SAM #HQ0034-26-SS-1019SAM

DPAA Laboratory, Research, and Worldwide Field Support Services

The Department of Defense’s Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency is seeking market responses for multidisciplinary laboratory, research, and worldwide field support. - Government buyer: Department of Defense; Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA); Washington Headquarters Services (WHS), Acquisition Directorate. Work supports DPAA’s Scientific Analysis laboratory and regional directorates. - Services requested: - Laboratory Support: forensic testing and scientific analysis, including anthropology, archaeology, odontology, histomorphology, DNA, chest radiograph comparison, data science, and isotope analysis; also evidence management, quality assurance, method development, case coordination, and reporting. - Research Support: historical and archaeological research, archival and oral-history research, case narratives, investigation and excavation proposals, geospatial analysis, peer review, and family-member updates. - Field Support: worldwide mission planning, permits and access coordination, excavation and recovery, field-laboratory support, site restoration, and documentation. - Project management and administrative support, plus supplemental laboratory and research support. - Staffing and quantities: The draft performance work statement estimates 114.5 FTEs and 218,924 labor hours overall. It estimates 1 FTE each for program management and administration support, up to approximately 90 days of supplemental laboratory support, and up to approximately 48 days of supplemental research support. No products, product part numbers, or product quantities are specified. - Locations and requirements: Work is primarily at DPAA facilities in Hawaii and Nebraska, with work in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and remote worldwide field support. The highest stated security clearance requirement is Secret. DPAA’s mission objective is to maintain capacity to account for at least 200 individuals annually. Draft field-reporting requirements include draft Search and Recovery Reports within five business days after return, final reports within 60 calendar days, and original field documentation within five business days. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, product vendors, or prospective contractors are named in the provided materials. - Value and performance period: The sources-sought notice states a contract value of $113 million and a 12-month base period with four 12-month options. The draft PWS instead describes a one-month phase-in, an 11-month base year, and two 12-month option years. The sources-sought notice anticipates a start in the third quarter of FY27; the period structure differs between the two attachments.

Description

The Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducts global research, investigation, recovery, and laboratory operations to identify and account for unaccounted-for Department of Defense (DoD) personnel from past conflicts. These efforts support the DoD personnel  accounting mission.

DPAA was established on January 30, 2015; however, its predecessor organizations have supported the personnel accounting mission for decades. DPAA operates a satellite laboratory at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, which opened in June 2013. DPAA also maintains permanent detachments that support host-nation access, logistics, and in-country requirements for investigation and recovery operations. These detachments include Detachment 1 in Bangkok, Thailand; Detachment 2 in Hanoi, Vietnam; Detachment 3 in Vientiane, Laos; and Detachment Europe in Miesau, Germany.

DPAA Scientific Analysis (SA), also referred to as the DPAA laboratory, is a large and diverse forensic skeletal laboratory staffed by forensic anthropologists, archaeologists, and odontologists. The laboratory performs scientific analysis to support the identification of missing personnel. In 2003, the laboratory became the second Federal laboratory to achieve accreditation under the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB) International Standards Program. Laboratory accreditation supports the DoD Defense Forensic Enterprise program and is consistent with DoD Directive 5110.10, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA).

DPAA regional directorates, including the Indo-Pacific (IP) Directorate and Europe-Mediterranean (EM) Directorate, conduct complex historical research and archaeological analysis in support of recovery, investigation, and disinterment missions. The regional directorates plan and execute field investigations and recovery operations worldwide. The Partnerships and Innovations Directorate supports these global field operations.

This contract supports DPAA laboratory and regional-directorate requirements necessary to advance the Agency’s mission of accounting for as many missing service members as feasible each year. DPAA’s planning objective is to maintain the capacity and capability to account for 200 or more individuals annually.

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