Special NoticePosted Aug 18, 2026·Responses due Sep 3, 2026

FDA Sources Sought - NextGen Cyber Engineering, Operations AI and Unified Services

FDA · FDA OFFICE OF ACQ GRANT SVCS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
54151
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
SS-75F40126Q00333
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
DA10
Place
Rockville, MD, USA
Contact
Nakita Archibald (Nakita.Archibald@fda.hhs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation SS-75F40126Q00333 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 6, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 10, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 13, 2026
    Special Notice
    Open
  • Aug 18, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (3 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing this source sought notice as a means of conducting market research, pursuant to FAR Part 10 Market Research, to align all engineering activities to applicable Federal cybersecurity standards and guidance, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model, and other relevant OMB and DHS directives, while leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled compliance monitoring, automated control validation, and continuous authorization (cATO) capabilities to ensure … (show all)

ongoing alignment and rapid adaptation to evolving federal requirements. Support the design, integration, and evolution of a scalable, resilient, and interoperable cybersecurity architecture aligned to a defense-in-depth strategy, AI-driven architecture optimization, intelligent workload distribution, automated resilience testing, and predictive risk modeling to enhance system performance, security posture, and operational agility. This is a SOURCES SOUGHT ONLY, not a Request for Quote (RFQ) and does not commit the Government to award a contract now or in the future. The purpose of this Sources Sought is to identify SMALL BUSINESSES on GSA MAS Schedule with the capabilities to provide the services stated herein. See attachment for complete information for this sources sought.

Who won similar work

24 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (FDA), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
Please_See_Spreadsheet Silver Spring MD 20993 USA3$153.2MOct 8, 2026
DCT, INCORPORATED1$52.8MSep 15, 2026
TRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC1$50.0MSep 16, 2025
NATI-NVE Support Services, LLC1$49.0MMay 21, 2026
HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INC1$31.7MMar 30, 2026
TOXICOLOGIC PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES INC1$26.1MSep 15, 2025
IHRC, INCORPORATED1$14.5MSep 16, 2026
VITALANT Scottsdale AZ 85258 USA1$10.0MSep 8, 2025
WE PHARMA, INC.1$4.0MSep 11, 2026
THE BIONETICS CORP1$2.8MJul 21, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Food & Drug Administration (FDA) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Food & Drug Administration (FDA) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 129 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.