Cybersecurity · A Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) cybersecurity firm
How an SDVOSB won a $9.8M VA cybersecurity contract
An SDVOSB won a $9.8M VA cybersecurity contract, mapping NIST controls and VAAR compliance with GovHub.
Illustrative scenario. An anonymized, representative example grounded in public federal award data (SAM.gov / FPDS) — it shows the kind of outcome GovHub is built to enable, not a claim about a specific named company.
- Contract value: $9,800,000
- Timeframe: Faster proposal cycle for a lean team
- Time saved: Faster turnaround
The challenge
VA cybersecurity work — vulnerability assessments, incident response, and security-operations-center support — demands deep alignment with VA-specific requirements, NIST frameworks, and VAAR clauses, plus proven incident-response capability. An SDVOSB set-aside adds socio-economic evaluation factors that must be documented compellingly.
How GovHub helped
GovHub integrated VA cybersecurity spending data, comparable SDVOSB award histories, and pricing benchmarks from SAM.gov/FPDS. It drafted strong veteran-owned and socio-economic narratives, generated technical volumes mapping capabilities to VA mission needs and NIST controls, and produced detailed management, quality, and transition plans. Automated checking covered VAAR, cybersecurity clauses, and small-business rules, and pricing was optimized against real comparable awards.
Results
- Won the contract as prime SDVOSB
- Significant time savings for the lean, veteran-led team
- High scores on technical merit and socio-economic factors
- Expanded the firm’s VA cyber portfolio and reference base