DB01--Security Information Event Management (SIEM) software and support, New Task Order (VA-26-00049417)

The Department of Veterans Affairs Technology Acquisition Center canceled its solicitation for Security Information Event Management (SIEM) software and support under task order VA-26-00049417 (Solicitation 36C10B26Q0650) as of August 20, 2026; the VA determined the requirement is no longer needed and will not issue a solicitation.

The pre-solicitation notice, posted July 16, 2026, with an original response deadline of August 20, 2026, covered SIEM deployment across multiple VA data centers supporting the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Research and Development. A draft product description outlined requirements for a base SIEM system with optional support services through three option years, operating in isolated, air-gapped, container-native environments across at least three data centers. The solution was to support approximately 1,000–3,000 endpoints with 10 percent annual growth, deploy on RHEL 7+, Windows Server 2016+, vCenter 8+, and ESXi 7+, and provide real-time log collection and correlation from multiple sources including syslog, WMI, JDBC, ODBC, SNMP, and IPFIX. Compliance mandates included OMB Memorandum M-21-31 Event Logging Tier EL2 maturity with roadmap to EL3 within 12 months, NIST SP 800-137 Continuous Monitoring integration, and support for passive DNS analysis, Data Loss Prevention correlation, User Behavior Analytics, and SOAR integration. Shipment was FOB Destination to VA Boston Healthcare System and VA Pittsburgh Health Care facilities.

No award value, incumbent, or set-aside category was disclosed. The contracting office is located in Eatontown, New Jersey, with Contract Specialist Ethan Goldring as the primary point of contact.