NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Tax-Free Retail and Rationed-Item International Store at NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) located at Sigonella Air Base (Italy)

NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of a Tax-Free Retail and Rationed-Item International Store as Morale & Welfare Activity (MWA) Concessionaire at NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) at Sigonella Air Base (Italy). 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. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-NAGSF-18-23 and all correspondence regarding the IFIB should include that reference. Partial bidding is not authorized. REQUIREMENT The requirement is for the provision of Tax-Free Retail and Rationed-Item International Store business as Morale & Welfare Activity (MWA) Concessionaire and associated investment cost at the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) located at Sigonella Air Base (Italy). Vendors must be fully licensed and legally authorized by the Italian Custom Agencies (Agenzia Dogane and Monopoli di Stato) to sell tax-free and rationed-items within the Italian territory at the time of bidding as well as throughout the duration of contract. Bidders will be requested to provide Past Performance Questionnaires for at least three contracts within the last five years substantially similar in scope to the requirement described in this solicitation. 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): 21 August 2018 NATO contracting office issues IFIB (planned): September 2018 NAGSF will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list and will post an abstract of the IFIB on the following website: http://shape.nato.int/page136374522 Bid closing (planned): October 2018 Period of Performance: Three (3) years plus 2 one-year options (not exceeding a period of maximum 5 years).