NATO Business Opportunity: Integration and Commissioning of the RACCOON Initial Capability
Special Notice from Department of Commerce.
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Notice details
- Agency
- Department of Commerce
- Sub-tier agency
- BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
- Notice type
- Special Notice
- Solicitation number
- NCP-CO-424385-RACCOON
- Place of performance
- BEL
- Posted
- Oct 15, 2026
- Response deadline
- Oct 28, 2026
- Source
- SAM.gov
Description
The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) intends to issue a solicitation for the integration and commissioning of the initial instance of a CIS capability codenamed RACCOON. RACCOON is intended to provide highly available and resilient data services, including communications and collaboration, as well as virtual desktop infrastructure for end users. To bid on this contract, potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility (office, factory, laboratory, etc.) within the United States, 2) be pre-approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP), 3) hold a Facility Security Clearance (FCL) at the level of SECRET or higher, 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 The reference for the solicitation is NCP-CO-424385-RACCOON and all correspondence concerning the solicitation should include this reference. DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENT Objective: RACCOON will implement a private cloud, consisting of one management domain and two workload domains, isolated from each other, and operating at the same security classification level, using Broadcom VMWare Cloud Foundation (VCF). This private cloud will evolve over time, in terms of number of nodes. These nodes will be operated as a VCF fleet, hereafter referred to as the RACCOON cluster. This initial RACCOON cluster will be
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Department of Commerce obligated $1,267,191 under NAICS 541519 on awards whose period of performance started in the last 12 months.
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When is the response deadline?
The published deadline is Oct 28, 2026. That is 4 days after the data date.
What NAICS code applies?
NAICS 541519, Other Computer Related Services.
Which agency issued this notice?
Department of Commerce.
Where is the official notice?
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