DTRA Security Support and Counterintelligence Services 2027

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is conducting a sources sought announcement to solicit industry input regarding the consolidation or separation of two existing 8(a) security and counterintelligence support contracts scheduled to expire on February 28, 2027. The procurement encompasses comprehensive security support services and counterintelligence operations across multiple DTRA facilities, including locations in the National Capital Region, Albuquerque, California, and Germany. Key requirements include personnel with Top Secret//Sensitive Compartmented Information clearances, specialized training in counterintelligence, security disciplines, technical surveillance countermeasures, and cyber operations, with mandatory compliance to 28 governing DoD and Intelligence Community directives. DTRA is requesting that all capable 8(a) offerors submit detailed capability statements and responses to 17 specific questions addressing firm commerciality, prime contractor capability, subcontracting strategies, specialized expertise, foreign ownership mitigation, and consolidation impacts by April 14, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. EST. The evaluation will assess contractors' ability to deliver these services through a Cost-Plus Fixed Fee structure beginning January 2027, with responses sent to Sharon Lightfoot at Sharon.c.lightfoot.civ@mail.mil.

This procurement is designated as a Competitive 8(a) set-aside with potential for direct award or competition. The two incumbent contractors are Akima Data Management, LLC (Security Support contract valued at $61.875 million) and D7, LLC/Dawson (Counterintelligence contract valued at $20.352 million), both expiring February 28, 2027. A consolidated follow-on contract would fall under NAICS 541990 with a $19.5 million size standard, while separate contracts would each fall under NAICS 541690 with a $19.0 million size standard, both classified under Product Service Code R408. The follow-on contract will include a one-year base period and four optional years, requiring the contractor to transition performance between January 28 and February 28, 2027. Required staffing includes senior leadership positions, specialized security and counterintelligence personnel across 19 distinct labor categories for Security Support and nine functional areas for Counterintelligence, with performance spanning 52 weeks annually across multiple domestic and overseas locations.