NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of Multimodal Transportation Services

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) intends to issue an Invitation for International Bidding (IFIB) to satisfy future multimodal transportation requirements within the NATO Command Structure through establishment of framework contractual arrangements aimed at expediting ordering procedures when the actual funded requirements occur. In order to bid on this project, a U.S. prime contractor must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) in the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 3) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government, and 4) have successfully performed at least three contracts within the last five years substantially similar in scope and magnitude to the requirement described in the SHAPE solicitation. These will be Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with no minimum guaranteed to be awarded to a maximum of three firms. Ranking of firms to determine the three awardees will be based on (a) compliance with technical/financial criteria established in the SHAPE solicitation and (b) the overall score given to each compliant firm based on the management/service fee offered in the firm's response to the SHAPE solicitation. The period of performance is one base year (2015) plus four one-year options. The reference for the IFIB is IFIB-ACO-SH-14-03. BIDDING PROCEDURE NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government nominate potential 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 firm must be approved for participation in NATO ICB. Firms are approved for NATO ICB on a facility-by-facility basis. The 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 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 Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for that project. A DOE is used to nominate an approved firm to the bidders list for a particular NATO ICB project. 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): 06 May 2014 Vendor's Day (planned): 03 June 2014 IFIB release (planned): end of July 2014 Please note: Budget Committee rules allow for nominations to the bidders list past the IFIB release date and up until bid closing. The IFIB will be posted here: http://www.aco.nato.int/page136374522.aspx Bid closing (planned): end of October 2014