NATO Notification of Intent to Issue an Invitation for International Competitive Bidding (ICB) on the Provision of Military Analyst Services

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) 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 military expert support to NATO military commands. The contractor should be able to provide manpower, management and expert knowledge to support the planning, preparation, execution and assessment of NATO training and exercises. SHAPE is serving as the contracting agency for this project, which was authorized by the MBC. SHAPE intends to award the contract to the lowest technically compliant bid. Partial bidding is not authorized. The estimated total cumulative value of this project is Euro 2.5 million. The reference for this project is IFIB-ACO-SH-08-58. The U.S. Department of Commerce will be using the same reference. Contractor personnel shall hold a current NATO SECRET security clearance, which shall be valid for the duration of the contract. The contractor is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) forwards to the NATO contracting agency the NATO clearance certifications needed for performance of the contract. This will be an Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract with a minimum of 800 man-hours per year. The period of performance is one base year (2009) plus four one-year options. SHAPE has already identified a certain number of potential U.S. bidders for this contract. Additional bidders must be nominated to the bidders list using a Declaration of Eligibility issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce. The tender documents will be posted on the following website: http://www.nato.int/shape/community/budfin/ifib/index.htm BIDDING PROCEDURE The U.S. Department of Commerce does not serve as the contracting agency 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 NATO contracting agency. The NATO contracting agency will not accept requests for nomination received directly from firms. As provided for under MBC rules, nominations to the bidders list will continue to be accepted by the contracting agency after the IFIB is issued and until the bid closing date. IMPORTANT DEADLINES 1. Deadline for requesting Declaration of Eligibility: 02 September 2008 2. Estimated RFP release date: 09 September 2008 3. Estimated bid closing date: 29 October 2008