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Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 2) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government.
The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-13887-IT and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number.
Partial bidding will not be allowed.
The ITM project is to be implemented to over 44 sites and over four waves. Wave 1 is estimated to last 1.5 years, with the following subsequent waves estimated to be of 1one-year duration.
The work is divided into three parts
a. A technical advisor who provides expert advice in the design and implementation of cloud-based technology and service-based IT management and support over the duration of the ITM Project
b. Defined tasks that are to be fulfilled by the contractor
c. A framework for additional task orders that are expected to emerge during the ITM implementation. Work in this area will be subject to further authorizations. The contract scope will cover the full four waves' duration.
Bidders should be aware that the successful bidder for this requirement will be excluded from future work supporting the implementation of the following ITM work packages related to the scope of the consultancy. It is planned that the exclusion will apply for a period of three years after the end of the contract:
WP1 - Systems integrator and implementation of the back-end services
WP2 - Establish a framework contract for the client devices
WP3 - Expansion of new NATO HQ data center for the Enterprise
WP4 - Modification to the NCIRC FOC infrastructure
Please see the attached Summary of Requirements for more information.
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 for this procurement, the firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis.
The 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 point of contact for 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 completed one-time NATO ICB application): 03 December 2014
- IFB planned to be issued: December 2014
- Bid Closing planned for: February 2015
- Contract Award anticipated: April/May 2015