SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): VoIP Telephone Implementation 2015-2019
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2014
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 517110
— Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- 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
- IFIB-ACO-E3A-15-01
- Archive Date
- 1/5/2015
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583, Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force E-3A Component (NAEW&CF E-3A Component) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bid (IFIB) for VoIP telephone implementation. Potential U.S. prime contractors 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), 3) hold a current SECRET-level facility security clearance, and 4) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Security Service forwards to the contracting entity the required NATO security clearance certifications. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-E3A-15-01. REQUIREMENT The scope of the project is to retire the obsolete ALCATEL S12 analogue/digital Private Automated Branch Exchange (PABX) and operate a modern technology, VoIP-capable PABX, which is available and needs to be iteratively equipped to serve its purpose based on this project plan's outline. This VoIP-capable PABX may eventually serve the Main Operating Base and the Forward Operating Bases/Forward Operating Location as a centralized service. Moreover, it is the intention to replace the majority of the currently used analogue/digital telephones with Voice over IP capable telephones providing better functionality and more modern features. Partial bidding is not allowed. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID NATO ICB requires that the NATO member governments nominate potential 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 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 should request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NATO ICB, submit the one-time NATO ICB application): 30 December 2014 IFIB release: 06 January 2015 (planned) Bid closing: 05 March 2015 (projected)
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFIB-ACO-E3A-15-01/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Geilenkirchen, Germany
- Record
- SN03585259-W 20141204/141202235004-dbe8a382c0ec7b31b3fb20c7cf354d96 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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