NATO Business Opportunity: Provide DCIS Mission Execution Anchor Capability

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to provide DCIS Mission Execution Anchor Capability. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the Department of Commerce (DOC), and 4) register with the NCI Agency’s eProcurement tool, Neo: https://www.ncia.nato.int/business/neo-eprocurement.html In addition, contractor personnel will be required to work unescorted in Class II Security areas. Therefore, access can only be permitted to cleared individuals. Only companies maintaining such cleared facilities and the appropriate personnel clearances will be able to perform the resulting contract.

The reference for the IFB is IFB-CO-423230-MAF and all correspondence concerning the IFB should include this reference. The contract will be awarded on a Lowest Priced Technically Compliant (LPTC) basis. A single, firm-fixed price contract is planned for the entire scope of work. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Project Objective The project will deliver two MissionAnchor Functions (MAF).The MAF services will be offered over two locations Brunssum (NLD) and Lago Patria (ITA).Each will host the services for NATO missions using a common NATO Secret (NS) andNATO Unclassified (NU) domain but separate Mission domains, with redundancy at eachlocation and resiliency with service availability being provided from either location, for alldomains, in a cloud architecture. The systems to be delivered, hereafter referred to as the DCIS MAF, will give NATOdeployed forces access to NATO’s strategic communication infrastructure and providesecure and non-secure voice, video, and data services. This project will complement and interoperate with the current and future generation of DCISPOPs (or DPOPs), e.g., Firefly, Dragonfly, and will be the anchor point to connect the DCISwith the static environment (NATO Command Structure) for operations, missions, andexercises. Scope of Work The contract scope is for the provision by the contractor of the following activities: - Project Management - System Design (including a First Article System Test) - Procurement of Units and Integration - Integrated Logistics Support - Configuration Management - Quality Assurance - Testing and Acceptance - Security Accreditation Period of Performance The Period of Performance is anticipated to start in Q2 2025 and end in Q4 2027. This timeline represents the anticipated duration of the Project, and adjustments may be made as per the requirements of the solicitation process and subsequent contractual agreement. Warranty Following Final System Acceptance, the contract will require a 12-month Warranty coveringall equipment, software, documents, system design, production installation, and implementation work provided under the Contract. BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID NATO ICB requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE for potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this project. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, the U.S. Government must approve the U.S. firm for participation in NATO ICB. U.S. firms are approved for 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 or capability statement 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: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/other-areas/strategic-industries-and-economic-security-sies/nato-related-business-opportunities DOC is the U.S. Government agency that approves NATO ICB applications. Please submit to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). If your firm is interested in a specific NATO ICB project at this time, please also include the following in the TEXT of your EMAIL: - the title and/or solicitation number of the project - the name/phone/email of the company employee who should receive the bid documents After approval of your one-time NATO ICB application, DOC will then know to follow up by issuing a DOE for the project. DOC will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency. IMPORTANT DATES: Request a DOE (and, for firms new to NATO ICB, submit the completed one-time NATO ICB application): 22 April 2024 NCI Agency distributes the IFB (planned): 14 June 2024 Bid closing (anticipated): 06 September 2024 Contract Award (estimated): 30 April 2025