Managed Security Provider Services
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SUMMARY
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TIMELINE
RFP Issue Date: July 29th, 2026
Virtual Pre-Proposal Meeting: August 5th, 2026
Questions Deadline: August 12th, 2026
Proposal Deadline: August 26th, 2026
Estimated Award Recommendation: October 1st, 2026
Estimated Contract Approval: November 30th, 2026
Estimated Contract Start: January 1st, 2027
QUESTION DEADLINE
CONTACTS
Primary procurement contact — name, title, email, and phone
Additional decision-makers and their departments
Issuing Agency
Columbus Regional Airport Authority
DESCRIPTION
A government authority in Columbus, Ohio is seeking a managed security provider to assist with the management, maintenance, and maturation of its current cybersecurity posture. The selected consultant will help protect the agency’s information systems, assets, and infrastructure by supporting, implementing, and managing cybersecurity solutions in coordination with agency staff.
The scope of services covers a broad range of cybersecurity functions, including governance, identification, protection, detection, response, recovery, and continuous improvement. The consultant will provide support and advisory services related to asset management, data governance, risk assessment and management, access control, security awareness and training, data security, recovery capability, information protection procedures, continuous monitoring, detection processes, response planning, communications, analysis, mitigation, and recovery planning.
The consultant and agency staff will jointly support the solutions on a 24/7/365 basis. A virtual pre-proposal meeting is scheduled for August 5, 2026, and questions are due by August 12, 2026. The anticipated contract term is three years.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the submission deadline?
- Submissions are due August 26, 2026. Questions must be submitted by August 12, 2026.
- What is the budget for this RFP?
- Settle estimates the budget at $150,000 – $450,000. The issuer has not published an official figure.
- Who issued this RFP?
- It was issued by Columbus Regional Airport Authority. The work is located in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
- Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
- Managed security services provider with 24/7/365 SOC and incident response capabilities
- Demonstrated experience supporting public sector or government cybersecurity programs
- Expertise across governance, risk, compliance, monitoring, detection, response, and recovery
- Ability to implement and manage cybersecurity tools in collaboration with internal IT staff
- Team with certifications such as CISSP, CISM, GIAC, Security+, or similar
- Experience with cybersecurity maturity improvement and NIST-aligned security functions
- Capacity to support a multi-year enterprise security engagement
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