Penetration Test Engagement Service
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SUMMARY
KEY REQUIREMENTS
BUDGET
VerifiedCONTRACT DURATION
TIMELINE
Advertisement: August 13th, 2026
Last Day to Ask Questions: August 19th, 2026
Proposals Due: August 31st, 2026
Shortlist Notification: Week of September 14th, 2026
Notice of Selection: Week of September 14th, 2026
Execute Agreement: Week of September 21st, 2026
QUESTION DEADLINE
CONTACTS
Primary procurement contact — name, title, email, and phone
Additional decision-makers and their departments
Issuing Agency
Port Of Seattle
DESCRIPTION
A government authority in Seattle, Washington, is seeking a vendor to provide penetration testing and red team engagement services aligned with recognized industry standards and methodologies. The engagement will assess the effectiveness of existing security controls, identify exploitable weaknesses, and validate the port’s ability to prevent, detect, respond to, and recover from realistic cyberattack scenarios.
Testing is expected to include internal and external assessments across multiple networks and firewalls, cloud-exposed services, remote access pathways, and identity and access controls. The evaluation will address risks involving unauthorized access, lateral movement, privilege escalation, segmentation bypass, misconfiguration, exposed services, weak authentication, ineffective monitoring, and business process weaknesses.
The selected vendor will provide clear evidence of findings, documented attack paths, business impact analysis, prioritized remediation recommendations, and retesting support where applicable to validate successful remediation. Questions must be submitted by August 20, 2026, and the proposal deadline is October 9, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- When is the submission deadline?
- This RFP closed on October 9, 2026 and is no longer accepting submissions.
- What is the budget for this RFP?
- The published budget is $75,000.
- Who issued this RFP?
- It was issued by Port Of Seattle. The work is located in Seattle, Washington, United States.
- Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
- Cybersecurity firm specializing in penetration testing and red team engagements
- Demonstrated experience assessing government or critical infrastructure environments
- Expertise in internal, external, cloud, network, remote access, and identity security testing
- Practitioners experienced with recognized penetration testing methodologies and standards
- Capability to provide attack-path documentation, business impact analysis, remediation guidance, and retesting
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