Cyber Resilient Service

The Massachusetts-based government authority in Westborough is seeking a vendor to provide a cyber resilient grant program. This program will solicit responses from municipalities, small businesses, and nonprofits that are interested in receiving grants to fund security operations center services, including managed detection and response and other related services. The primary goal of the authority is to remediate cybersecurity vulnerabilities and defend against active cybersecurity threats across various sectors. The scope of work covers multiple target industries, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, BlueTech, ClimateTech, defense and aerospace, FinTech, entrepreneurial-support organizations, health care, digital health, manufacturing, microelectronics, robotics, and quantum. The authority requires all performance of the work to take place offsite. Bidders must be onshore entities, restricted to United States organizations only. The authority will compare and evaluate the submissions of all respondents competing for the grant funding pursuant to specific evaluation criteria. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or through an online portal. The authority is currently looking for proposals to establish the budget for this initiative, and specific key dates are not provided in the initial solicitation.