Description
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of Global Mobile Telephony services from a single supplier or multiple suppliers for 11 NATO Nations (Belgium, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States). Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government. The contract(s) resulting from the IFB will be a single or multiple award Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract(s). The requirements under this IFB are divided into 11 Lots with each Lot representing one of the 11 Nations. Offerors may quote on one, two, three or all of the Lots. Lots may not be subdivided for partial quotation purposes. Offerors may not quote on the basis of “All or Nothing” for all 11 Lots, but one Offeror may separately win all 11 Lots. The NCI Agency may place one contract to cover the entire scope of the project in such a case. The reference for the IFB is IIFB-CO-115413-GMT and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number. The successful bid pursuant to the IFB will be that bid or bids which is/are the lowest price and technically compliant in accordance with the evaluation criteria prescribed in the IFB. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Please see attached. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID 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 or capability statement 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 to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). 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/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: Request a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 12 May 2022 NCI Agency distributes the IFB (planned): Q2 2022 Bid Closing (target): Q3 2022 Contract Award (anticipated): Q3 2022 Period of Performance: 1 Year Base Period + 4 (12 month) Option Years