NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provide Broadcast, MRL, and Ship-shore (BRASS) in Poland

The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) intends to invite bids for the procurement and implementation of Broadcast, MRL, and Ship-shore (BRASS) in Poland. NC3A is serving as the NATO procurement agency for this project, which is being funded within the framework of the Infrastructure Committee. NC3A has been authorized to use the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedure. The successful bid pursuant to this IFB (Invitation for Bid) will be that bid which is compliant with the technical requirements and is the lowest price offered. The estimated value of this project is not available at this time. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-12930-BRASS-POL and all correspondence concerning this IFB should reference this number. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. The IFIB package will only contain NATO UNCLASSIFIED material. Contractor personnel will be called on to work at a NATO site in conjunction with the contract and such contractor personnel will be required to have security clearances to the level of NATO SECRET. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to the NATO contracting agency the NATO clearance certifications needed for performance of the contract. NC3A plans to place a single contract with one contractor. No partial bidding will be allowed. BIDDING PROCEDURE Before a firm can be nominated to the bidders list for an ICB procurement, it must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. Only facilities located in NATO member nations may participate in NATO ICB. The U.S. Department of Commerce approves facilities that are located within the United States. U.S. firms will find a copy of the U.S. NATO ICB application at the following website: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm The NATO ICB application is a one-time application. The application requires supporting documentation in the form of 1) a company resume and 2) an annual report or set of financial documents indicating compilation, review, or audit by an independent CPA. 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 Upon 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 that project. A DOE is used to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. Using the contact information indicated on the DOE, the NATO contracting agency will contact the firm directly when the IFB has been issued. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Final date to request a DOE (and, for U.S. facilities not yet approved for NATO ICB, to submit a completed NATO ICB application): 25 March 2010 2. Anticipated IFB release date: end of March 2010 3. Anticipated bid closing date: TBD