Invitations For Bids (IFB) or BOA+ Competitions
Hardware Support and Software License Renewal
The NCI Agency is seeking to renew eight Hardware Support and Software License Agreements (see Annex A) that were previously maintained by a service integrator.
Reference:
RFQ-CO-115370-HSSR
NOI release:
13 January 2021
NOI closing:
23 January 2021
Expected contract award:
End of February 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
Mid January 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
15 days after RFQ release
Entry Last Modified:
13 Jan 2021
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Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) Project, Portfolio, Programme and Service Management (P3SM)
The scope of this upcoming opportunity is for the provision of Enterprise Business Applications (EBA) Project, Portfolio, Programme and Service Management (P3SM).
The aim is to select and implement a robust P3SM capability as an integrated component of the NCI Agency EBA suite. It consists of a Work Package covering the implementation and options for Operations and Maintenance support.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115226-P3SM
NOI release:
3 November 2020
NOI closing:
24 November 2020
Expected contract award:
Q2 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
21 Days after IFB Release
Entry Last Modified:
3 Nov 2020
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Reorganisation of Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer (SSSB) Capability Including Associated Communications Systems
The project Reorganisation of Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer (SSSB) Capability Including Associated Communications Systems, serial 2015/0CM03072-02,03&05, will replace and modernize existing SSSB obsolete radio and control equipment in The United Kingdom (three sites), Greece (six sites) and The Netherlands (four sites).
The scope of the project is broken down into Work Package 1 (Civil Works and Site Preparation) and Work Package 2 (Radio Communications Subsystem and Data Link Communication Upgrade).
Reference:
IFB-CO-15577-SSSB
NOI release:
21 October 2020
NOI closing:
26 February 2021
Expected contract award:
Q1 2022
IFB/RFQ release:
End of Q1 2021
Entry Last Modified:
22 Oct 2020
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Support for the NATO NCI Agency Services Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Hardware
The NATO Communications & Information Agency (NCI Agency) is responsible for the in-service support of major NATO Communications and Information Systems. NATO has datacentres within multiple locations, operated and monitored by the Core Enterprise Service Line, located at SHAPE (Mons, Belgium).
The Agency has a requirement to procure the support of hardware of HP branded equipment and the Network Change and Configuration Management Solution HP Network Automation.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115240-HPE
NOI release:
19 October 2020
NOI closing:
20 November 2020
Expected contract award:
Q1 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
December 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
42 Days after IFB Release
Entry Last Modified:
19 Oct 2020
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Operational Assurance, Hand-Over, Training and Mentoring Capability within Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Increment 1 Functions in Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation (ETEE) Functional Services (FS)
The NCI Agency expects to issue the Invitation for Bid (IFB)for a project which will implement the setup and management of a continuous operational assurance and integration test program including schedule, test plan, test data and result. This will be synchronised with the timelines of ETEE BMD FS Work Package (WP) 1 (BMD Enhanced JEMM System), WP2 (AMD Simulation System), and WP3 (BMD Exercise IM Portal) for sprints and releases. The resulting contract will also support the handover to and the training and mentoring of the operational users of the ETEE BMD FS.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115115-ETEE
NOI release:
21 September 2020
NOI closing:
22 October 2020
Expected contract award:
December 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
19 January 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
14 April 2021
Entry Last Modified:
22 Sep 2020
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Enhancement of the Air Integrated Training Capability (ITC) to deliver the Air and Missile Defence (AMD) Simulation System within Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Increment 1 functions in Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation (ETEE) Functional Servi
The NCI Agency expects to issue the Invitation for Bid (IFB) for a project which will implement an enhancement of the existing Air Integrated Training Capability (ITC) to deliver a new Air and Missile Defence (AMD) simulation version 1.0.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115113-ETEE
NOI release:
21 September 2020
NOI closing:
22 October 2020
Expected contract award:
December 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
mid January 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
84 days after IFB Relase Date
Entry Last Modified:
22 Sep 2020
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Enhancement of the Joint Exercise Management Module (JEMM) within Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Increment 1 functions in Education, Training, Exercise and Evaluation (ETEE) Functional Services (FS)
The NCI Agency expects to issue the Invitation for Bid (IFB) for a project which will implement an enhancement in the existing Joint Exercise and Management Module (JEMM) system and implement JEMM component enhancements identified by the Purchaser to deliver a new JEMM system that will enable the BMD Community of Interest (COI) to meet their ETEE requirements.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115112-ETEE
NOI release:
21 September 2020
NOI closing:
22 October 2020
Expected contract award:
December 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
19 January 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
14 April 2021
Entry Last Modified:
22 Sep 2020
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Provision of Transport Core Services (TCS) Urgent Requirement (UR) 2020/0CM03331
Under the NCI Agency letter N° NCIA/ACQ/2018/1728 dated 6 November 2018, a Notification of Intent (NOI) was issued announcing the requirement for Enhanced Leased Transmission Services (CTD project). The present Notification withdraws the previous announcement and amendments issued. This decision is required in order to allow firms previously not interested in participating in the opportunity due to the revisions made to the Agency's requirement. The basis of award is revised in response to the Urgent Requirement (UR) 2020/0CM03331, which
demands an uplift of the transmission services for the core sites only.
