Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Ongoing Splunk Professional Services
Deadline: 19 Mar 2026
Posting Date: 14 Mar 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 137803250
Document Ref. No.: NIH-SS-7360730
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Ongoing Splunk Professional Services
(NIH-SS-7360730)
The National Institutes of Health intends to award a Firm-Fixed-Price purchase order to August Schell Enterprises. August Schell Enterprises UEI is PPMBFPRXNAJ9.
In accordance with FAR Part 6.302-1, August Schell Enterprises the Contractor is the only known responsible source who can provide the item that meets our standards. No other source has been identified who can provide the requirement listed below.
The NLM/LHC aims to strengthen its cybersecurity posture by leveraging the Splunk platform to enhance visibility, detection, response, and audit readiness. Key objectives include:
Improve near real-time visibility into security events and system activity across on-premises and cloud environments.
Automate detection and reporting of compliance gaps, configuration drift, and security vulnerabilities using evidence-based metrics.
Identify insider threats and anomalous user behavior using correlation and behavioral analytics.
Enhance detection of malware activity, suspicious host behavior, and network reconnaissance.
Develop and maintain a comprehensive Splunk-based Security Profile and Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) Compliance Dashboard aligned to NIST SP 800-207 and mapped to NIST SP 800-53 controls for audit evidence.
This effort requires a sole source award due to the unique qualifications of the identified Security Engineer from August Schell Enterprises. The engineer has been directly involved in the implementation of the Splunk platform within the agency for the past three (3) years. Over this period, he has developed deep institutional knowledge of the agency-s cybersecurity environment, data sources, operational requirements, and security monitoring workflows.
Given the complexity of the environment and the maturity level of the security content required, onboarding a new engineer would result in significant delays, increased risk, ...
Notice ID: nih-ss-7360730
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health nichd
Product Service Code: h270 - equipment and materials testing- adp equipment/software/supplies/support equipment
NAICS Code: 541519 - Other Computer Related Services
Inactive Dates: mar 20, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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