SOLICITATION NOTICE
39 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of Rough Terrain Forklifts
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333924
— Industrial Truck, Tractor, Trailer, and Stacker Machinery Manufacturing
- 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-5HQ27010-1I
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2013
- Point of Contact
- Elsie Carroll, Phone: 202-482-8228, Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The NATO Support Agency (NSPA) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of six rough terrain forklifts with telescopic booms. These rough terrain forklifts are intended for material handling during camp construction and operation in a range of geographic environments and climatic conditions. Accordingly, NATO expects the equipment to be robust and of high quality, agile yet heavy duty, and highly capable of performing under difficult climate and terrain conditions. The rough terrain fork lifts will be deployed to one of the camp sites, or will operate or be stored in the NATO Southern Operational Center in Taranto, Italy. The forklift shall be capable of operation in climatic zones from desert to jungle to Arctic, with air temperatures varying from -30 degrees C and +50 degrees C (-33 degrees C to +71 degrees C for storage and transit). NSPA wishes to procure high quality products that represent the best affordable technology that is available from the NATO nations. Requirements shall be met with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products field-proven in the Armed Forces of a NATO country or in a comparable industry. The forklift load capacity shall be 3600 kg at 3.0 m and 1820 kg at 6.5 m. In order to bid on this project, a U.S. primary contractor must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) in the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. No partial offers will be entertained. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using IFB-5HQ27010-1I as its reference for the IFB. BIDDING PROCEDURE Before a U.S. firm can be nominated to the bidders list for this procurement, it must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. The U.S. Department of Commerce approves facilities that are located within the United States. U.S. firms can download a copy of the U.S. NATO ICB application from the following website: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm The NATO ICB application is a one-time application. The application requires supporting documentation in the form of 1) a company resume and 2) an annual report or set of financial documents indicating compilation, review, or audit by an independent CPA.. 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 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. IMPORTANT DATES U.S. firms must request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NATO ICB, submit the one-time NATO ICB application): 06 September 2013 NSPA has stated that "even if you have expressed an interest in this potential opportunity, NSPA has no obligation to contact your firm should this FBO result in an RFP. We therefore strongly encourage you to regularly consult the RFP website and to make sure you are registered in the NSPA source file." To register with the Source File, please see the NSPA procurement website: https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/EPROCUREMENT/default.aspx Planned tender release: not before 11 September 2012 Scheduled bid closing: The bidders will be allowed not less than 42 days to reply to the relevant IFB.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-5HQ27010-1I/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: various, Italy
- Record
- SN03147600-W 20130815/130814000056-0d04ca2b169ea224a4ff4d011ba13ff4 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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