Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility within the United States, 2) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and (3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government.

Bidders must 1) be legally authorized to provide these kind of services in Italy, 2) attend the mandatory site visit, 3) have performed at least five (5) years contract/service within the last five (5) years under contracts/business arrangements substantially similar in scope and in magnitude to the requirements described in this solicitation, 4) and provide all information relevant to judge past performances in similar activities.

The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-NAP-18-27 and all correspondence regarding the IFIB should include that reference.

This is a consignment contract. Partial bidding is not authorized.

REQUIREMENT

The requirement is to provide a comprehensive, all-inclusive cost and high-quality consignment service for Spirits/Liquors & Perfumes/Cosmetics products on a consignment basis to multi-national military and civilian personnel at JFC Naples Headquarters.

The Consignment will operate within the MWA International Store at JFC Naples Headquarters, located at Via Madonna del Pantano, Lago Patria, 80014 Giugliano in Campania, Naples.

BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID

NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government nominate potential U.S. prime contractors to the bidders list. Before the U.S. Government can nominate a U.S. prime contractor to the bidder 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

After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the Department of Commerce will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for the project. The Department of Commerce uses a DOE to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project.

IMPORTANT DATES

U.S. firms should request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NATO ICB, submit the one-time NATO ICB application): 29 August 2018

NATO contracting office issues IFIB (planned): 10 September 2018

JFC Naples will directly distribute the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list.

Bid closing (planned): 29 October 2018

Period of Performance: One base year (01 December 2018 - 31 November 2019) with four (4) one-year extension options.