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NATO Business Opportunity: Blended Workforce Support Arrangement Contractors
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Lee Ann Carpenter
POL
NATO Joint Force Training Center (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for two distinct contractor functions as part of the Blended Workforce Support Arrangement, namely an Opponent Forces Maritime Operations Analyst and a Content Analyst MEL/MIL SME. Potential U.S. prime contractors must 1) maintain a professionally active facility within the United States, 2) hold a Facility Secu...
View moreThe Training and Exercise Division (TED) delivers combined and joint training and exercises, mainly static and distributed, as well as single and multi-echelon, for tactical and operational level headquarters, staff, and forces in the full spectrum of NATO operations. JFTC may assume the responsibility of the Officer Directing Exercise (ODE) for various exercises, i.e. NOBLE JOLT (NOJO), LOYAL LEDA (LOLE), and LOYAL DOLOS (LODO). NOJO is a logistics and sustainment centric Computer Assisted Exercise/Command Post Exercise (CAX/CPX) that will train JLSGNP. LOLE and LODO are land domain tactical level CAX/CPX that will train relevant headquarters from the NFS in the Warfighting Corps role. Additionally, JFTC may support the NATO GEORGIA (NAGE) exercise(s).
This RFP solicits bids to establish Commercial Personnel Service contract(s) for SME support for multi-domain and functional focus areas in support of TED. The following SMEs will be part of the solicitation:
- Opponent Forces Maritime Operations Analyst
- Content Analyst MEL/MIL SME
The resulting contract will be the Commercial Personnel Services Contract in accordance with the JFTC Special Terms and Conditions for Commercial Personnel Services Contracts; as such it will be a Level of Effort contract with a maximum limit or fraction thereof as set forth in the Statement of Work.
The period of performance consists of a base period (2026) and four annual option periods.
BECOMING ELIGIBLE TO BID
NCP requires that the U.S. Government issue a DOE for potential U.S. prime contractors interested in this contract. Before the U.S. Government can do so, however, the U.S. Government must approve the 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 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.
U.S. firms can download a copy of the U.S. NCP application from the following website:
https://www.bis.gov/about-bis/bis-leadership-and-offices/SIES/business-opportunities-nato
The Department of Commerce (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 contract
- the name/phone/e-mail 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 contract. DOC will transmit the DOE to the NATO contracting agency.
IMPORTANT DATES
U.S. firms should request a DOE (and, for U.S. firms new to NCP, submit the one-time NCP application): 26 May 2026
JFTC issues RFP (planned): 28 May 2026
JFTC will directly mail the RFP to all firms that have been issued a DOE.
Bid closing (planned): 11 September 2026
Contract Award (anticipated): 30 September 2026
The Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, has issued a notice regarding a NATO Joint Force Training Center (JFTC) procurement for blended workforce support in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Under solicitation number RFP-ACT-JFTC-16-26, this requirement seeks subject matter expert support for the Training and Exercise Division (TED) to assist with tactical and operational level headquarters training. Specifically, the request for proposal solicits bids for an Opponent Forces Maritime Operations Analyst and a Content Analyst MEL/MIL SME to support exercises such as NOBLE JOLT, LOYAL LEDA, LOYAL DOLOS, and NATO GEORGIA. The resulting Commercial Personnel Services Contract will be a level of effort agreement featuring a base period in 2026 and four annual option periods.
This opportunity is classified under NAICS 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. To be eligible, United States prime contractors must maintain a professionally active facility in the U.S., hold a Facility Security Clearance of Secret or higher, and be approved for participation in NATO Competitive Procurement (NCP). Additionally, the U.S. Government must issue a Declaration of Eligibility (DOE) for the firm. All personnel and subcontractors involved in the contract team are required to maintain clearances at the Secret level or higher.
The deadline for U.S. firms to request a DOE and submit the required one-time NCP application is May 26, 2026. Following this deadline, the JFTC plans to issue the formal RFP on May 28, 2026, directly to all firms that have received a DOE. The anticipated schedule includes a bid closing date of September 11, 2026, with the contract award expected by September 30, 2026. Partial bidding for the individual analyst roles is permitted.
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