SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provide Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-SUAS) Capability - Summary of Requirements
- Notice Date
- 6/15/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument 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-CO-14685-UAS
- Archive Date
- 7/18/2018
- 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
- Summary of Requirements The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the procurement of commercially available and effective commercial systems for the protection from and defeat of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS). This opportunity is anticipated to procure four C-SUAS systems, including testing and installation activities. The capability is intended to be used for deployment to exercises and operational areas. 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 may require personnel of the successful bidder to be required to hold individual security clearances of NATO SECRET. Only firms maintaining cleared facilities and the appropriate personnel clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-14685-UAS, and all correspondence concerning this IFB should reference this number. The award of a single contract for the procurement of four complete C­SUAS systems, including testing and installation activities, is planned. The contract performance period is expected to be no more than 12 months plus another 12 months of support for warranty, spare parts, and repairs. Partial bidding will not 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): 16 July 2018 - NCIA issues IFB (target): September 2018 - Bid Closing (target): October 2018 - Contract Award (target): February 2019
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-CO-14685-UAS/listing.html)
- Record
- SN04957276-W 20180617/180615230935-11e495b6763574dd651663f49168da33 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |