SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of services in support of a new exercise setting and scenario development, production, and delivery
- Notice Date
- 8/17/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 611430
— Professional and Management Development Training
- 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
- IFIB-ACT-JWC-16-51
- Archive Date
- 9/7/2016
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone: 202-482-2583
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Joint Warfare Center (JWC) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for for a new exercise setting and scenario development, production, and delivery (working title VOSOTAN) at Joint Warfare Centre (JWC), Stavanger, Norway. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 2) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government, and 3) have performed contracts within the last three years substantially similar in scope to the requirement described in the solicitation. Contractor personnel performing services under the contract must be citizens of a NATO nation, be able to obtain a valid NATO Secret level security clearance by the contract start date, and have appropriate professional training and experience in a related field. The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACT-JWC-16-51. All correspondence in relation to this procurement should refer to this reference. REQUIREMENT JWC is seeking contract support to fulfill its requirement for Exercise Setting / Scenario Production. Companies will be required to support Allied Command Transformation's and Allied Command Operations' goal of developing, producing, and delivering a new exercise setting/scenario combination for joint operational-level exercises to support NATO's collective training and exercise program. This setting and scenario is planned to be used for the first time in support of Trident Juncture 2018. Company personnel will contribute to the planning, development, and delivery of a new exercise setting/scenario combination that addresses relevant geo-strategic situations in accordance with JWC directives and direction. BIDDING PROCEDURE NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government nominate U.S. prime contractors to the bidders list. Before the U.S. Government can nominate a U.S. prime contractor to the bidders 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/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm 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 DOC 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 Potential U.S. prime contractors must request from the DOC that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit a completed one-time NATO ICB application): 01 September 2016 IFIB issue date (planned): 12 September 2016 JWC will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms on its bidders list. JWC will also post the tender documents on the following website: http://www.jwc.nato.int/procurements Bid Closing Date (planned): 25 October 2016 Period of Performance: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017 with the possibility of a 12-month option period (01 January 2018 - 31 December 2018
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/BIS/comp99/IFIB-ACT-JWC-16-51/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Stavanger, Norway
- Record
- SN04228552-W 20160819/160817235414-1944c05310dc22c7304d592c05d99357 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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