SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of Optical Transport Services (OTS) for Multiple Locations
- Notice Date
- 2/5/2018
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- 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-NCIA-NSll-18-04
- Archive Date
- 3/1/2018
- 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
- The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of optical transport services (OTS) for multiple locations. 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), and 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. The reference for the project is IFB-NCIA-NSll-18-04 and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number. NCIA will use a source selection process of lowest price and technically compliant governed by NATO Financial Rules and Procedures. No partial bidding will be allowed. The contract will be a firm fixed price contract. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS NCIA intends to compete the transmission capabilities between the new NATO Headquarters Brussels, Belgium; NCIA The Hague, The Netherlands and Joint Force Command Brunssum, The Netherlands. NCIA intends to lease managed Optical Transport Network services, operating at ITU-T OTN G.709 standard OTU2 level carrying 10.7 Gbps between each main locations (as a triangle). 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/FAX/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): 23 February 2018 - NCIA issues IFB (target): March 2018 - Bid Closing: May 2018 - Contract Award (target): June 2018 - Contractor Performance Period: starting from 01 January 2019 until 31 December 2019, followed by four optional years
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-NCIA-NSll-18-04/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: various, Belgium
- Record
- SN04810059-W 20180207/180205230850-a1e41f5c5d0da23f42e5429213d81982 (fbodaily.com)
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