Name | Type | Posted | Actions |
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Description of Requirement (complete).pdf | May 20, 2026 |
NATO Business Opportunity: Provision of System Software Engineering Services and System Transition for Additional Modules for Advanced Rapid, Targeting and Effects Mission Information System (ARTEMIS)
Contact and place of performance
Lee Ann Carpenter
BEL
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue an Invitation for Bid (IFB) for the provision of system software engineering services and system transition for additional modules for the Advanced Rapid, Targeting and Effects Mission Information System (ARTEMIS). To bid on this project, potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laborator...
View moreNCP 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): 24 June 2026
NCIA distributes the IFB (planned): 30 June 2026
Bid closing (anticipated): 15 September 2026
Contract Award (estimated): 30 December 2026
The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security issued this special notice regarding a NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) requirement for system software engineering services and system transition. The project involves additional modules for the Advanced Rapid, Targeting and Effects Mission Information System (ARTEMIS) under solicitation number IFB-424334-ARTEMIS-AAM. Performance is located in Belgium and falls under NAICS 541519, Other Computer Related Services.
U.S. prime contractors must meet specific eligibility criteria to participate in this NATO Competitive Procurement, including maintaining an active facility in the United States and holding a Facility Security Clearance at the Secret level or higher. Potential bidders are required to obtain a Declaration of Eligibility from the Department of Commerce and register with the NCIA Neo eProcurement tool. Contract personnel must also hold security clearances at the Secret level to access the project.
The deadline to request a Declaration of Eligibility is June 24, 2026, which coincides with the final response date for this notice. Following this deadline, NCIA plans to distribute the Invitation for Bid on June 30, 2026. The anticipated bid closing date is September 15, 2026, with an estimated contract award date of December 30, 2026. Technical details are provided in a single attachment titled Description of Requirement (complete).pdf, posted on May 20, 2026. Lee Ann Carpenter serves as the point of contact for this opportunity.
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