruptible Power Supply (UPS) units - Audio processing and VSAT capability adaptation equipment - 1 KW FM transmitters (for repeater locations) with 20m masts, antennas, VSAT receivers, and demodulators Capability must be operational within the commercial FM band from 87.5 to 107.0 MHZ Bidding documents are expected to be NATO UNCLASSIFIED. Further performance of the contract will require contractors to have personnel and facility clearances at a level of NATO SECRET. BIDDING PROCEDURE The U.S. Department of Commerce does not serve as the Host Nation for NATO projects. Its role is to approve for bidding those firms of NATO-member nations with a facility located within the United States. Only firms approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce will be allowed to bid. Please visit the following website for instructions on applying for approval to bid on NATO projects: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm With the exception of those firms already nominated as identified BOA vendors, additional firms must be introduced by their National Delegations with the required Declaration of Eligibility (DOE). A firm that has been approved for bidding on NATO projects must request that the U.S. Department of Commerce issue the required DOE for each project on which the firm wishes to bid. The DOE (Specimen in Annex V to Ref.A of NSIP Document 2261) is used to nominate the firm to the Bidders List for a particular project. The U.S. Department of Commerce forwards the DOE to the U.S. Embassy, which in turn forwards it to the Host Nation. The Host Nation will not accept requests for nomination received directly from firms. Firms that the U.S. Embassy nominates to the Bidders List will be contacted directly by the Host Nation when the Request for Quotation (RFQ) has been issued. In addition, personnel working on this project, or visiting installations and/or working at NATO sites, are required to have a NATO SECRET security clearance. It is the responsibility of the contractor to ensure that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to the Host Nation the NATO clearance certifications for all personnel assigned to the contract. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Final date for the U.S. Department of Commerce to submit a Declaration of Eligibility on your behalf: 25 August 2006
 

Place of Performance

Address: NATO C3 Agency, Boulevard Leopold III, 1110 Brussels

Zip Code: 1110

Country: BELGIUM
 

Record

SN01109936-W 20060811/060809220419 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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