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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: TECHNICAL AND HARDWARE SUPPORT – EXPORTING OPPORTUNITY – VERY SHORT DEADLINE
2. Awarding Authority: Secretary of State for Business, Innovation & Skills acting on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: Opportunity type : NATO
Industry: Defence
Request for Quotation (RFQ) for technical/hardware support needed to operate and maintain an existing check point firewall.
The RFQ is to establish a contract for the support of existing check point hardware and software at the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) in Mons, Belgium.
The NCIA is responsible for the follow-on licensing support of:
check point security gateways (physical and software)
management components operated by the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
The contract will cover technical/hardware support required to:
operate and maintain the existing check point firewalls alongside the provision and support of additional check point products
software blades and accessories required for NATO networks security
The Boundary Protection Service infrastructure, of which the check point equipment is a part, may evolve during the contract period of performance.
This includes the support of existing products, but also include removal of products no longer needed.
It is looking to establish a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) single award contract using multiple funding sources.
If successful you will need to supply equipment and services to all authorised NATO Command Locations in Europe and North America including any of NATO’s Affiliates.
This RFQ to is conducted under Basic Ordering Agreement Plus (BOA+) procedures outlined within the “Procedure Governing the Use of Basic Ordering Agreements concluded by the NATO Communications and Information Agency – 2019 version, Ref: AC/4-D(2019)0004 (INV)”. Pursuant to these procedures, quotation submittal is restricted to companies from participating NATO member nations in accordance with paragraph 2.1.6 of Section II of the Bidding Instructions.
The level of security of this RFQ is NATO unclassified.
The contract will be awarded on a firm fixed price basis, to the lowest priced technically compliant bid.
The contract will be awarded is December 2021.
5. CPV Code(s): 71356000
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: NATO
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.
10. Opportunity closing date 20.11.2021 (0:00:00).
11. Address to which they must be sent: To register your interest in the above opportunity please visit:
12. Other information: TKR-20211117-EX-1726052