SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Purchase, Installation, and Configuration of a Micro Data Center at the NATO Defense College (Rome, Italy)
- Notice Date
- 11/22/2021 7:49:43 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541513
— Computer Facilities Management Services
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFIB-NDC-21-02
- Response Due
- 12/16/2021 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 12/24/2021
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- The NATO Defense College (NDC) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the purchase, installation, and configuration of a Micro Data Center at the NATO Defense College in Rome, Italy. �� 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 issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government. NDC website: https://www.ndc.nato.int/� The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-NDC-21-02 and all correspondence concerning the IFIB should reference this number. This is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. �The contract will be awarded to the lowest compliant bid. Partial bidding is not authorized. REQUIREMENT The aim of this IFIB is the purchase, installation and configuration of Micro Data Center hardware and software, including licenses, UPS, power generator, thin clients, training, and professional services. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE on behalf of 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 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/FAX/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 that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit completed one-time NATO ICB application): 16 December 2021 � IFIB Issued (expected): 23 December 2021 NDC will directly email the IFIB to all firms that have been issued a DOE. �� Bid Closing: 15 February 2022 Period of Performance: 01 March 2022 to 30 September 2022 �
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Rome, ITA
- Country: ITA
- Country: ITA
- Record
- SN06182683-F 20211124/211122230114 (samdaily.us)
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