This is a new notification of an International Competitive Bidding for the provision of Transport Core Services (TCS) to replace the transmission bearer services that support the so-called High Speed Core (HSC) of the NATO Enterprise, currently delivered under Leased Transmission (LTX) contract. The HSC interconnects the three core sites of the NATO
Communications Infrastructure (NCI): Mons, Lago Patria and Evere.
The NCI Agency also intends to compete in the future the Transport Edge Services, which are also part of the LTX contract. Such competition is planned under the framework of the Capability Program Plan (CPP) for NATO Enterprise-wide Core Communications and Multimedia Access Services, currently in preparation within Allied Command Transformation
(ACT).
Reference:
IFB-CO-14797-TCS
NOI release:
9 September 2020
NOI closing:
30 September 2020
Expected contract award:
NLT June 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
30 September 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
Extended to 15 January 2021
Entry Last Modified:
10 Sep 2020
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Intelligence Functional Services (INTEL-FS) - Spiral 2 and BMD functions in INTEL-FS
The NCI Agency is planning to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) for Spiral 2 of the NATO INTEL-FS capability.
The NCI Agency will award two contracts, each with a separate and distinct scope:
o One for the "Front-end", or User Interfaces, for the Intel-FS capability;
o One to deliver the "Back-end" data management and integration with other systems.
Bidders are free to bid on either one, or on both. The evaluations will be conducted separately, so a bidder who submits a bid for both contracts may be selected for only one of them.
Reference:
IFB-CO-14873-INTELFS2
NOI release:
27 August 2019
NOI closing:
4 September 2020
Expected contract award:
Q4 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
22 December 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
16 March 2021
Entry Last Modified:
4 Aug 2020
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Provide ACCS Software Based Element (ASBE) Voice Communication Equipment (VCE)
The scope of this Contract is for the provision and the implementation of the ASBE Voice Communications Equipment (VCE) at sites Rinas (Albania), Pleso (Croatia), Zvolen (Slovakia), and Brnik (Slovenia) and integration and remote control of national radio sites in these locations.
The VCE at each site will provide the operators with access to G-A-G circuits including HF, VHF and UHF channels and also voice co-ordination circuits for tactical data links. G-G circuits provide communication with a wide variety of entities over many different carrier networks. Destinations include radar and other sensor sites, military and civilian Air Traffic Control (ATC) centres, weapons co-ordination, air defence centres, deployable systems, Command, Control, Communication and Information (C3I) Centres and other ACCS entities. Intercom facilities give ASBE operators communication with each other.
Reference:
IFB-CO-14123-ACCS
NOI release:
14 April 2020
NOI closing:
Extended to 30 November 2020
Expected contract award:
Postponed to Q3 2022
IFB/RFQ release:
Postponed to Q3 2021
IFB/RFQ closing:
Postponed to Q4 2021
Entry Last Modified:
17 Apr 2020
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Implement Increment 2 of the NATO Common Operational Picture (NCOP)
The NCI Agency is planning to issue an Invitation for Bids (IFB) to deploy NCOP Increment 2. This project will include the installation, activation, training and support. It is planned to issue the IFB in accordance with standard International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedure, i.e. lowest priced technically compliant Bid.
