# SAM #15DDHQ27P00000025 DEA seeks sole-source services for participation in Detroit’s 2026 America’s Thanksgiving Parade **Buyer:** Drug Enforcement Administration **Posted:** November 02, 2026 **Respond By:** November 05, 2026 **Identifier:** 15DDHQ27P00000025 **NAICS:** 561990, 541890 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) plans to obtain participation in Detroit’s 2026 America’s Thanksgiving Parade to support its Fentanyl Free America Initiative. - **Buyer:** DEA Office of Acquisition; requiring activity is the DEA Detroit Field Division. - **Requirement:** Parade participation on November 26, 2026. DEA members will walk carrying the American flag and DEA and Fentanyl Free America banners to raise awareness of illicit fentanyl risks. - **Procurement approach:** Proposed firm-fixed-price purchase order on a sole-source basis. The notice cites FAR 13.106-1(b)(1)(i); the Parade Company is identified as the only organization able to provide the required parade services. - **Competition:** Interested sources may submit capability statements for consideration. This notice is not a request for proposals. - **Unspecified details:** No price, quantity, end date, or contract duration is provided. ### Description

Thanksgiving's Day Parade - The DEA intends to award a firm-fixed price sole source purchase order to Michigan's Thanksgiving Parade Foundation, 9500 Mount Elliott St., Studio A, Detroit, MI 48211-1673, for the purpose of the Thanksgiving's Day Parade services. This acquisitionis being pursued on a sole source basis in accordance with 13.106-1(b)(l)(i) Only One Source Reasonably Available. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541890. A determination by the Government not to open the requirement to
competition based on the response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice is NOT a request for proposal. However, all capability statements received by November 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST will be considered by the Government. Any source capable of providing the Thanksgiving's Day Parade service and is interested in submitting a capabilities statement may do so electronically to Ms. Angel Barkley at angel.d.barkley@dea.gov.

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