Cybersecurity Internal and External Penetration Testing Service

Overview

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

Palatine, Illinois, United StatesPosted 2 months agoDeadline: March 23rd, 2026

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SUMMARY

Palatine, Illinois is seeking a vendor for internal and external cybersecurity penetration testing, including network, server, and SCADA environments.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

BUDGET

Estimate

$75,000 – $150,000

TIMELINE

March 1st, 2026: RFQ Available

March 13th, 2026: All questions regarding RFQ shall be sent by email to Larry Schroth by 12:00 PM (CST)

March 16th, 2026: All questions answered via email and posted on website after 4:00 PM (CST)

March 23rd, 2026: Submittals due via email at 2:00 PM (CST)

March 23rd - March 27th, 2026: Staff Evaluation and Firm Contact and proposal.

April 6th, 2026: Staff Committee Contract Approval

April 13th, 2026: Anticipated Village Council Approval.

April 14th, 2026: Anticipated Notice to Proceed

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 13th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Village Of Palatine

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in Palatine, Illinois seeks a vendor to provide cybersecurity internal and external penetration testing services on an as-needed basis. The scope of services includes comprehensive requirements gathering to define detailed project efforts, followed by an initial scan and issue identification, with a subsequent follow-up scan to validate the resolution of issues.

Services are to encompass online reporting of identified problems, their criticality, and risk levels associated with vulnerabilities. External penetration testing will involve approximately 82 external IPv4 addresses and testing of wifi systems. Sample internal penetration testing will be conducted on around 31 VLANs, involving roughly 4000 IP addresses and 400 workstations. Internal testing will extend to the SCADA network, all server environment machines, including 8 host VMware machines, 53 virtual machines, and 5 video recording servers.

All questions related to the RFP must be submitted by March 13, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.