NATO Business Opportunity: M&S Paradigm Framework for Adaptive AI Simulation on Quantum (FAASQ)
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- RFP-ACT-SACT-26-81
- Agency
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Bureau of Industry and Security
Department of Commerce
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Place of performance
- Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
HQ SACT (Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation) issued a Request for Proposal on August 9, 2026, for a firm fixed-price contract to develop an M&S Paradigm Framework for Adaptive AI Simulation on Quantum (FAASQ), with proposals due September 9, 2026, at 9:00 am Eastern Daylight Time. Bidders must be established in a NATO member nation, legally authorized to operate in Virginia, and employ only NATO citizen key personnel holding valid passports; minimum past performance of two similar contracts within five years is required. The project assesses quantum computing's potential as a disruptive, enabling, or transformational capability within NATO's future modelling and simulation ecosystems across three lines of effort: quantum-enhanced M&S (specialized solver kernels), quantum-reformulated M&S (complete lifecycle reformulation), and quantum-native M&S (direct quantum formulation). Three deliverables are due sequentially: Design Specification for Quantum-Relevant M&S Integration and Reformulation (October 10, 2026), PoC Candidate Formulations and Comparative Assessment (December 10, 2026), and Future M&S Capability Requirements and Quantum Technology Roadmap Report (December 31, 2026). Technical and contractual questions must be submitted by August 28, 2026. Proposals shall be submitted separately via email (technical to hqsact.techproposal@nato.int and price to hqsact.priceproposal@nato.int) using the mandatory pricing template; no hard copy proposals or partial bidding is permitted. Evaluation uses 70/30 technical-to-price weighting across six technical criteria including quantum computing experience, approach to lines of effort, PoC methodology, classical baselines and comparative assessment, project execution and risk management, and value for capability requirements and roadmapping.
Notice text
Headquarters, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT) Modelling & Simulation and Learning Technology (MSLT) branch is responsible for the development, direction, and coordination of Modelling and Simulation (M&S) support for strategic studies, experimentation, wargames, operational planning, exercises, innovation and capability development and for NATO Command Structure M&S capability development.
Future M&S demands will exceed what incremental improvements to current simulation architectures can address. New mathematical formulations, computational paradigms and hybrid workflows are needed to tackle bottlenecks such as combinatorial search, uncertainty propagation and repeated scenario evaluation. Quantum computing has been identified as one of the key enablers of future NATO M&S development.
The objective of this project is to support future M&S capability development by assessing the potential role of quantum technologies as disruptive, enabling, and/or transformational capabilities. The project will identify and test where quantum computing may provide operational, analytical, or computational advantages within future M&S ecosystems, and will derive implications for future NATO M&S capability requirements, technology investment priorities, experimentation activities, and long-term NATO M&S roadmaps.
In lieu of a bidder’s conference, HQ SACT invites bidders to submit technical and contractual questions not later than 28 August 2026.
Bids shall be received at HQ SACT, Purchasing and Contracting Office no later than 09 September 2026 at 9:00 am. No bids shall be accepted after this date and time. No hard copy proposals will be accepted. Please see attached for submission instructions.
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Please see attached.
BIDDING PROCEDURE
A Declaration of Eligibility is NOT required for this opportunity. Do NOT submit your proposal to the Department of Commerce. Please submit your proposal directly to HQ SACT using the contact information provided in the RFP.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
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| RFP-ACT-SACT-26-81_pricing.xlsx | XLSX spreadsheet | |
| RFP-ACT-SACT-26-81.pdf |
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