SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO Business Opportunity: Support Services for User Migration and Transition to Operation
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2023 5:40:04 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 518210
— Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- RFQ-CO-115894-UMTO
- Response Due
- 7/13/2023 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 07/20/2023
- 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 a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the procurement of services for user migration and transition to operation for NATO SECRET network in NATO sites to support ITM Recovery Increment 1.� 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 Department of Commerce (DOC). �� In addition, contractor personnel will be required to work unescorted in Class II Security areas. Therefore, access can only be permitted to individuals who hold individual security clearances at the leve of SECRET or higher.� The NCI Agency is seeking to establish a framework agreement serving as the preferred vehicle for contractor support on an �as needed� basis. A single award firm-fixed price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is planned. The reference for the RFQ is RFQ-CO-115894-UMTO and all correspondence concerning the IFB should include this reference. 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: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-industries-and-economic-security-sies/nato-related-business-opportunities� 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): 13 July 2023 NCI Agency distributes theRFQ (planned): 04 September 2023 Bid closing: 13 October 2023 Contract Award (estimated): 02 February 2024
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: BEL
- Country: BEL
- Country: BEL
- Record
- SN06731759-F 20230701/230629230049 (samdaily.us)
- Source
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