NATO Notification of Intent to Issue an Invitation for International Competitive Bidding (ICB) on Provision of Water Distribution Systems

The NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) intends to invite bids on the provision of water distribution systems. NAMSA is serving as the NATO contracting agency for this project, which is being funded by authorization of the Infrastructure Committee. A first International Competitive Bidding (ICB) for this project was initiated in November 2007 with a Notification of Intent (NOI) to Invite Bids following the original approval of the project by the Infrastructure Committee. Despite the list of potential sources that were submitted for this project, and despite the fact that all nominated companies were contacted, no compliant bids in response to the Request for Proposal (RFP) were received. Consequently, NAMSA is inviting NATO-member nations to nominate additional companies to the bidders list for the project. The estimated value of this project is not available at this time. The reference for the IFB is IFB-5HQ27008-20. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. BIDDING PROCEDURE Before a firm can be nominated to the bidders list for this procurement, it must first be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB). The U.S. Department of Commerce is authorized to approve for participation in NATO ICB those firms with a facility located within the United States. Please visit the following website for a copy of the NATO ICB application: http://www.bis.doc.gov/defenseindustrialbaseprograms/OSIES/NATOprograms/index.htm A firm that has been approved for participation in NATO ICB 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. A DOE is used to nominate a firm to the bidders list for a particular project. The U.S. Department of Commerce forwards the DOE to the U.S. Embassy, which uses the DOE to nominate the firm to the bidders list. The NATO contracting agency will not accept requests for nomination received directly from firms. Firms that the U.S. Embassy nominates to the Bidders List will be contacted directly by the NATO contracting agency when the IFB has been issued. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Final date to request a Declaration of Eligibility: 11 August 2008 2. Anticipated date that the contracting agency will distribute the RFP: TBD 3. Anticipated closing date for receipt of bids: TBD