NATO Business Opportunity: NATO Enterprise PBN Wireless LAN

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This document is a notification for a Procurement Opportunity regarding the NATO Enterprise Protected Business Network (PBN) Wireless LAN (WLAN) capability. The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is seeking to acquire, deploy, and defend communication systems to support NATO's political decision-makers and Commands. The goal is to replace legacy end-user devices and shift workloads to the Commercial Cloud, creating a unified enterprise platform for a classified digital workplace up to NATO Restricted (NR) level. This specific opportunity focuses on providing the PBN capability with a Wireless LAN service across 32 initial locations, with potential for expansion.

• Provide a "Protected and Managed" Wi-Fi solution and service for 32 main locations.

• Deliver a fully managed WLAN service, relieving NATO from operational management.

• Provide platform administration services for the WLAN infrastructure with an integrated management pane.

• Assess, Design, Implement, and integrate the multinational WLAN service within the NATO Enterprise service offerings.

• Fulfill support, maintenance, and operations according to agreed models, SLAs, and contractual agreements.

• Integrate the WLAN service with the Enterprise network SDN fabrics and Internet/Cloud access policies.

• The existing WLAN infrastructure is obsolete and needs replacement.

• The solution must support multiple security domains (NU and NR) and mobile connectivity segmentation.

• The new network must be interoperable, support modern orchestration, telemetry, analytics, and IT financial management.

• The solution must meet standards of reliability, performance, and user satisfaction, and support timely SW, HW, and security updates.

• Address issues with standalone identity repositories by implementing standardized and secure design meeting WPA3, ZTNA, MFA, SSO objectives, leveraging NATO PKI.

• Anticipated Procurement Method: NATO Competitive Procurement.

• The contract is expected to establish a partnership with longevity between the Contractor and NCIA.

• Vendors are invited to review the requirements and submit bids in accordance with instructions in the solicitation documentation.

• Timely registration and compliance with eligibility requirements are essential.

• Vendors are advised to check for updates regularly.

• Participation is restricted to vendors from participating nations, as indicated in the solicitation documents. Vendors from non-participating nations are not eligible to serve as prime contractors or subcontractors.

• This restriction applies to vendor eligibility, not necessarily the origin of goods, works, or services.

• The opportunity is classified as NATO UNCLASSIFIED (NU).

• Solicitation documentation and proposal submission language will be English.

• Industry Day and Pre-Bid Conference are not applicable.

• Interested vendors must obtain a Declaration of Eligibility (DoE) through their National Authorities to be included in the Bidder's List and to participate. Failure to obtain a valid DoE may result in exclusion.