SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Service Support for FIKSO Exercise Setting and Scenario Development, Production, and Delivery
- Notice Date
- 3/23/2018
- 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
- IFIB-ACT-JWC-18-33
- Archive Date
- 4/25/2018
- 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 Joint Warfare Center (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for contracted deliverables in support of the new FIKSO exercise setting and scenario development, production. and delivery. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 2) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government, 3) have performed contracts within the last three years substantially similar in scope to the requirement described in the solicitation, and 4) have documented, evident, and sustainable competence and capabilities relevant to the technical requirements aspects of the contract. Contractor personnel performing services under the contract must hold personnel security clearances at the level of SECRET or higher. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Security Service issues the required NATO security clearance certificates. The reference for the IFIB is ACT-JWC-18-33. All correspondence in relation to this procurement should refer to this reference. Partial bidding is authorized. REQUIREMENT JWC is seeking contracted service support to fulfill its requirement for Exercise Setting / Scenario Production and delivery. Companies will be required to support Allied Command Transformation's and Allied Command Operations' goal of developing, producing, and delivering a new exercise setting/scenario combination for joint operational-level exercises to support NATO's collective training and exercise program. In order to achieve this goal, contracted companies will contribute to the planning, development, and delivery of a new exercise setting/scenario combination that addresses relevant geo-strategic situations in accordance with JWC directives and direction. BIDDING PROCEDURE 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 for this procurement, the U.S. firm must be approved 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 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 Upon approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the U.S. Government will 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 Potential U.S. prime contractors must request that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit a completed one-time NATO ICB application): 20 April 2018 JWC issues IFIB (planned): 25 April 2018 JWC will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list. JWC will also post the tender documents on the following website: http://www.jwc.nato.int/index.php/organization/contracting Bid Closing Date (planned): 08 June 2018 Period of Performance: Base Period: 01 October 2018 - 31 December 2018. Option periods: 01 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 and 01 January 2020 - 30 April 2020.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFIB-ACT-JWC-18-33/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Stavanger, Norway
- Record
- SN04865622-W 20180325/180323231635-f584f297dc533690a93c59088c2fe80f (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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