SOLICITATION NOTICE
59 -- NATO Notification of Intent to Issue an Invitation for International Competitive Bidding for Provision of Application Servers (Geilenkirchen, Germany)
- Notice Date
- 6/20/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 423430
— Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers
- 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, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFIB-ACO-E3A-07-60
- Response Due
- 7/18/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/2/2007
- Description
- The NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force (NAEW&CF) E-3A Component intends to advertise for International Competitive Bidding (ICB) on works and services within the framework of the NATO Military Budget Committee (MBC). Eligible firms will be invited to bid on the provision IBM BASS Application Servers and BASS/CBASS SAN. The NAEW&CF E-3A Component is serving as the Host Nation for this project, which was authorized by the MBC. The NAEW&CF E-3A Component intends to use the one envelope bid procedure. Partial bidding is authorized. Contractor personnel performing services under the contract must be in possession of a valid NATO security clearance at the NATO SECRET level. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to the Host Nation the NATO clearance certifications for all personnel assigned to the contract. The estimated value of this project is not available at this time. The reference for this project is IFIB-ACO-E3A-07-60 and all correspondence in relation to this procurement shall refer to this reference. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. Any questions regarding the specifications for this contract may be directed to Major Jochen Scherling, Senior Procurement & Contracting Officer by phone at 011-49-2451-63-3540 or by fax at 011-49-2451-63-3541. (Email not made available.) The IFIB package will contain material at the level of NATO UNCLASSIFIED. 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 A firm that has been approved for bidding on NATO projects must request that the U.S. Department of Commerce issue a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for each project on which the firm wishes to bid. The DOE 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 Host Nation. The Host Nation will not accept requests for nomination received directly from firms. As provided for under MBC rules, nominations to the bidders list will continue to be accepted by the Host Nation after the IFIB is issued and until the bid closing date. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Deadline for requesting Declaration of Eligibility: 18 July 2007 2. Estimated RFP release date: 25 July 2007 3. Estimated bid closing date: 31 October 2007
- Place of Performance
- Address: Geilenkirchen
- Country: GERMANY
- Country: GERMANY
- Record
- SN01323316-W 20070622/070620220445 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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