Requirement: Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Curriculum Development Package
Location of Performance: Oeiras, Portugal, or NCIA, The Hague, Netherlands.
C ost Not to Exceed: 2026 BASE: NTE 93,825 EUR (travel expenses included).
Period of Performance: 2026 BASE: starting as soon as possible not later than 18 June 2026 to 31 December 2026
Required Security Clearance: NATO SECRET
Please do NOT apply for any NATO contract positions unless you meet ALL the following criteria:
- Current National or NATO SECRET clearance
- Nationality of one of the NATO member countries
- Current work visa for the specific location if applying for an in-country position
Introduction:
- To strengthen the Alliance through connecting its forces, the NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) delivers secure, coherent, cost effective and interoperable communications and information systems in support of consultation, command & control and enabling intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, for NATO, where and when required. It includes IT support to the Alliances' business processes (to include provision of IT shared services) to the NATO HQ, the Command Structure and NATO Agencies.
- The Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Office (BMD PO), as part of the NCIA, ensures the harmonised planning, implementation, deployment, evolution and support of the BMD capability, in a way that satisfies the operational requirements and minimizes the military risk, taking into account the NATO political, economic and schedule requirements and using the most suitable industrial and technological solutions. The Programme Office is the procurement and implementation body of the NCIA, charged with the effective planning, execution, delivery into service, evolution and through-life logistic support of NATO's and assigned national and BMD systems.
- To support the development of the NATO BMD curriculum, the BMD PO requires the provision of expert training deliverables produced by a qualified team of NATO BMD subject matter experts.
- Strong operational expertise in Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) and Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (TBMD) missions for each team member is an essential requirement for the successful completion of the deliverables. In-depth operational knowledge and prior experience with NATO's BMD organisation, as well as familiarity with NATO BMD user applications—specifically Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (BMC3I) systems—are required to ensure the proper development of NATO BMD curriculum products.
- The team of contractors will develop such products for the NCIA project team that executes the Allied Command for Transformation (ACT) Programme of Work (PoW) 2026 for BMD.
- The team of contractors will apply their expert knowledge in NATO BMD curriculum development while performing the following tasks and activities:
- Reviewing current NATO BMD related standards, directives, policies and standard operating procedures; providing analysis results to the BMD curriculum development.
- Collaborating with BMD operational users to collect information for BMD Curriculum and suggest content to the NCIA project team.
- Conducting Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and develop course materials for the systems in the BMD Programme in cooperation with the relevant stakeholders (operators, project teams, academy staff).
- Supporting NCIA with expert opinions at BMD Curriculum related venues such as IAMD Annual Discipline Conference.
- Aligning and adapting BMD courses with the BMD CONEMP by creating links or adding references to the CONEMP from within course materials.
- Providing BMD subject matter knowledge to the NCIA project team.
- The team of resources will hold Principal NATO BMD Curriculum Subject Matter Expert skill set.
- The size of the team is determined by the supplier.
- The Agency Point of Contact for the daily execution of the contract is the NCIA Project Manager (PM).
- The team of contractors will carry out tasks and will issue deliverables as described below.
- The team of contractors will participate in project activities as directed by the NCIA Project Manager (PM). As required, they will perform operational analyses of NATO BMD-related directives, policies, and standard operating procedures. The team will collaborate as necessary with the NATO BMD operational community and produce the following expert deliverables for the NATO BMD Curriculum: Individual Training Views (ITV); Logical Individual Training Viewpoints (LITV); Training products and material which will be validated with operational users under the supervision of the NCIA project team. The course for 2026 will be BMD Technician Course.
- A designated representative from the contractor team will attend BMD Curriculum-related meetings at operational headquarters, user groups, and other specialized sessions, as defined in the project plan, to present interim products and collect feedback on completed components prior to final delivery to the NCIA project team.
Deliverable D1: The team of contractors will provide the final version of Individual Training Views (ITV) and Logical Individual Training Viewpoints (LITV) for the NATO BMD curriculum 2026. Deliverables will be maintained in the project collaboration portal.
Deliverable D2: The team of contractors will provide the final version of BMD technical course training products for the NATO BMD curriculum 2026. Deliverables will be maintained in the project collaboration portal.
