SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO Business Opportunity: Scenario Geospatial (GEO) Services Support Contract
- Notice Date
- 4/15/2024 6:00:20 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541360
— Geophysical Surveying and Mapping Services
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFIB-ACT-JWC-24-52
- Response Due
- 5/29/2024 2:00:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 05/31/2024
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- The NATO Joint Warfare Center (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for a contract to provide Scenario Geospatial (GEO) Services Support. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 2) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government, and 3) have performed similar contracts within the last three years substantially similar in scope to the requirement described in the solicitation.�In addition, contractor personnel performing services under the contract must be citizens of a NATO nation. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACT-JWC-24-52, and all correspondence in relation to this procurement should include this reference.� Bidding Procedure: Technically Compliant Lowest Price Type of Contract: Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) Partial Bidding is NOT authorized. REQUIREMENT JWC is seeking contracted service support to create a single homogenous Geospatial Information scenario repository to support NATO�s high priority exercises.� Companies will be required to support Allied Command Transformation�s and Allied Command Operations goal of developing, producing, and delivering an exercise setting and scenario combination for Multi-Domain Operational-level exercises to support NATO�s Collective Training and Exercise program. �� Primarily the contracted service will be used to contribute to the creation and management of NATO standard & non-standard Digital Geospatial Information on core-Geospatial Information System servers, which includes the provision of web map services to support Functional Area Systems currently used by NATO Command Staff. BIDDING PROCEDURE 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 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� The Department of Commerce (DOC) is the U.S. Government agency that approves NATO ICB applications. Please submit your application and supporting documentation to the email address provided. 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 JWC issues IFIB (target): 15 May 2024 JWC will post the IFIB on the following website: http://www.jwc.nato.int/organization/contracting� 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): 29 May 2024 Bid Closing Date (target): 29 August 2024 Delivery Location: Stavanger, Norway (on-site) Period of Performance:� Base Period: 1 Jan 2025 � 31 Dec 2025 (Anticipated) Option Periods:� 01 Jan 2026 - 31 Dec 2026 01 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2027 01 Jan 2028 - 31 Dec 2028 01 Jan 2029 � 30 Dec 2029
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NOR
- Country: NOR
- Country: NOR
- Record
- SN07030308-F 20240417/240415230050 (samdaily.us)
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