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NATO Business Opportunity: Secure Cloud Service (SCS)
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Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) is soliciting proposals for a Secure Cloud Service (SCS) to establish a pre-accreditation validation environment that supports iterative security testing, architecture refinement, and the generation of auditable evidence compliant with NATO Security Policy and NIST SP 800-53 Rev.5. The effort will deliver two distinct cloud architecture prototypes—one Physical Air-Gap Cloud and one Hybrid Secure Cloud leveraging Confidential Computing—deployed across at least four sites in three NATO countries. These prototypes will enable four priority Communities of Interest (COIs) to test application migration and validate operational cloud capabilities while supporting the development of a complete accreditation evidence package, including a System Security Plan, Zero Trust Maturity Report, Vulnerability Assessment Report, and data flow diagrams. The service must implement Zero Trust Architecture per NIST SP 800-207, enforce CIA-compliant controls, and include Cross-Domain Solutions and Cross-Transfer Services with a minimum secure direct connection of 10 Gbps. U.S. prime contractors must be approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP), hold a SECRET or higher Facility Security Clearance, maintain a professionally active U.S. facility, and obtain a Declaration of Eligibility from the U.S. Department of Commerce. All vendors, including partners and subcontractors, must possess a NATO or National SECRET clearance at the time of proposal submission. The contract is fixed-price with a base period from 15 July 2026 to 15 July 2027 and a one-year option to extend through 15 July 2028. Estimated total value is approximately EUR 20 million, with EUR 5 million per lot per year. Proposals must be submitted under a sealed bidding process, and all documentation must be in English. The solicitation reference is RFP-ACT-SACT-26-54, with U.S. firms required to request their Declaration of Eligibility by 13 May 2026, and the RFP scheduled for release on 18 May 2026, with bids due by 22 June 2026 and contract award anticipated on 15 July 2026. Performance will be administered from Norfolk, Virginia, with infrastructure hosted in distributed NATO locations, and formal acceptance tied to the completion of security audit milestones and accreditation deliverables.
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Place of Performance
Norfolk, VA, 23511, USASet-Aside
Timeline
Submission Closed
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Full Description
Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Secure Cloud Service (SCS). SCS will serve as a pre-accreditation validation environment, enabling iterative security testing, architecture refinement, and the generation of auditable evidence aligned with NATO Security Policy and NIST SP 800-53 Rev.5, while delivering a first level of operational cloud capability to priority Communities of Interest (COIs). Two prototypes will be delivered to address two different technologies.
This notification does NOT constitute a commitment to award a contract. This procurement opportunity is still pending validation of funding and approvals.
U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility within the United States, 2) be approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP), 3) hold a Facility Security Clearance at the level of SECRET or higher, and 4) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the U.S. Government.
Please note that vendors (partners and subcontractors) must hold a NATO or National Facility Security Clearance. The proposed team must hold NATO or National SECRET clearance at the time of proposal submission.
The reference for the RFP is RFP-ACT-SACT-26-54 and all correspondence regarding the RFP should include this reference.
SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENT
Please see attached.
BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID
NCP requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE on behalf of potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this contract. 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 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. NCP application from the following website:
https://www.bis.gov/about-bis/bis-leadership-and-offices/SIES/business-opportunities-nato
The Department of Commerce (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 contract
- the name/phone/email of the company point of contact for the bid documents
After approval of your one-time NCP application, DOC will then know to follow up by issuing a DOE for the contract. DOC will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency.
IMPORTANT DATES
U.S. firms should request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NCP, submit the one-time NCP application): 13 May 2026
HQ SACT issues RFP (planned): 18 May 2026
Bid closing (planned): 22 June 2026
Contract award (anticipated): 15 July 2026
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