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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PROTECTED BUSINESS NETWORK – SECURE INTEGRATED ENTERPRISE PLATFORM- 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: Service contract
4. Description: Opportunity type
NATO
Industry
Aerospace, Technology and smart cities, Software & Computer Services, Security, Advanced engineering
NCIA is looking for competitive proposals for the provision of contracted support services to implement the PBN capability programme.
The Protected Business Network (PBN) capability is intended to deliver flexible and adaptable solutions for IT mobility to the NATO enterprise up to NATO restricted (NR) and NATO unclassified (NU) levels in support of business processes.
The PBN vision is an integrated enterprise IT platform for developing a classified digital workplace (up to NR).
Challenges associated with combining NU and NR capabilities and the related access controls and accreditation processes will require partnering with a top industry partner. NATO Communications and Information Agency intends to identify the partner through a competitive selection process.
The selected industry partner will be required to develop a comprehensive and detailed methodology. This includes:
articulating clear objectives
defining structured processes, roles and responsibilities
proposing innovative approaches tailored to address the unique challenges and requirements
The industry partner must demonstrate the technical and operational feasibility of these methodologies during the demonstration phase, ensuring that the proposed solutions are practical, effective, and aligned with project goals.
By accomplishing these deliverables, ‘Project 0: Discover and Accelerate’, will lay the groundwork for a robust and streamlined implementation of subsequent PBN projects, fostering a framework of excellence and continuous improvement.
The projects are:
Project 0: select a single industry partner (Service Industry Integrator) to which the NCIA will entrust the follow-on implementation of the subsequent projects
Project 1: Implement and Scale
Project 2: Community of Interest (COI) Migration) in order to achieve the full PBN capability implementation.
5. CPV Code(s): 79410000, 79400000, 72227000, 72220000
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: Multi Country – NATO
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Value of contract more than £50m
10. Opportunity closing date 26.2.2025.
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit:
12. Other information: TKR-2025117-EX-1834285