Cybersecurity & Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Safeguarding

The contract requires the implementation of basic safeguarding measures for contractor information systems that handle Controlled Unclassified Information, including engineering drawings and test data, in full compliance with NIST Special Publication 800-171. This is a subcontract under the Department of Defense, with performance located in Indian Head, Maryland, and the work must be completed in accordance with established cybersecurity standards to protect sensitive but unclassified federal data. The solicitation was posted on July 30, 2026, with a response deadline of August 10, 2026, and falls under the NAICS code 541512, indicating it relates to computer systems design services. The contracting office is the Office of the Competition Advocate Building, and all proposed solutions must demonstrate immediate and measurable alignment with the NIST 800-171 framework’s requirements for access control, audit, configuration management, identification and authentication, and incident response among other criteria.