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Updates are highlighted in bold and underlined in the SOW. Bidding instructions are now included in the SOW, so a technical proposal is expected for this RFQ, not only CVs. Initial submitted bids can be resubmitted together with the now required technical proposal. BIDDING INSTRUCTIONS Price Quote: The Bidder shall submit a quote in accordance with the NTE provided in the Project Overview on page 1. Technical Quote: Bidders shall submit a proposal clearly providing the following information: a. The proposed approach to address the required scope of work and the defined deliverables. The proposed approach should address at the minimum: i. Sufficient details to allow assessment of the bidder’s understanding of the requirements; ii. Previous similar experience; and iii. Relevant experience of the proposed personnel. b. CV(s) and attestation(s) of the assigned personnel for the project. Deadline Date: Wednesday 19 August 2026 Requirement: Cyber Operations Management System (COMS) Demonstration Location: Offsite Note: Please refer to your Subcontract Agreement, article 6.4.1.a, which states “Off-Site Discount: 5% (this discount is applicable to all requirements, and applies when the assigned personnel are permitted to work Off-Site, such as at- home)". Please be sure to price this discount in your overall price proposal when submitting bids against off-site RFQs Period of Performance: EDC + 4 months. Estimated start date: 1 September 2026 (tentative) Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background The NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCIA) is dedicated to acquiring, deploying, and defending communication systems for NATO's political decision-makers and Commands. It operates on the frontlines against cyber-attacks, collaborating closely with governments and industry to prevent future debilitating attacks. The NCI Agency plays a crucial role in maintaining NATO's technological edge and ensuring the collective defence and crisis management capabilities of the Alliance. In pursuit of this mission, NCIA requires specialized advisory services to enhance its interim workforce capacity. The Cyber Operations Management System (COMS) demonstration is a high priority task which aims at: Building a mock-up environment on the NATO Software Factory to obtain a functionally equivalent environment to the operational version of Cyber Operations Management System (COMS) today. Capturing the requirements and demonstrating to industry the functionalities of the current capabilities by demonstrating on the mock-up environment. COMS operates on the NCSC NROP and NCSC NSOP CIS and is accessible from NATO-wide stakeholders from their respective low-side and high-side environments. COMS supports Cyber Incident Response and Defensive Cyber Operations and is therefore a critical component of the NATO Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) today and the NATO Integrated Cyber Defence Centre (NICC) tomorrow. 1.2 Scope of Work The purpose of this Statement of Work (SOW) is to acquire contractor support to build a mock-up environment of the current COMS NR and COMS NS. Based on the mock-up of the environment, the contractor shall identify and capture the requirements of what COMS is able to deliver today in a video demo to be presented at a planned industry engagement day. SECTION 2 – PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS 2.1 Deliverable D1: Mock-up of COMS NR/NS Environment on the NATO Software Factory The contractor shall build a mock-up environment that simulates what is doable today on COMS NR and COMS NS, including the relation between Atlassian JIRA, Atlassian Confluence, and all plugins currently installed on the production environment. It will notably replicate all Jira processes supporting the execution of the DEFEND branch missions, as well as all other supporting Jira processes (including but not limited to 'S