As NATO prepares to re-compete a major communications contract for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, the NC3A is organizing a pre-solicitation conference in order to take Industry views into account on the way forward.
The Pre-Solicitation Industry Conference will be held on Monday, 24 October 2011 at the NC3A premises in Evere, (Brussels) Belgium beginning at 09:00AM and finalising at 17:00.
During this conference, the NC3A will describe its plans for the conduct of the competition, the scope and principal characteristics of the work to be done under a prospective contract, project schedule, key terms and conditions of a prospective contract, and a description of the operating environment and conditions.
Major international competition coming up
Communication and Information Services (CIS) to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operating in Afghanistan have been provided through a combination of organic NATO resources and service provision by a contracted industrial source. These services are mission critical and form the core of the Afghanistan Mission Network. The contract for the industrial service provision is due to expire on the 31st December 2012, however, it is planned to extend this contract through end 2013 to allow transition to a new capability.
It is envisaged that the continuation of these services via commercial contract will be entirely service provision based, and will run for a period of3 to 5 years. The Agency envisages that the provider of this service provision contract will be sought through a best value open competition in accordance with NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB) Procedures.
For more information please see Administrative information, CISAF-13 Project Overview, Project Interdependencies and Procurement strategy.
Major ISAF communications contract pre-solicitation conference