SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO NC3A Notification of Intent (NOI) to invite bids related to its plan to provide long term commercial SATCOM to support ISAF expansion in Afghanistan
- Notice Date
- 5/15/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 517410
— Satellite Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Defense Programs Division, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 3876, Washington, DC, 20230
- ZIP Code
- 20230
- Solicitation Number
- 2004-5VA30224-0-9
- Response Due
- 5/16/2008
- Point of Contact
- David A Newsom, Phone: 202-482-7417
- E-Mail Address
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dnewsom@bis.doc.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) has issued a Notification of Intent (NOI) of its Intention for Bidding (IFB) from all NATO countries related to is plan to provide a long term commercial Satellite Communications System (SATCOM) to support the International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) Expansion. This project is an Urgent Requirement in support of ISAF and will be funded under the NATO Security Investment Program (NSIP). The North Atlantic Council has approved the expansion of the ISAF mission to support a number of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and forward operating bases expanding the current ISAF area of operation. This has resulted in a very urgent operational requirement to provide the long-term communications and Communications and Information Systems (CIS) infrastructure to enable the Commander of ISAF to exercise command and control over this enlarged mission. In addition to the urgency of this requirement, there is a critical shortage of available deployable NATO CIS capability, both in terms of equipment and manpower. Analysis conducted by Allied Command Operations concluded that it is inappropriate to use military equipment to provide satellite baseband support for the ISAF mission expansion. These scarce assets are required for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and there is a very high cost of deploying military containers and vehicles to Afghanistan. This ISAF CIS solution is expected to be needed for at least five (5) years. Discussions with the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) showed even if this capability was available today, the scalable and expected long term nature of CIS support to ISAF would still best be served by outsourcing a service to provide this capability. NATO will require its limited deployable CIS assets for the NRF which may be tasked with rapid and short duration deployments. The required capability will provide CIS services and their embedded communications services from a NATO manned facility in Kabul to over 30 remote locations, or Points of Presence (POP), within Afghanistan where other NATO units will be based. This includes local CIS network infrastructure, equipment and personnel. Any contractor delivered solution must be capable of supporting further ISAF mission expansion if and when this is authorized by NATO. This project considers and uses, where possible, equipment from earlier projects, specifically serial 2004/5VA30223 – Provide Commercial SATCOM to Support ISAF Expansion (IOC). Only equipment and services considered essential to expand and support ISAF expansion complying with the Minimum Military Requirement (MMR) are requested. THIS PROGRAM IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING AUTHORIZED AND THE ESTIMATED TIME FRAME FOR THE RELEASE OF THE INVITATION FOR BIDDING (IFB)/REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) IS THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2005. ALL FIRMS INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCUREMENT MUST BE CERTIFIED AND NOMININATED BY THEIR NATIONAL DELEGATIONS WITH THE REQUIRED DECLARATION OF ELIGIBILITY. REQUESTS FOR PARTICIPATION RECEIVED DIRECTLY FROM FIRMS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED. YOUR FIRM MUST BE CERTIFIED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN ORDER TO RECEIVE BID MATERIALS FOR THIS PROCUREMENT. THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DOES NOT SERVE AS THE CONTRACTING AGENCY FOR NATO PROJECTS. NC3A IS THE CONTRACTING ENTITY. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING CERTIFICATION FOR NATO PROCUREMENTS: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm
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- Address: Kabul
- Record
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