SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Travel Management and Online Booking Tool Services
- Notice Date
- 8/3/2020 9:00:19 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 561510
— Travel Agencies
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFIB-ACT-JFTC-20-76
- Response Due
- 8/26/2020 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 08/31/2020
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter
- E-Mail Address
-
LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- Joint Force Training Center (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of travel management and online booking tool services. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility within the United States; 2) be registered as a Travel Management Company (TMC) by the International Air Transport Association (IATA); 3) be approved for participation in NATO ICB; and 4) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government.� The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACT-JFTC-20-76 and all correspondence regarding the IFIB should include that reference.� Partial Bidding is not authorized. REQUIREMENT The IATA-registered TMC will carry out all travel reservations, quotations, ticketing, online booking tool, and related standard travel services. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID�� NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE for potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this contract. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, 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/index.php/other-areas/strategic-industries-and-economic-security-sies/nato-related-business-opportunities 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 contract - the name/phone/FAX/email of the company 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 DOE for the contract. �The Department of Commerce will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency.� IMPORTANT DATES U.S. firms should request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NATO ICB, submit the one-time NATO ICB application): 26 August 2020 JFTC issues IFIB (planned): 31 August 2020 IFIB Documents will be posted on the JFTC Internet site: http://www.jftc.nato.int/organization/contracting � Bid closing (planned): 12 October 2020 Period of Performance: Base Period: between 01 January and 31 December 2021.� Option Periods: Four (4) option periods of 12 months each.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: POL
- Country: POL
- Country: POL
- Record
- SN05742669-F 20200805/200803230142 (samdaily.us)
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