SOLICITATION NOTICE
60 -- GSM and Mobile Coputing Services
- Notice Date
- 7/18/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 517212
— Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry & Security, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security, Defense Programs Division, Room 3876 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20230, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 070102
- Response Due
- 8/24/2007
- Archive Date
- 8/24/2007
- Description
- NATO Communication and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA) intends to advertise for International Competitive Bidding (ICB) on works and services within the framework of the NATO Military Budget Committee (MBC). Eligible firms will be invited to bid on the provision of GSM and Mobile Computing Services. NCSA is serving as the Host Nation for this project, which was authorized by the MBC. NCSA intends to use the one envelope bidding procedure. Partial bidding is authorized. The estimated value of this project is not available at this time. The reference for this project is IFIB-NCSA-NCBS-07-01&02 and all correspondence in relation to this procurement shall refer to this reference. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using as its reference IFIB-NCSA-NCBS-07-01&02. SCOPE OF PROJECT The requirement is for the provision of an efficient, streamlined, and cost effective contracting vehicle for all authorized NATO users to obtain GSM and Mobile Computing Services from qualified, experienced, and professional service providers. The delivery locations are Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, United States, United Kingdom, Greece, Portugal, Turkey, Middle East (currently Iraq and Afghanistan) and other locations as necessary. The IFIB package will contain material at the level of NATO UNCLASSIFIED. BIDDING PROCEDURE The U.S. Department of Commerce does not serve as the Host Nation for NATO projects. Its role is to approve for bidding those firms of NATO-member nations with a facility located within the United States. Only firms approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce will be allowed to bid. Please visit the following website for instructions on applying for approval to bid on NATO projects: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm A firm that has been approved for bidding on NATO projects must request that the U.S. Department of Commerce issue a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for each project on which the firm wishes to bid. The DOE is used to nominate the firm to the Bidders List for a particular project. The U.S. Department of Commerce forwards the DOE to the Host Nation. The Host Nation will not accept requests for nomination received directly from firms. The IFIB documents will be posted on the NCSA website: http://www.nato.int/ncsa/business.htm As provided for under MBC rules, nominations to the bidders list will continue to be accepted by the Host Nation after the IFIB is issued and until the bid closing date. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Deadline for requesting that Department of Commerce issue Declaration of Eligibility: 21 August 2007 2. Earliest date that IFIB will be posted on website: 31 August 2007 3. Planned bid closing date: 15 October 2007 Point of Contact Lee Ann Carpenter, Trade and Industry Analyst, Phone 202-482-2583, Fax 202-482-5650, Email Lcarpent@bis.doc.gov - John Isbell, Program Manager-NATO, Phone 202-482-8229, Fax 202-482-5650, Email jisbell@bis.doc.gov
- Place of Performance
- Address: NCSA BUDFIN-Purchasing & Contracting Branch, Attn: Daniel Shingledecker, Bldg 101 Room C-211A, B-7010 SHAPE, BE, tel: 011-32-65-44-4494, fax: 011-32-65-44-7892, email: daniel.shingledecker@ncsa.nato.int
- Country: BELGIUM
- Country: BELGIUM
- Record
- SN01345221-W 20070720/070718220553 (fbodaily.com)
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