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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY – EXPORTING OPPORTUNITY
2. Awarding Authority: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills acting on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Supply contract
4. Description: Opportunity type NATO
Industry Defence
A request for information (RFI) for capabilities in communication and information systems security (including cyber defence).
Description
This RFI has been issued by NATO’s Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (HQ SACT).
It wants technologies, products, and services for its Communication and Information Systems (CIS) security (including cyber defence) capabilities.
This is wanted to support NATO governance decision-making on common funded capability development.
NATO’s cyberspace programme endeavours to outfit capability within the NATO Enterprise. This RFI is for CIS security maintenance for the NATO enterprise.
It includes addressing life cycle issues such as obsolescence and ensuring the Enterprise (including Allied Operations and Missions [AOM]) has critical CIS Security capabilities needed to keep pace with the current threat landscape and maintain existing NATO enterprise security posture.
The information collected in response to the RFI will be used to develop a report to inform the Cyberspace Capability Programme.
It will be used to provide an assessment that supports a decision as to what cyberspace capabilities NATO should buy.
NATO’s cyberspace team will be at TIDE Sprint Cyberspace Track, an event that will take place online from 12 to 15 April 2021.
This event will allow:
the cyberspace team, to provide additional information regarding the RFI and answer any questions you have
you respond to answer questions from the cyberspace team
The closing date for responses is 2 April 2021.
If you are interested in this RFI please respond and you will be contacted with more information.
5. CPV Code(s): 35711000, 35000000, 48810000, 30200000
6. NUTS code(s): UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM, UKN
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: North East (England), North West (England), Yorkshire And The Humber, East Midlands (England), West Midlands (England), East Of England, London, South East (England), South West (England), Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland.
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Opportunity closing date 31.3.2021.
11. Address to which they must be sent: To register your interest in the above opportunity please visit:
12. Other information: TKR-202131-EX-1565566