SOLICITATION NOTICE
U -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Operational Test and Evaluation Training Course
- Notice Date
- 3/6/2017
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- 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-NAGSF-17-14
- Archive Date
- 3/22/2017
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of an Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) Training Course. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government, and 4) have performed at least three contracts within the last five years substantially similar in scope to the requirement described in the solicitation The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-NAGSF-17-14 and all correspondence regarding the IFIB should include that reference. REQUIREMENT In order to declare NATO AGS Initial Operational Capability, all AGS equipment must achieve acceptable OT&E results. To execute the OT&E for the AGS, personnel must be properly trained and organized for the OT&E event. NAGSF seeks a course provider for conducting OT&E courses during the period 2017-2022 at the NAGSF premises at Sigonella Airbase, Italy. The course is intended to train and educate the NAGSF personnel on OT&E methodology and best practice. Contractor personnel must hold a NATO RESTRICTED Security Clearance. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Security Service forwards to the NATO contracting entity the required NATO security clearance certifications. NAGSF will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list and will post an abstract of the tender documents on the following website: http://shape.nato.int/page136374522 BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government nominate potential U.S. prime contractors to the bidders list. Before the U.S. Government can nominate a U.S. prime contractor to the bidder list for this procurement, the U.S. firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. U.S. firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. The U.S. 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 your company's point of contact for the IFIB 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): 16 March 2017 IFIB release (planned): 22 March 2017 Bid closing (planned): 3 May 2017 Period of Performance: As of contract award (June) thru 31 December 2017 plus four (4) one-year contract options
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFIB-ACO-NAGSF-17-14/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Sigonella Air Base, Italy
- Record
- SN04424225-W 20170308/170306234529-e8fd88f94d75370b8c0057d0dc381414 (fbodaily.com)
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