NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB): Provision of Service Oriented Architecture & Identity Management Platform (SOA & ldM)
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the Project: Service Oriented Architecture & Identity Management Platform (SOA & ldM).
Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 3) hold an active Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET or higher, and 4) be nominated to the bidders list by the U.S. Government.
The successful bidder will be required to handle and store classified information up to the level of NATO SECRET during the execution of the contract. In addition, contractor personnel will be required to work unescorted in Class II and Class I Security Areas. Only companies maintaining such cleared facilities and the appropriate personnel security clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract. The company is responsible for ensuring that the Defense Security Services issues the NATO security certificates required for this contract.
The reference for the IFB-CO-14176-SOA-IDM and all correspondence concerning the IFB should reference this number.
The project will provide: 1) a middleware platform in the form of a common set of web services that are responsible for security, integration, registry & repository, service management, information discovery and hosting; 2) Refined Identity Management (ldM) business processes with a set of ldM services to FSs and other Core Services; 3) additional security services and control mechanism; 4) integration with NPKI (NATO Public Key Infrastructure) to support strong authentication; 5) interfaces with other current and future ldM-related systems; and 6) the Alliance Replication Hub (ARH) as the directory interface between NATO and the Nations.
The intention is to place an initial contract for Wave 1, with 3 additional Options which will be Costed and Evaluated Options, for Wave 1 O&M (Operation and Maintenance), Wave 2 and Wave 2 O&M. The evaluation of the bids will be undertaken equally on the basis of Wave 1 Cost plus three Optional phases.
Agreed Top level criteria for evaluation are (40%) Price and (60%) Technical. The second level Technical sub-criteria for evaluation are Engineering (50%), Management (20%), Supportability (20%) and Risk (10%).
No partial bidding will be allowed. Bidders must provide a proposal for both Wave 1 (one) and all three of the Costed and Evaluated Options.
Please note that it is anticipated that the IFB at the time of its issuance will contain an Organizational Conflict of Interest (OCI) provision to exclude any bidder who is deemed to be in a position to unfairly influence the IFB as a result of being selected for the work performed or to be performed under other contracts with NATO.
SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS
Please see attached.
BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID
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.
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
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.
IMPORTANT DATES:
- Request from DOC that a DOE be issued (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 30 November 2017
- NCIA issues IFB (target): Q4 2017
- Bid Closing: Q1 2018
- Contract Award (target): Q1 2019
Lee Ann Carpenter, Phone 202-482-2583, Fax 202-482-5650, Email LeeAnn.Carpenter@bis.doc.gov
