SOLICITATION NOTICE
38 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of 40-Ton Cranes
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2013
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 333120
— Construction Machinery Manufacturing
- 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-5HQ27010-1H
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2013
- 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 Support Agency (NSPA) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of four 40-ton mobile cranes. Some additional optional units may also be procured. These cranes, featuring rough terrain as well as road mobility, are intended to provide camp construction and material handling capability for users in a rapidly deployable headquarters of NATO military forces that may be deployed over a wide range of geographic environments and climatic conditions. Accordingly, NATO expects the equipment to be robust and of high quality, capable of setting up and dismantling at job sites rapidly and often, under difficult climate and terrain conditions. The cranes shall deploy to one of four camps or shall operate at the NATO Southern Operating Center in Taranto, Italy. This equipment shall be: - Stored in outdoor storage facilities until needed; - Configured and loaded quickly for a specific mission; - Transported by sea, road, or rail alongside 6.058 meter ISO containers, including periods at dockside or railhead when they may be left without direct security; - Put into operation rapidly by skilled solders, but ones who may be unfamiliar with the task - Used in conjunction with other facilities and equipment to develop and support a pre-planned camp; - Deployed on exercises for short periods each year and/or deployed on military operations as required. The cranes will be rotated so that one remains in SOC for depot and yard work; - Operated intensively, day and night, with minimum maintenance under harsh field conditions during operations lasting up to two years; - Dismantled, repacked, stored, and re-used a minimum of five operational cycles with only minimum refurbishment; - Maintained by soldiers with basic skills during deployed exercises and operational periods and by skilled tradespersons when not deployed, in accordance with the contractor's recommended logistics support program; - Expected to perform reliable service without loss of function at any time during deployed exercises and operational periods; - Designed, constructed, and supported in consideration of a vendor-defined maintenance program that would provide 20 years of service life; - Used to provide reliable and safe construction and material handling services In order to bid on this project, a U.S. prime contractor must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) in the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), and 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government. No partial offers will be entertained. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using IFB-5HQ27010-1H as its reference for the IFB. BIDDING PROCEDURE Before a potential U.S. prime contractor can be nominated to the bidders list for this procurement, it must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. The U.S. Department of Commerce approves facilities that are located within the United States. U.S. firms can download a copy of the U.S. NATO ICB application from 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 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. IMPORTANT DATES U.S. firms must request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NATO ICB, submit the one-time NATO ICB application): 06 September 2013 NSPA has stated that "even if you have expressed an interest in this potential opportunity, NSPA has no obligation to contact your firm should this FBO result in an RFP. We therefore strongly encourage you to regularly consult the RFP website and to make sure you are registered in the NSPA source file." To register with the Source File, please see the NSPA procurement website: https://eportal.nspa.nato.int/EPROCUREMENT/default.aspx Planned tender release: not before 11 September 2013 Scheduled bid closing: The bidders will be allowed not less than 84 days to reply to the relevant IFB.
- Web Link
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FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFB-5HQ27010-1H/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: various, Italy
- Record
- SN03147753-W 20130815/130814000247-711042380095a5c65b91bb6de2b558b8 (fbodaily.com)
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