NCIA – Integration and Commissioning of the RACCOON Initial Capability
- Notice type
- NATO Competitive Procurement
- Category
- Communication and information systems
- Published
- 12/10/2026
- Deadline
- 11/12/2026
- Estimated value
- 17000000
Summary
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) has issued a Notification of Prospective Opportunity (NPO) (NCP-CO-424385-RACCOON) for the integration and commissioning of the initial capability of the CIS codenamed RACCOON. The estimated value is approximately EUR 17 million (ROM, indicative). RACCOON is a private cloud based on Broadcom VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). It comprises one management domain and two mutually isolated workload domains at the same security classification level. The system provides high-availability data communication, collaboration and VDI services. The scope of the procurement is as follows: - the first two nodes of the RACCOON cluster - one reduced test and validation node (RTV) - a SOC/CSOC endpoint with administrator terminals. The work includes LLD design based on the existing HLD, physical and logical integration, and commissioning, i.e. testing, security accreditation and operational acceptance. In addition, cyber security components such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, data guards, PKI, log collection and vulnerability assessment, as well as crypto devices, will be integrated. Hardware, software and facilities will be provided as Purchaser Furnished Items (PFI). The sites are located in various NATO nations in Europe. Eligibility requirements: - Participation is restricted to suppliers from participating NATO nations. - The Declaration of Eligibility from the national authority must reach NCIA no later than 2 November 2026. - The contract is classified NATO SECRET: FSC and PSC at NATO SECRET level are required, possibly COSMIC TOP SECRET for certain roles. - The technical specification of the solicitation is NATO RESTRICTED. Schedule and other information: - The solicitation is expected to be released on 3 November 2026. - The bid submission deadline is expected to be 11 December 2026. - Contract award is expected on 31 March 2027. - The period of performance and evaluation criteria have not been announced. - The language is English. The actual solicitation documents, the NR-classified technical specification and the SOW/PSI contain additional terms that have not been taken into account in this summary.