Criminal Investigation Command

The Department of the Army Criminal Investigation Command (CID), a subordinate investigative and law-enforcement organization within the Army, procures forensic, laboratory, IT, and investigative-support services and equipment to support criminal investigations across the global Army enterprise. CID awards contracts predominantly on an unrestricted basis, with a smaller share directed to small-business set-asides. The command has issued 3,568 federal contract awards since 2001, generating a combined potential value of $1.17 billion with $1.17 billion obligated. Recent activity shows 115 awards in 2022, 120 in 2023, 115 in 2024, 90 in 2025, and 30 year-to-date in 2026, with the most recently recorded award date on 2026-07-27. Across the portfolio history, CID has transacted with 921 distinct prime contractors.

Over the last five years, the competitive landscape is highly fragmented by both award count and dollar concentration. Life Technologies Corporation leads by award count with 84 awards and $10.7 million combined potential value, followed by Qiagen, LLC at 34 awards ($2.5 million), and Carahsoft Technology Corp at 14 awards ($22.3 million). By potential value, Carahsoft ranks first at $22.3 million, but the top five primes combined represent only 4 percent of recent potential value — a sign that CID transacts across a dispersed vendor base with no single dominant prime. The top-five primes by award count hold 32 percent of recent awards; the remainder are scattered among a long tail of low-award vendors.

The set-aside mix skews heavily toward unrestricted competition: 84 percent of awards carry no set-aside designation. Small-business set-asides account for 14 percent of awards, while 8(a) sole-source awards represent 1 percent. Woman-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, HUBZone, and other specialized designations together comprise fewer than 1 percent of awards.

No recent federal contract opportunities are recorded against CID in the source digest. Firms pursuing CID work should monitor the Army's contracting offices and schedule vehicles (such as NASA SEWP or GSA Schedules where CID may place task orders) for investigative support, forensic services, and laboratory equipment solicitations.