SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provide NRF Transmission Components - DCIS for Small NRF HQs - Summary of Requirements
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2018
- 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-14760-FIREFLY
- Archive Date
- 7/13/2018
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
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LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Summary of Requirements The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to provide NATO Response Force Transmission Components - Deployable Communication and Information Systems (DCIS) for Small NATO Response Force (NRF) HQs. The project, also known as FIREFLY, allows data and voice communications between deployed forces in support of the NRF and static forces. The scope of this bid will encompass the procurement, design, and testing of the DCIS Transmission Systems. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) hold an active facility security clearance equivalent to the level of NATO RESTRICTED, 3) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. Execution of the proposed contract will require unescorted access and work of contractor personnel at NATO Class-II security areas. Accordingly, personnel of the winning bidder will be required to hold individual NATO SECRET security clearances. Only companies maintaining appropriate personnel clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract. The contract award will not be delayed in order to allow contractor personnel to obtain missing clearances. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-14760-FIREFLY, and all correspondence concerning this IFB should reference this number. The successful bid pursuant to the IFB will be the lowest priced technically compliant bid. The contract resulting from the IFB will be a single Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract with an expected duration of approximately 32 months. The NCI Agency intends to place a single contract with one contractor. No partial bidding shall be allowed. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Please see attached. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID 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, however, the U.S. firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for U.S. 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/email of the company employee who should receive the bid documents After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. NATO member governments use a DOE to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. IMPORTANT DATES: - Request from DOC that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 10 July 2018 - NCIA issues IFB (target): Q3 2018 - Contract Award (target): Q2 2019
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