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NATO Business Opportunity: NATO Enterprise PBN Wireless LAN
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The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is seeking a U.S.-based prime contractor to provide a fully managed Protected Business Network (PBN) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) service across 32 locations in 20 NATO Member countries. The service must replace aging infrastructure with a secure, standardized, and scalable wireless solution designed to meet NATO’s operational needs, including integration with Enterprise network SDN fabrics and cloud access policies. The solution must comply with advanced security standards such as WPA3, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Single Sign-On (SSO), and leverage NATO Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and strong cipher suites. The contractor will be responsible for the complete lifecycle of the service—assessment, design, implementation, integration into NATO’s service catalog, and ongoing support and operations under defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs)—while relieving NATO of day-to-day operational management through an integrated administration platform. U.S. prime contractors must satisfy four mandatory eligibility criteria: maintain a professionally active facility within the United States; be pre-approved for participation in the NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP) program; obtain a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) from the U.S. Department of Commerce; and register with NCIA’s Neo eProcurement system. NCP approval is granted on a facility-by-facility basis and requires submission of a company capability statement and audited financial documentation. The DOE must be initiated no later than 14 July 2026, with the solicitation scheduled for release on 17 July 2026 and bids due by 21 August 2026. Contract award is estimated for 30 October 2026. All proposals must be submitted in English through the Neo portal, and every communication must reference solicitation number 424346-PBN-Comms-WLAN. The opportunity is classified as NATO UNCLASSIFIED (NU), and failure to meet eligibility requirements or submit documentation by the deadline will result in disqualification. An annex to the notice provides a template for the DOE, but no pricing structure, contract value, or detailed inspection procedures are specified.
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The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue a solicitation for the provision of Protected Business Network (PBN) Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) capability in 32 locations where PBN will be used.
To bid on this contract, potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP), 3) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the Department of Commerce (DOC), and 4) register with NCIA’s eProcurement tool, Neo: https://www.ncia.nato.int/business/procurement/neo-eprocurement
The reference for the solicitation is 424346-PBN-Comms-WLAN and all correspondence concerning the solicitation should include this reference.
DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT
Please see attached.
BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID
NCP 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 NCP. U.S. firms are approved for NCP on a facility-by-facility basis.
The U.S. NCP 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.
The U.S. Government continues to accept the legacy NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB) application for participation in NCP. U.S. firms can download a copy of the legacy ICB application from the following website:
https://www.bis.gov/about-bis/bis-leadership-and-offices/SIES/business-opportunities-nato
DOC is the U.S. Government agency that approves NCP applications. Please submit to the email address provided your application and supporting documentation (as attachments). If your firm is interested in a specific NCP project at this time, 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 NCP 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 NCP, submit the one-time NCP application): 14 July 2026
NCIA distributes the solicitation (planned): 17 July 2026
Bid closing (anticipated): 21 August 2026
Contract Award (estimated): 30 October 2026
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