SOLICITATION NOTICE
25 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Rough Terrain Scissors Lifts
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2013
- 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-NSPA-5HQ27010-1W
- Archive Date
- 12/10/2013
- 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 procurement of four rough terrain scissors lifts with platforms. In order to bid on this project, a U.S. prime 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. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using IFB-5HQ27010-1W as its reference for the IFB. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The contractor shall furnish to NSPA four rough terrain scissors lifts with platforms. An option for one additional scissors lift with platform is also requested. These scissors lifts are intended to assist with camp construction and operations to support NATO military forces that may be deployed in mobile 500-man camps over a wide 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 scissors lifts shall be deployed to one of four major camps or shall be stored at the NATO Southern Operating Center (SOC) in Taranto, Italy. This equipment shall be 1) Stored in outdoor storage facilities until needed 2) Configured and loaded quickly for a specific mission 3) Transported by sea, road, or rail inside 6.058 meter ISO containers that are limited in height to 2.438 meters 4) Assembled and connected rapidly by skilled solders who may be unfamiliar with the task 5) Used in conjunction with other facilities and equipment to develop and support a pre-planned camp 6) Deployed on exercises for short periods each year and/or deployed on military operations as required 7) Operated intensively, on a daily basis, with minimum maintenance under harsh field conditions during operations lasting up to two years 8) Dismantled, repacked, stored, and re-used a minimum of five operational cycles with only minimum refurbishment 9) Maintained by solders with basic skills during deployed exercises and operational periods and by skilled tradespersons when not deployed, in accordance with the contractor's recommended logistics support program 10) Expected to perform reliable service without loss of function at any time during deployed exercises and operational periods 11) Designed, constructed, and supported in consideration of a vendor-defined maintenance program that would provide 20 years of service life 12) Used to provide a reliable means of erecting large tent frames, tents fabrics, and antennae, as well as other construction and maintenance tasks, on uneven, poorly compacted terrain BIDDING PROCEDURE NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government nominate U.S. prime contractors to the bidders list. Before the U.S. Government can nominate a U.S. prime contractor to the bidders list for this procurement, the firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. The NATO ICB application is a one-time application. The application requires supporting documentation in the form of 1) a company resume indicating contracts completed as a prime contractor and 2) an annual report or set of financial documents indicating compilation, review, or audit by an independent CPA. U.S. firms can download a copy of the U.S. NATO ICB application from the following website: http://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-industries-and-economic-security-sies/nato-related-business-opportunities 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 IFB 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 prime contractor 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) by: 05 December 2013 Planned release of IFB: not before 10 December 2013 Scheduled bid closing: TBA
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-NSPA-5HQ27010-1W/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: unspecified, Italy
- Record
- SN03231409-W 20131110/131108233846-36139e7fe1fb77befc5ed23252525a78 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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