NATO - Enhancement of PKI infrastructure capability

Description

RFQ-CO-115518-NPKI-M-Key Infrastructure Capability 

1. Project objective

The NCI Agency has a requirement to deliver a capability that will enhance NATO’s current public key infrastructure (PKI) system in order to deliver a more resilient capability to support further growth in demand on PKI services across the Enterprise.

The purpose of this Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA+) relates to the design and installation of the underlying infrastructure, to be built in 2 of the organisation’s data centres that will provide a platform to host the new PKI Services, which will enhance the security of NATO systems. Additionally, whilst no hardware procurement is in scope of this BOA+, the Agency requires the procurement of Redhat Software licences.

2. Scope of work

Interested and eligible companies will be anticipated to provide a quotation for the following requirements:

a. The NATO Communications and Information Agency has a requirement to deliver a high availability resilient system to support future NATO Enterprise systems and networks.

b. The successful supplier of this BOA+ competition will be expected to work on site in multiple locations in Belgium, on prchaser premises, working closely with the Purchaser Project Team and build a capability that integrates into the hosting organisation’s data centres.

c. Whilst no hardware procurement component forms part of this BOA+, the supplier is expected to design and build the underlying infrastructure onto which a third party application will be deployed. The hardware to be used in the installation will be provided by the agency.

d. The system itself will require multiple disciplines of expertise in order to ensure successful delivery.

e. The supplier will be expected to work with the purchaser and multiple other vendors to successfully install and configure the system into 2 data centres, complying with all local environmental conditions within those locations.

f. The system itself will be formed of multiple environments, reference and production, with defined standards of security and availability.

g. The supplier will be required to carry out the physical installations, switches, firewalls, VPNs, load balancers, configuration of virtual systems, and installation of replicated database systems as part of the contracted work.

3. Geographical implementation

a. The supplier will be expected to deploy teams to the purchaser locations at multiple data centres in Belgium – specifically Brussels and Mons.

4. Period of performance

a. The period of performance is anticipated to start in Q1 2024 and end in Q2 2025. It is important to note that 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.

5. Warranty and O&M support

a. Following acceptance of the final operational delivery, the contract will require warranty for the deployed capabilities at both data centre locations.

b. The contract is expected to include one (1) years’ O&M support following acceptance of the final operational delivery.

Opportunity closing date

13 December 2023

Value of contract

£1m-5m

The buyer is happy to talk to

manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, agents, consultants