NATO Business Opportunity: Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Tactical Battle Management (TBM) Capabilities

The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue a solicitation for the provision of a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Tactical Battle Management (TBM) System including In-Service Support and Enhancements.

Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) hold a Facility Security Clearance (FCL) at the level of SECRET or higher, 3) be pre-approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP), 4) be issued a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) by the Department of Commerce (DOC), and 5) register with NCIA’s eProcurement tool, Neo: https://www.ncia.nato.int/business/procurement/neo-eprocurement

Pre-competitive Industry Engagement will take place in the form of a BMD TBM Workshop at NATO Edge, taking place on 17-19 November in Izmir, Türkiye. Please see the attached Calling Notice for details. More information on NATO Edge attendance and registration is available on event’s official website -https://www.natoedge.nato.int/.

For those who cannot attend NATO Edge, a pre-competitive Request for Information is included in the second attachment. Submit responses via the email address in the attachment no later than 12:00 hours Central European Time (CET) on 03 December 2026.

The reference for the solicitation is CCO-423316-RTBMD and all correspondence concerning the solicitation should include this reference.

DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT

Please see attached.

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.

The U.S. Government continues to accept the legacy NATO International Competitive Bidding (ICB) application for participation in NCP. U.S. firms can download a copy of the legacy ICB 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 at this time, 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): 28 December 2026

NCIA releases the solicitation (planned): 22 February 2027

Bid closing (anticipated): 12 April 2027

Contract Award (estimated): 30 January 2028