SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Advisory and Assistance Services
- Notice Date
- 10/11/2022 12:00:33 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541690
— Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFB-CO-115786-AAS
- Response Due
- 11/2/2022 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 11/08/2022
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter
- 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 Advisory and Assistance Services (Market Place 1) and Independent Consultancy Services (Market Place 2). The current acquisition strategy is to award multiple Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Framework contracts for these requirements with two separate and independent Market Places, within which subsequent requirements will be competed. The award conditions to set up these two market places will be fully defined as part of the IFB terms and conditions. Companies can only bid (at any tier) for one of the two Market Places. Conditions will be fully described in the IFIB. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government. �� Execution of the proposed contract will require unescorted access and work of contractor personnel at NATO sites. Personnel of the winning bidders will be required to hold individual security clearances of SECRET. Specific Task Orders may require higher clearances, as designated. Only companies maintaining appropriate personnel clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract.� The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-115786-AAS+ and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Please see attached.� BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE for potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this project. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, the U.S. Government must approve the U.S. firm 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 or capability statement 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 Department of Commerce (DOC) is the U.S. Government agency that approves NATO ICB applications. Please submit to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). If your firm is interested in a specific NATO ICB project at this time, please also 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, DOC will then know to follow up by issuing a DOE for the project. �DOC will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency. � IMPORTANT DATES: Request a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 02 November 2022� NCI Agency distributes the IFB (planned): December 2022 Bid closing (anticipated): March 2023 Contract Award (estimated): mid-2023
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: BEL
- Country: BEL
- Country: BEL
- Record
- SN06490472-F 20221013/221011230056 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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