Reference:
IFB-CO-115049-NCOP
NOI release:
27 February 2020
NOI closing:
2 April 2020
Expected contract award:
Q3 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
6 November 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
Postponed to 18 February 2021
Entry Last Modified:
27 Feb 2020
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Provision of Information Exchange Gateway (IEG-C) between NATO Secret and Mission Secret Domains Project
NCI Agency is the Host Nation to procure and implement an information exchange gateway between NATO SECRET and MISSION SECRET domains. The IEG-C project will industrialize an existing prototype capability, thereby reducing risks to security, providing resilience, improving control, management and maintenance aspects, while adhering to newly approved NATO Standards.
Reference:
IFB-CO-14314-IEG-C
NOI release:
27 February 2020
NOI closing:
14 April 2020
Expected contract award:
Q4 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
23 December 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
29 March 2021
Entry Last Modified:
27 Feb 2020
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Ballistic Missile Defense Integration Test Bed (ITB) Build 6 Open Framework Services (OFS)
The NCI Agency hereby notifies the Nations of its Intent to Call for Competitive Bidding for the provision of functional and performance enhancements over the current open framework services of Ballistic Missile Defense Integrated Test Bed (BMD ITB). The BMD ITB was designed and built to support the original Active Layered Theatre Missile Defense (ALTBMD) Programme.
The BMD ITB supports test and exercise events at both the system and architecture level. In its primary role conducting technical verification and integration, the BMD ITB ensures that technical requirements are met and that operational interoperability with other NATO and National systems
is assured.
Reference:
IFB-CO-14974-BMD
NOI release:
19 December 2019
NOI closing:
3 February 2020
Expected contract award:
Q2 2021
IFB/RFQ release:
11 November 2020
IFB/RFQ closing:
3 February 2021
Entry Last Modified:
19 Dec 2019
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Basic Ordering Agreements (BOA) Competitions
Refresh and Sustain DCIS Equipment Pool
The NCI Agency is seeking to procure Deployable Communications and
Information Systems (DCIS) Equipment Pool (DCEP) end-user equipment,
composed of workstations, laptops, monitors, keyboards/mice, KVMs and
deployable Video Teleconference (VTC) for use in the NATO Deployable CIS environment with delivery at CIS Sustainment Support Centre (CSSC) at Brunssum, Netherlands.
Reference:
RFQ-CO-115259-DCEP
RFQ release:
18 December 2020
RFQ closing:
18 January 2021
Expected contract award:
Q1 2021
Entry Last Modified:
18 Dec 2020
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Provide Rack Mounted Network Equipment
The NCI Agency is seeking the acquisition for twenty two (22) racks with
mounted network equipment with delivery at CIS Service Support Centrum
(CSSC) at Brunssum, Netherlands.
Reference:
RFQ-CO-115172-RACKS
RFQ release:
27 November 2020
RFQ closing:
22 December 2020
Expected contract award:
end of Q1 2021
Entry Last Modified:
24 Nov 2020
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Cyber Security System Refresh
The NCI Agency is seeking the acquisition and deployment of cyber defense systems as replacement for those that are at, or near, End-of-Life (EoL) within three environments at the NATO Computer Incident Response Centre (NCIRC) located in SHAPE, Mons, Belgium.
Reference:
RFQ-CO-115300-CSSR
RFQ closing:
30 days after RFQ Release
Expected contract award:
Q4 2021
Entry Last Modified:
16 Nov 2020
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Market Surveys (MS) or Request for Information
IP Over Radio
NCI Agency is seeking information to analyse the potential of multi-radio based access node to provide backup links and tactical forces integration.
Reference:
MS-CO-115336-DCIS
MS/RFI release:
22 December 2020
MS/RFI closing:
15 February 2021
Entry Last Modified:
22 Dec 2020
Target Suppliers:
Industry
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Network Behavioral Anomaly Detection (NBAD)
The NCI Agency requests information regarding potential products and solutions to enable the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Security Operations Centre (SOC) achieve visibility of anomalous and/or malicious behavior through the analysis of network traffic captured/intercepted across the NATO estate.
Reference:
MS-CO-115300-CSSR
MS/RFI release:
8 December 2020
MS/RFI closing:
18 January 2021
Entry Last Modified:
8 Dec 2020
Target Suppliers:
Industry
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