NR Business Network Services

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Transition current, disparate NR Business Network legacy capabilities into a modern, centrally managed Enterprise-ready ICT capability

Details

Opportunity closing date: 29 June 2023
Opportunity publication date: 26 May 2023
Opportunity type: NATO
Industry: Defence
Enquiries received: 2
Value of contract: £5m-50m

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Description

1. Project Objective

The NCI Agency plans to transition current, disparate NR Business Network legacy capabilities into a modern, centrally managed Enterprise-ready ICT capability by provisioning the services based on a cloud-based, standardized, industry best practice outsourcing approach.

2. Scope of Work

The NR Business Network Outsourcing covers back-end infrastructure and front-end client services as a complete package with key deliverables being outsourcing of this based on Service Contracts with associated Service Level Agreements and relevant KPIs.

The implementation is expected to commence at the beginning of Q1 2024.

The NR Business Network Outsourcing explicitly contains the following services:

1. Back-end as Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

a. Back-end Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) will contain two Data Center (DC) operations, one of which is currently on-premises DC.b. Contractor will be required to deliver a cloud based environment to be deployed as a private, NATO accredited off-premise DC.c. Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provision will include both DCs with agreed availability target that will be set forth in Service Contract and respective SLAs.

2. Front-end client devices as Device-as-a-Service (DaaS)

a. Client devices must allow the operation of multiple NATO desktops of various information domains and accreditations between public, NU, NR.b. Client devices must have NATO accreditation.c. Client devices must be commercially available.d. Client devices must support mobility.e. Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) provision will include mobility and ability to work from anywhere with embedded secure connectivity. Service Contract and respective SLAs will include agreed availability targets.

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

Opportunity closing date: 29 June 2023
Value of contract: £5m-50m
The buyer is happy to talk to: manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, agents, consultants

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