Constraint C1: The NATO BMD Curriculum Development Package will be produced incrementally within the NCIA-provided environment, and all deliverables will be maintained in the project collaboration portal.
Acceptance Criteria A1: The delivery packages will be reviewed by the project team, and the contractors will update them based on NCIA feedback and required corrections. Deliverables will be accepted upon confirmation by NCIA that all specified requirements, quality standards, and review comments have been satisfactorily implemented.
Roles and Responsbilities:
The work shall be conducted in close collaboration between the Contractor and NCIA BMD Programme.
ACT POW BMD Project: Project Manager
Team of Contractors: To provide deliverables and inputs identified under work packages above.
Coordination and Reporting:
- The contractors shall participate in a kick-off and task planning meeting within one working week after the signing of this contract.
- This will be a virtual meeting executed via electronic means using Conference Call capabilities or in person in the NCIA offices (NCI Academy, Oeiras, Portugal and The Hague, The Netherlands).
- During the kick off meeting, the contractors will provide and discuss a plan for executing the tasks under this statement of work. Purchaser and Contractor will discuss the plan and confirm amendments where appropriate.
- The contractors will provide email minutes containing decisions and actions decided during the meeting.
- The contractors shall participate in regular status meetings, either in-person (where possible) or via electronic means using Conference Call capabilities.
- The rhythm for these meetings will be decided at the kick-off meeting.
- The contractors will initiate these meetings and provide email minutes containing at least decisions and actions decided during the meeting.
- The contractor shall follow all general rules, terms and conditions as applicable for working in NCIA (NCI Academy, Oeiras, Portugal and The Hague, The Netherlands).
- The work location will be agreed with the project manager as:
- Primarily, on-site at the NCI Academy in Oeiras, Portugal, or, NCIA, The Hague, The Netherlands.
- Contractor's remote location (teleworking) in a NATO country.
- NATO locations or conferences in travel on duty (TDY) as occasionally required.
- Contractor Furnished Services: Contractor shall furnish everything required to perform the contract except for the items specified and covered under NCIA Furnished Property and Services below.
- NCIA Furnished Property and Services:
- Laptop for technical work including relevant software will be provided by NCIA.
- Access to relevant networks and environments will be provided by NCIA.
This Contract requires a team of contractors with highly specialist and complementary skills to execute and complete the work. There is 1 (one) skills set required in the team: Principal NATO BMD Curriculum Subject Matter Expert (BMD-CSME). The size of the team will be determined by the Bidder.
Principal NATO BMD Curriculum Subject Matter Expert (BMD-CSME) — Mandatory Requirements:
- Extensive knowledge, involvement and service in NATO BMD mission and strong network in the NATO BMD community. Must have been previously involved in BMD Operational User Group (OUG) activities, either as an active member or a chairman.
- Demonstrable experience with developing BMD curriculum for NATO. Must have previously developed for the BMD programme the following artefacts: Individual Training Views (ITV); Logical Individual Training Viewpoints (LITV); Training Needs Analysis; Course Control Documentation I, II and III; Course material for earlier versions of BMD Planners Course.
- Experience with developing training curricula and/or training programs, including course materials for technical training in the BMD domain.
- Experience with development of technical documentation, training materials and instructional aids, specifically for the BMD domain.
- Extensive experience working with NCIA, NCI Academy, ACT, SHAPE and other NCS HQs in relation with NATO BMD Programme.
- Extensive knowledge of and practical user experience with NATO BMD BMC3I systems (ACCS, AirC2IS, TOPFAS, NCOP, Intel FS, JEMM), air defence weapon systems, sensors and communications, and current NATO C4ISR systems like NATO ICC.
- Extensive experience with capturing BMD system requirements and business/operational workflows.
- Candidate must have the nationality of one of the NATO nations.
- Excellent command of spoken and written English.
- Must hold a valid NATO Secret Security Clearance.
- Experience with producing Capability Packages for (Theatre) Missile Defence Capabilities.
- Prior experience of working in an international environment comprising both military and civilian elements.
- Knowledge of NATO responsibilities and organization, including ACO and ACT.
