INITIAL REQUIREMENTS CAPABILITY

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Headquarters (HQ SACT) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) for the provision of contracted services. Allied Commander Transformation (ACT) is implementing an improved capability requirements capture process, including the traceability of requirements, to ensure a clear separation between the requirements owner and the solution provider. This process will provide through-life traceability of the requirements using an efficient change management process. ACT will be responsible for tasks such as capability requirements definition, requirements management, systems engineering, architecture development, holistic through lifecycle management, capability acceptance, Capability Package management (e.g. support of Air Command and Control System (ACCS), Air Ground Surveillance (AGS), Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) and various Communications and Information Systems (CIS) capabilities. Potential prime contractors must 1) be pre-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 similar tasking to the requirement described in the solicitation. Contractor personnel performing services under the contract must 1) be citizens of a NATO nation and 2) have appropriate professional training and experience in a related field. The contract will cover services being accomplished at two locations, Norfolk, Virginia and Mons, Belgium. Occasional travel may be required between Belgium and the United States. The reference for this project is IFIB-ACT-SACT-18-50. Partial Bidding is authorized. Type of Contract: Lowest Priced Technically Compliant (LPTC) REQUIREMENT The contracted services will be focused on technical and management areas. A brief description of the requirement is presented below: Capability Requirements Branch: 1 x Senior Requirements Manager (Norfolk, VA) Joint Operational Command & Control - Maritime. 6 x Requirements Managers (Norfolk, VA) Joint Operational Command & Control - CIS Cyber, JISR, Logistics, Infrastructure Engineering Requirements Forward Branch: 7 x Requirements Managers (Mons, Belgium) Joint Operational Command & Control - Land, Maritime, BMD. JISR & AGS, CIS & SATCOM, Cyber, Infrastructure Engineering. 1 x Principal Systems Engineer (Norfolk, VA) Cyberspace 1 x Principal Capability Engineer (Mons, Belgium) Aor C2/IAMD, Integrated Air & Missile Defense 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/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 project - the name/phone/FAX/email of the company employee who should receive the bid documents Upon approval of the one-time NATO ICB application, the Department of Commerce will then know to issue a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE), which is the document used to nominate an approved facility to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. IMPORTANT DATES Firms should request a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit a completed one-time NATO ICB application) by: 22 May 2018 Please note, however, that HQ SACT will continue to accept nominations to the bidders list (DOEs) past the nomination deadline and up to the bid closing date. HQ SACT issues IFIB (target): Contractors will be able to view the IFIB on or after 5 June 2018 at the following website: http://www.act.nato.int/budfin Bid closing (target): 31 July 2018 Period of performance: Base Period: 1 September 2018 - 31 December 2018 Option Period 1: 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019 Option Period 2: 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 Option Period 3A: 1 January 2021 - 30 June 2021 Option Period 3B: 1 July 2021 - 31 December 2021 Option Period 4A: 1 January 2022 - 30 June 2022 Option Period 4B: July 2022 - 31 December 2022