Counterintelligence Field Activity

The Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity, a Defense-aligned sub-agency within the DoD intelligence community, conducts counterintelligence operations and investigations to protect defense personnel, facilities, and classified information from foreign espionage and insider threats. The agency procures investigative services, security consulting, and operational support to execute its counterintelligence mission across DoD installations and commands worldwide.

The agency has closed 132 federal contract awards since 2003, with the most recent award issued on November 3, 2008 — activity that ended nearly 18 years ago. Contract volume peaked in 2006 with 47 awards, declined to 15 in 2007, and dropped to 4 in 2008 before ceasing. Combined obligated dollars total $153.1 million against a combined potential value of $15.6 million, indicating heavy reliance on option exercised or contract modifications beyond initial ceiling estimates. Ninety distinct prime contractors have received awards across the portfolio history.

Contract competitive concentration is fragmented. The top five primes by combined potential value hold less than 30 percent of the portfolio's reported value, reflecting a broad distribution across the 90 awarded vendors. The vast majority of awards — 110 of 132 — carried no set-aside designation, reflecting open competition to all businesses. Small Business awards account for 11 percent of the total, with the remainder split among 8(a) sole source, competitive 8(a), and HUBZone sole source designations.

No federal contract opportunities or grant activity is recorded against the Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity or its descendant offices in recent agency rollups. The contracting closure in 2008 reflects either a shift in procurement strategy toward parent-agency consolidation, a change in operational tasking, or a reorganization that moved contracting authority elsewhere within the intelligence community. Firms pursuing counterintelligence work should direct business development efforts toward successor organizations within the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Counterintelligence and Security Center, or the relevant service counterintelligence commands rather than the sub-agency itself.