F5 Network Devices
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $25,000 to $250,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- 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, through its National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), plans to procure F5 Network Devices as a new requirement, with an estimated solicitation release and award date of 2026-06-01. The requirement replaces NCBI's existing pair of F5 Local Traffic Managers (LTMs), which reach end of software support this year and will no longer receive critical security patches or bug fixes. The replacement hardware must provide load balancing, health checks, and high-availability routing for NCBI's on-premises production network, which supports public services such as PubMed and PMC.
The forecast is a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 541519, Other Computer Related Services, with an estimated award value range of $25,000 to $250,000. The source does not list a place of performance. Points of contact are Renee Frazier (renee.jones@nih.gov) and Justin Borden, Contract Specialist, justin.borden@nih.gov, +13014809887.
Forecast text
NCBI's current F5 Local Traffic Managers (LTMs) are reaching end of software support this year, which means they will no longer receive critical security patches or bug fixes. Because these devices are a core part of NCBI's on premises production network-providing load balancing, health checks, and high availability routing for major public services-they must remain fully supported to meet federal security and operational requirements. Running unsupported LTMs would introduce significant cybersecurity risks and jeopardize uptime for essential NCBI services such as PubMed, PMC, and other public biomedical platforms. Replacing the existing pair with supported hardware is necessary to maintain compliance, ensure reliability, and protect mission critical systems.
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