SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Development and Delivery of the Bi-Strategic Command (Bi-SC) Automated Information System (AIS) NATO Common Operational Picture (NCOP) - summary of requirements
- Notice Date
- 3/31/2009
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Department of Commerce, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 1099D, Washington, District of Columbia, 20230
- ZIP Code
- 20230
- Solicitation Number
- IFB-CO-12780-NCOP
- Archive Date
- 4/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- Elsie Carroll,, Phone: 202-482-8228, Lee AnnCarpenter,, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
ecarroll@bis.doc.gov, lcarpent@bis.doc.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
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- Description
- summary of requirements NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Development and Delivery of the Bi-Strategic Command (Bi-SC) Automated Information System (AIS) NATO Common Operational Picture (NCOP) IFB-CO-12780-NCOP OVERVIEW The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) intends to invite bids for the development and delivery of NATO Common Operation Picture (NCOP) in support of the joint level of commands, components commands, and national commands. The NCOP project is intended to provide Common CoI (Community of Interest, formerly referred to as Functional) Services to manage and deliver the Common Operational Picture as a fully integrated component of the Bi-Strategic Command (Bi-SC) Automated Information System (AIS) and to serve as a baseline for future enhancement. These services are required to complement the Bi-SC AIS core services with an integrated and supported suite of joint situational awareness services capable of supporting the work of the staff at all static and deployable command facilities of the NATO command structure. The NATO COP Increment 1 (NCOP-1) capability is envisioned to receive, manage, and disseminate situational awareness information and products produced or needed by other Bi-SC AIS functional areas, such as the Recognized Pictures from components commands, Order of Battle information, and the authoritative joint Common Operational Picture itself, according to operational needs. The project will be implemented based on a Spiral Development approach that will be executed in three increments to complete the NCOP capability. Each increment should provide an integral, usable, and operationally-fielded capability. The current project authorization covers the development, fielding, and initial operational support of NCOP Increment 1, an initial operational capability (IOC) that will be fielded to authorized NATO Command Structure sites. Increment 1 will then serve as the baseline for further enhancement in subsequent increments. NCOP Increment 1 will include support for a Missile Defense Picture as part of the initial set of Theatre Missile Defense capabilities within the Bi-SC AIS. The schedule goal for Increment 1 is to deliver the NCOP IOC to a set of pilot sites within 15 months after the effective date of contract. NC3A is serving as the NATO contracting agency for this project, which is being funded within the framework of the Infrastructure Committee. The envisaged bidding procedure for this Invitation for Bid (IFB) will be the Optional Preliminary Bidding Procedure. As that is the case, the formal IFB will be preceded by a Request for Bidders' Views (RFBV), which will provide the draft IFB documentation to nominated bidders for comments. NC3A will review the comments provided by the bidders and conduct a series of one-on-one meetings with responding bidders. Bidder feedback and findings from RFBV reviews will then be incorporated when appropriate into the formal IFB for this contract. Bidders will be required to declare a bid validity of 12 months from the closing date for receipt of bids, supported by a bid guarantee of Euro 100,000. Should the selection and award procedure exceed the bid closing date by more than 12 months, firms will be requested to extend the validity of their bids and bid guarantee accordingly. Bidders may decline to do so, withdraw their bid, and excuse themselves from the bidding process without penalty. It is the intent of NC3A that the selected Increment 1 contractor be retained to develop and deliver subsequent increments under the framework of the proposed contract. This assumes the successful delivery of each preceding increment and is subject to NATO Infrastructure Committee authorization of this sole source procurement. Further, as required under the Two Stage Authorization Procedure, NC3A will need to obtain financial authorization from the NATO Infrastructure Committee prior to the actual award of the NCOP Increment 1 contract. A summary of the requirements of the program is set forth in the attachment. These requirements are being refined and detailed as part of the preparation of the NCOP proposed contract. The attachment also outlines the projected functions to be delivered in subsequent increments of this project. Interested firms will be invited to present their COP-related experiences during an NCOP Industry Workshop. The purpose of this event is to ensure that NCOP capitalizes on lessons learned with national COP implementation. The organization scheme of the NCOP Industry Workshop is detailed in the attachment. The rough cost estimate for the implementation component of Increment 1 capability is Euro 10 million. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-12780-NCOP. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. Bidding documents, including technical specifications applicable to the bidding and contractual documents, are expected to be NATO UNCLASSIFIED. Bidders may also be given access to a bidders library that may include material up to the level of NATO SECRET. The IFB will provide the required details for accessing the stated library. Performance of the contract will also require that contractors have personnel and facility clearances at the level of NATO SECRET. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to the NATO contracting agency the NATO clearance certifications needed for performance of the contract. Bids received in response to the IFB will be evaluated through a Best Value approach. The top-level bid evaluations criteria with their associated weightings will be 50% for price and 50% for technical. The second level criteria for technical evaluation areas will be engineering, 55%; management 22.5%, and supportability, 22.5%. When the bid evaluation is completed, the weighted price score for each bidder will be obtained through the weighted average of the stated evaluation factors by using the weights specified and the following formula: Price Score = 100*(1-(Bid Price/(2 x Average Bid Price)) The solicitation will include a requirement for prospective bidders to demonstrate their financial ability to undertake this project and mandatory criteria for extensive experience with the provision of similar types of systems. Please note that the IFB, at the time of its issuance, will contain an exclusion provision concerning the Bi-SC AIS Program Management and Integrations Capability (PMIC) contract. The language of the exclusion provision is included in the attachment. An exclusion provision will be inserted in the IFB with respect to the possibility of the awardee of the NCOP contract to perform at any tier of any Independent Verification and Validation efforts associated with the NCOP project. BIDDING PROCEDURE The U.S. Department of Commerce does not serve as the contracting agency for NATO ICB projects. Its role is to approve for participation in NATO ICB those facilities that are located within the United States. Only facilities that have first been approved for participation in NATO ICB may be nominated to the bidders list for a NATO ICB project. Please visit the following website for instructions on applying for approval: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm The NATO ICB application is a one-time application. The application and supporting documentation may be submitted as e-mail attachments. If, when submitting the application, your firm is interested in a specific NATO ICB project, please include the following in the text of your email: - the title and/or solicitation number of the project - the name/phone/FAX/email of the point of contact for the bid documents second half of 2010 After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the Department of Commerce will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. A DOE is used to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. Using the contact information indicated on the DOE, the NATO contracting agency will contact the firm directly when the IFB has been issued. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Final date to request a Declaration of Eligibility: 09 April 2009 2. Planned release date of the RFBV: July 2009 2. Anticipated date that NC3A will distribute the IFB: November 2009 3. Anticipated closing date for receipt of bids: March 2010 4. Anticipated contract award date: second half of 2010
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