NATO - Provide DCIS mission execution anchor capability

Description

Project objective

This project “Provide DCIS mission execution anchor capability” will deliver two mission anchor 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) and NATO unclassified (NU) domain but separate mission domains, with redundancy at each location and resiliency with service availability being provided from either location, for all domains, in a cloud architecture.

The systems to be delivered, hereafter referred to as the DCIS MAF, will give NATO deployed forces access to NATO’s strategic communication infrastructure and provide secure and non-secure voice, video and data services.

This project will complement and interoperate with the current and future generation of DCIS points of presence (POPs), for example, Firefly and Dragonfly, and will be the anchor point to connect the DCIS with the static environment (NATO Command Structure) for operations, missions and exercises.

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

The successful bidder will be required to handle and store classified information up to the level of NATO restricted.

Opportunity closing date

25 April 2024

Value of contract

to be confirmed

The buyer is happy to talk to

manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, agents, consultants