Chef Compliance Automation Software
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000 to $700,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from HHS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) forecasts a new requirement for Chef Compliance Automation software, an enterprise configuration management and compliance platform for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), with an estimated solicitation release date of August 1, 2026 and an estimated award date of September 1, 2026. The forecast is set aside for Total Small Business under NAICS 513210, Software Publishers. The platform continuously evaluates servers, cloud environments, and application infrastructure against federal security standards, internal configuration baselines, and Zero Trust requirements, detects configuration drift in real time, automates remediation, and produces audit-ready reporting aligned with FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP control requirements. NHLBI cites reduced manual configuration review, fewer drift-related vulnerabilities, fewer audit findings, and shorter Authority to Operate timelines as its objectives.
The estimated award value range is $250,000 to $700,000. NHLBI requires 500 "nodes," which equate to licenses supporting the managed nodes used in the automation processes. Contracting Officer Shirley Ruiz-Lundgren (shirley.ruiz-lundgren@nih.gov, +13018277529) and Susan Haddad (susan.haddad@nih.gov) are the listed points of contact.
Forecast text
Chef Compliance Automation is an enterprise configuration management and compliance platform that enables NHLBI to automatically enforce, monitor, and document security baselines across servers, cloud environments, and application infrastructure. The platform continuously evaluates systems against established policies such as federal security standards, internal configuration baselines, and Zero Trust requirements. It detects configuration drift in real time, remediates noncompliant settings through automated workflows, and produces audit-ready reporting that demonstrates alignment with FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP control requirements. By embedding compliance checks directly into the infrastructure lifecycle, Chef shifts security enforcement from a reactive, manual process to a continuous and measurable capability. The justification for this capability is operational and regulatory. NHLBI manages mission-critical research and administrative systems across hybrid and cloud environments where manual configuration reviews are inefficient, inconsistent, and prone to error. Without automated compliance enforcement, configuration drift can introduce vulnerabilities, increase audit findings, and delay Authority to Operate (ATO) processes. Chef Compliance Automation reduces risk by standardizing system builds, enforcing hardened baselines at scale, and providing leadership with real-time visibility into compliance posture. This strengthens cybersecurity governance, reduces remediation costs, shortens audit preparation time, and supports the secure delivery of research and public-facing services. NHLBI requires 500 "nodes", which equate to licenses for this procurement to support the number of managed nodes used in the automation processes.
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