SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Reorganization of Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer (SSSB) Capability Including Associated Communications Systems
- Notice Date
- 11/12/2021 1:14:24 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334220
— Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFB-CO-15577-SSSB
- Response Due
- 12/13/2021 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2021
- Point of Contact
- LeeAnn Carpenter
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) to replace and modernize obsolete Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer SSSB radio and control equipment in The United Kingdom (three sites), Greece (six sites) and The Netherlands (four sites).� The scope of the project is broken down into Work Package 1 (Civil Works and Site Preparation) and Work Package 2 (Radio Communications Subsystem and Data Link Communication Upgrade). Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government.� � The IFB will be NATO RESTRICTED. However, execution of the proposed contract will require unescorted access and work of contractor personnel at NATO Class II security areas. Accordingly, contractor personnel will be required to hold individual security clearances at the level of SECRET. Only companies maintaining appropriate personnel clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract. The contract award will not be delayed to allow contractor personnel to obtain missing clearances. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-15577-SSSB and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number. This will be a single Firm Fixed Price contract with expected duration of approximately 46 months. It is planned 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 issue a DOE for potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this project. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, the U.S. Government must approve the U.S. firm 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 or capability statement 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 Department of Commerce (DOC) is the U.S. Government agency that approves NATO ICB applications. Please submit to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). If your firm is interested in a specific NATO ICB project at this time, please also 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, DOC will then know to follow up by issuing a DOE for the project.� DOC will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency. � IMPORTANT DATES: Request a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 13 December 2021 NCI Agency distributes the IFB (planned): end of February 2022 Bidders Conference (planned): March 2022. Bid Closing (target): Q3 2022 Contract Award (anticipated): Q4 2022
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- Place of Performance
- Address: GRC
- Country: GRC
- Country: GRC
- Record
- SN06175868-F 20211114/211112230109 (samdaily.us)
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