NATO Business Opportunities: Provision of a Retail Concessionnaire Services to the Combined Air Operations Center at Uedem, Germany

Headquarters Allied Air Command (HQ AIRCOM) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of retail concessionnaire services to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Uedem, Germany. 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, 3) be legally authorized to operate in Germany at the time of the bidding, and 4) have satisfactorily performed at least one contract with a two-years period of performance within the last five years substantially similar in nature. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-RAM-23-12; all correspondence in relation to this procurement should include this reference. This is a concessionnaire fixed-price contract. It will be awarded to the firm offering the best value based on price, contribution to the MWA, and ordering procedures REQUIREMENT CAOC UEDEM requires the services of a qualified, professional concessionaire to operate a system for tax-free retail for members of the CAOC UEDEM. This system can take different forms, from a web-site to a remote electronic ordering system. 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: 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 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/FAX/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 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): 22 May 2023 HQ AIRCOM issues IFIB (target): 26 May 2023 Bid Closing Date (target): 07 July 2023 Period of Performance: 01 January 2024 – 31 December 2024 with the possibility of four one-year extensions (options)