SOLICITATION NOTICE
D -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Procurement of Supplies and Services to Implement the NATO Information Portal (NIP)
- Notice Date
- 2/4/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 541512
— Computer Systems Design Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Department of Commerce, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 1099D, Washington, District of Columbia, 20230
- ZIP Code
- 20230
- Solicitation Number
- IFB-CO-13580-NIP
- Archive Date
- 3/22/2013
- Point of Contact
- Elsie Carroll, Phone: 202-482-8228, Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(elsie.carroll@bis.doc.gov, LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the procurement of supplies and services to implement the NATO Information Portal (NIP). Potential U.S. bidders must be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government will nominate to the bidders list only those firms that 1) are pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB) and 2) hold a current SECRET level facility security clearance. In addition, for performance of the contract, contractor personnel working on NATO sites will be required to hold SECRET personnel security clearances. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to NCIA the required NATO security clearance certifications. The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-13580-NIP. The Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. It is planned to place a single contract for the entire scope of work. No partial bidding will be allowed. REQUIREMENT The NIP project will implement an enterprise-wide portal capability based on a Microsoft SharePoint solution, provide the migration of legacy Web Information Service Environment (WISE) data, and implement a federated search solution based on Microsoft's FAST search engine. The NIP will provide portal services based on a web service's service-oriented architecture installed on the NATO Secret (NS) network comprising the following project deliverables: • The design, deployment, installation, and configuration of a SharePoint geo-redundant enterprise platform • The design, deployment, installation, and configuration of a cloud-oriented infrastructure with two to three nodes • A federated search engine, using FAST, to index the available authoritative data sources (i.e. file servers, other web sites, Document Handling System (DHS) sites, and Functional Service information stores) to which the user has access • An interface to the DHS that serves as the command's local authoritative data source for its official documents/records • A set of corporate templates for granting portal uniformity • One year of support in Mons, Belgium • Developing corporate content management procedures • Designing the NIP's deployability concept that extends portal services for those organizational units that will need to deploy rapidly to theatres of operations as well as describing the support concept to sustain the extended portal services for the operation's duration The NIP requires interfaces to DHS and Tasker Tracker Enterprise (a state based workflow built on SharePoint 2007) as well as providing Facebook-like capabilities (such as being able to tag and rate information, highlight skills and knowledge, implement blogs, provide personal space, comments, chat, and presence awareness). The NIP will also provide wiki spaces that can be used to capture knowledge without users needing specific web development skills. Collectively, the NIP will provide an enterprise portal that binds the previously mentioned services and capabilities linking DHS and other authoritative data sources. The prospective contractor will implement two or three SharePoint Data Centers through appropriate virtualization and cloud techniques, with physical footprints in locations to be determined in cooperation with the implementation authority. The prospective contractor will document the entire implementation and train the local system administrators, the functional (content) administrator, and the users. NATO will make available the required hardware and software to the prospective contractor as purchaser furnished equipment (PFE). It is expected that the NIP will be implemented within 15 months from the effective date of contract (EDC), followed by one year of initial support, plus contractual options for the provision of extended operational support, the duration of which will be finalized in the IFB. BIDDING PROCEDURE Only facilities located in NATO member nations may participate in NATO ICB, which requires that the NATO member governments nominate to the bidders list those firms that are located within their borders. Before the U.S. Government can nominate a U.S. firm to the bidders list for this ICB procurement, the firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. 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 After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. NATO member governments use a DOE to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. IMPORTANT DATES: - Request from DOC that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit completed one-time NATO ICB application): 19 March 2013 - IFB planned to be issued in April 2013 - Bid Closing planned for June 2013 - Contract Award is expected to take place in November 2013
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-CO-13580-NIP/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Mons, Belgium
- Record
- SN02979170-W 20130206/130204234343-b7acee6a762b79eb05059d15e8d29c24 (fbodaily.com)
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