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SAMDAILY.US - ISSUE OF AUGUST 07, 2026 SAM #9020
MODIFICATION

A -- Project Sentinel: Joint-Service Offline Two-Person Integrity (J-SOTPI) for Tactical Systems

Notice Date

8/5/2026 12:00:00 AM
 

Notice Type

Solicitation
 

NAICS

541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
 

Contracting Office

NIWC ATLANTIC NORTH CHARLESTON SC 29419-9022 USA
 

ZIP Code

29419-9022
 

Solicitation Number

26-A008
 

Response Due

8/12/2026 8:59:00 PM
 

Archive Date

08/27/2026
 

Point of Contact

Jessie Rehwoldt
 

E-Mail Address

jessie.m.rehwoldt.civ@us.navy.mil
(jessie.m.rehwoldt.civ@us.navy.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

NONE No Set aside used
 

Description

In highly contested Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) environments, tactical systems cannot rely on external network reach-back or cellular signatures for authentication. Project Sentinel will validate an enterprise-grade software capability that enforces concurrent, hardware-validated dual-operator controls locally�ensuring that critical, single-point-of-failure actions cannot be executed single-handedly in disconnected space. The Department of the Navy requires a prototype to demonstrate and validate an enterprise-level software capability for Two-Person Integrity (TPI) combined with Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for Privileged Access Management (PAM) within highly isolated, disconnected, and heterogeneous operational networks across Joint Force environments. We seek to prototype and scale a unified, non-cellular-reliant dual-authorization mechanisms to safeguard privileged functions�such as critical data deletion, privilege escalation, and network configuration changes�across diverse target systems (Windows, Linux, hypervisors, and network hardware). This effort seeks to evaluate a minimum viable product that enforces concurrent dual-operator authentication using dedicated physical hardware components (such as physical cryptographic tokens or smart cards, excluding mobile devices) in disconnected environments, ensuring critical system changes cannot be executed single-handedly. To ensure long-term supportability and integration, the technical response must explicitly define the physical hardware components required to support the solution, as well as the specific operating system and hypervisor versions supported (including legacy and modern Windows, Linux, VMware/vSphere, and Hyper-V distributions). Success will be measured by a 100% enforcement rate of concurrent, multi-factor dual-approvals under simulated disconnected-state operations, zero dependency on commercial cellular/internet networks, and documented cross-platform compatibility across all specified target systems.
 

Web Link

SAM.gov Permalink
(https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/11f03106cd0f40289fc189d2c997ec2c/view)
 

Place of Performance

Address: SC 29419, USA

Zip Code: 29419

Country: USA
 

Record

SN07912862-F 20260807/260810082156 (samdaily.us)
 

Source

SAM.gov Link to This Notice
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