On September 4, the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) issued a presolicitation notice. NATO intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for Intelligence Functional Services (INTEL-FS) Spiral 2 and BMD functions for INTEL-FS. The application process must be complete by September 26.
Potential U.S. prime
contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory,
laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation
in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 3) hold a facility security
clearance at the level of SECRET, and 4) be nominated to the bidders list by
the U.S. Government.
In addition,
execution of the proposed contract may require that personnel be required to
hold individual security clearances at the level of SECRET.
The NCI Agency will
award up to two contracts to cover the entire scope of work: one for the
Front-end of the system (IFB-CO-14873-INTELFS2-A) and one for the Back-end of
the system (IFB-CO-14873-INTELFS2-B).
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, however, the U.S. firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms
are approved for U.S. 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.
After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) will then know to follow up by issuing a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. NATO member governments use a DOE to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project.
Full information is available here.
Source: FedBizOpps
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