SPECIAL NOTICE
99 -- NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Procurement of a 50 Seater Bus
- Notice Date
- 12/14/2020 2:39:29 PM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 423110
— Automobile and Other Motor Vehicle Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- IFIB-ACO-SH-21-01
- Response Due
- 1/19/2021 8:59:00 PM
- Archive Date
- 01/22/2021
- Point of Contact
- Lee Ann Carpenter
- E-Mail Address
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LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
(LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov)
- Description
- Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the procurement of a 50 seater bus, DC category, for the Base Support Group (BSG) Transportation Section at SHAPE. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility within the United States; 2) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB); 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government; and 4) have performed at least three contracts within the last five years substantially similar in scope and magnitude to the requirement described in the solicitation. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-SH-21-01 and all correspondence regarding the IFIB should include that reference.� This is a firm fixed-price contract that will be awarded to the firm submitting the lowest technically compliant bid REQUIREMENT The planned acquisition is one bus with 50 seats, DC Category. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID�� NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE on behalf of potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this contract. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, the U.S. Government must approve the U.S. firm 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 Department of Commerce (DOC) is the U.S. Government agency that approves NATO ICB applications. Please submit to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). If your firm is interested in a specific NATO ICB project at this time, please also 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, DOC will then know to follow up by issuing a DOE for the contract. �DOC 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): 19 January 2021 SHAPE issues IFIB (planned): February 2021 SHAPE will directly e-mail the IFIB to all firms that have been issued a DOE. Bid closing (planned): End of March 2021
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- Place of Performance
- Address: BEL
- Country: BEL
- Record
- SN05873099-F 20201216/201214230138 (samdaily.us)
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