SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of Information Exchange Gateway (IEG-C) between NATO SECRET and MISSION SECRET Domains
- Notice Date
- 3/3/2020 6:59:39 AM
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541519
— Other Computer Related Services
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFB-CO-14314-IEG-C
- Response Due
- 4/10/2020 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 04/15/2020
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter, Trade & Industry Analyst, Phone: 202-482-2583, Fax: 202-482-5650
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of an information exchange gateway (IEG-C)between NATO SECRET and MISSION SECRET domains. The IEG-C project will industrialize an existing prototype capability, thereby reducing risks to security, providing resilience, improving control, management and maintenance aspects, while adhering to newly approved NATO Standards. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) hold an active Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET, 3) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 4) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. ln addition, execution of the proposed contract will require contractor personnel to work unescorted in Class II security areas; such perrsonnel will be required to hold individual security clearances at the level of SECRET. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-14314-IEG-C, and all correspondence concerning this IFB should reference this number. The successful bid pursuant to this IFB will be that bid which is deemed to offer the best value for money in accordance with predefined bid evaluation criteria which will be detailed in the IFB as prescribed by the Best Value Procedures. The authorized top level criteria will be: Technical (50%) and Price (50%). No partial bidding will be allowed SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Please see attached. 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/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): 30 January 2019 - NCIA issues IFB (target): Q1 2019 - Bid Closing (target): TBD - Contract Award (target): Q2 2020
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- Record
- SN05578073-F 20200305/200304221135 (samdaily.us)
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