NATO Business Opportunity: Keysight and Juniper Brand Name Equipment

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for the procurement of Keysight and Juniper brand name equipment. 

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 RFQ is RFQ-CO-42626053-PFE and all correspondence concerning the RFQ should include this reference.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Project Objective

Packet Broker, Firewall/VPN, TAP and Ancillary Equipment Procurement Project will deliver network visibility and security capabilities to support the refresh and enhancement of NATO Communications and Information Systems (CIS) security services. Packet brokers and network TAPs will enable network traffic monitoring and analysis, including traffic aggregation, filtering, replication and forwarding. Firewall/VPN equipment will provide secure remote connectivity, traffic inspection, access control, and threat protection. These capabilities will support NATO’s cybersecurity monitoring, analysis, and defensive cyber operations.

Scope of Work

1. Equipment items are envisaged to cover A through G:
A. Keysight Vision One packet brokers:
a) COTS
b) TEMPEST variants
B. Keysight Vision 400 packet brokers:
a) COTS
b) TEMPEST variants
C. Keysight IXTP-CU3 network TAPs 
D. Keysight Flex Tap II network TAPs 
E. Juniper SRX1600 firewall/VPN devices 
a) COTS 
b) TEMPEST variants 
F. Juniper SRX2300 firewall/VPN devices 
a) COTS 
b) TEMPEST variants 
G. Associated auxiliaries, such as SFPs, fiber and ethernet patch cables and power cables. 

2. Models may be subject to updates as requirements may evolve

3. Delivered in a ‘new’ condition (none refurbished), free of any defect in material, code, or workmanship

4. Warranty terms apply 

5. Delivery location: Brunssum, The Netherlands 

6. Incremental deliveries in scheduled batches may be envisaged between the contract award through March 2027

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.

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 

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, 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): 23 October 2026

NCIA distributes the RFQ (planned): 09 November 2026

Bid Closing (anticipated): 23 November 2026

Contract Award (estimated): 15 January 2027