Iowa Department of Administrative Services

The buyer seeks to partner with a vendor to design and conduct exercises focusing on election physical, cyber and operational security. The vendor should have an understanding of the election security landscape and current threats. The project involves conducting 3-6 exercises per year in 2025 and 2026 across Iowa, hosting lead-in workshops, and providing after-action reports and improvement plans.

• 3/5/2025 - RFP Issued
• 3/19/2025 - Questions Due
• 4/2/2025 - Proposal Due Date

• Design and conduct exercises on election physical, cyber and operational security
• Host lead-in workshops to gather input from election security partners
• Provide after-action reports and improvement plans for each exercise
• Develop exercise objectives, scenarios, and injects tailored to participants' needs
• Facilitate exercises with experienced professionals
• Capture insights and recommendations to refine policies and contingency plans
• Design and deliver final take-away documents for participants
• Assess existing areas for improvement in election security preparedness
• Test effectiveness of current election security incident response plans
• Provide training materials that become property of HSEM/SOS