SOLICITATION NOTICE
42 -- Provision of Body Armor, Clothing and CBRN Equipment for Deploying Civilians
- Notice Date
- 5/25/2012
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies 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
- IFIB-ACO-SH-12-10
- Archive Date
- 6/25/2012
- Point of Contact
- Elsie Carroll, Phone: 202-482-8228, Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of body armor, clothing, and CBRN equipment for deploying civilians. The requirement is for an Allied Command Operations (ACO)-wide requirement contract against which ACO and/or other NATO organizations can order equipment for deploying civilian personnel. Potential U.S. bidders 1) shall have been approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB) by the U.S. Department of Commerce and 1) shall have successfully performed at least three contracts within the past five years substantially similar in scope and magnitude to the requirement in the SHAPE solicitation. The bidding procedure will be sealed, one envelope. It is SHAPE's intent to organize at its facilities a Vendors Day before initiating the bidding procedure in order to seek industry input on best practices, market availability, and current standards on protective equipment. The Vendors Day is planned for mid-July 2012; there is, however, no mandatory requirement to participate. The reference for the IFIB is ACO-SH-12-10 and all correspondence in relation to this procurement shall refer to this reference. Partial bidding is not authorized. The period of performance is 01 January 2013 - 31 December 2013 with four one-year options. The classification of the IFIB will be NATO UNCLASSIFIED. BIDDING PROCEDURE Before a firm can be nominated to the bidders list for this ICB procurement, it must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. Only facilities located in NATO member nations may participate in NATO ICB. The U.S. Department of Commerce approves facilities that are located within the United States. U.S. firms will find a copy of the U.S. NATO ICB application at the following website: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm The NATO ICB application is a one-time application. The application requires supporting documentation in the form of 1) a company resume and 2) an annual report or set of financial documents indicating compilation, review, or audit by an independent CPA. 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/FAX/email of the point of contact for the bid documents Upon approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the U.S. Department of Commerce will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. A DOE is used to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. IMPORTANT DATES Firms to request that the Department of Commerce issue a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit a completed one-time NATO ICB application): 20 June 2012 Please note that under the stipulations of Bi-SC procurement Directive 60-70, the contracting entity will continue to accept nominations to the bidders list until the bid closing date. SHAPE will directly e-mail the IFIB, when issued, to all firms already on its bidders list and will post the solicitation documents on the following website: http://www.aco.nato.int/page136374522.aspx Estimated IFIB issue date: October 2012 Estimated bid closing date: December 2012
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFIB-ACO-SH-12-10/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: ACO Headquarters and/or other NATO organizations, Belgium
- Record
- SN02758932-W 20120527/120525234927-8d83ecab9123b6035d0be306514f260c (fbodaily.com)
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