NATO Business Opportunity: Enhance and Sustain Modern Tactical Secure Voice Radio (HF) Capability RFQ-CO-424288-TSVR

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the procurement of procurement, installation, and testing of static site equipment such as static antennae, amplifiers, and network equipment for NATO HF static sites. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) hold an active Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET or higher, 3) be pre-approved for participation in NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB), 4) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the Department of Commerce (DOC), and 5) register with NCIA s eProcurement tool, Neo: https://www.ncia.nato.int/business/procurement/neo-eprocurement 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 eligible to perform the resulting contract. The reference for the RFQ is RFQ-CO-424288-TSVR and all correspondence concerning the RFQ should include this reference. Competition Type: BOA+ Lowest Priced Technically Compliant SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS Please see attached. These requirements are being refined and will be included in further details as part of the RFQ. 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, 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): 26 August 2025 NCIA distributes the RFQ (planned): 03 October 2025 Bid Closing: 31 January 2026 Contract Award (estimated): 15 May 2026