NATO Business Opportunities: Canteen Services

The NATO Joint Warfare Center (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for canteen services. 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 and have appropriate professional training and experience in a related field. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACT-JWC-23-17; all correspondence in relation to this procurement should include this reference. This is a Firm Fixed Price (FFP), IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity) contract that will be awarded based on the "best value" approach. Partial offers are not authorized. REQUIREMENT JWC is seeking contract support to provide canteen services on site. The services include both routine operations (permanent staff) and surge requirements (exercise 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: 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): 07 March 2023 JWC issues IFIB (target): May 2023 JWC will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list and will post the IFIB on the following website: http://www.jwc.nato.int/organization/contracting Bid Closing Date (target): September 2023 Period of Performance: Base Period: 01 Jan 2024 (Estimated Contract Award Date) - 31 Dec 2024. Option Periods: 01 Jan 2025-31 Dec 2025, 01 Jan 2026 -31 Dec 2026, 01 Jan 2027 - 31 Dec 2027, and 01 Jan 2028- 31 Dec 2028