Laboratory Support Services
Open Pre-Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- HQ0034-26-SS-1019SAM
- Agency
-
Washington Headquarters Service
Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 621511 Medical Laboratories
- PSC
- Q301 Reference Laboratory Testing
- Place of performance
- Alexandria, Virginia 22310, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
Washington Headquarters Service is preparing to procure laboratory support services on behalf of the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPAA), with a sources sought notice due November 9, 2026. The contract is valued at $113 million across a 12-month base period plus four optional 12-month renewals, commencing in third quarter FY27.
Work encompasses three programs: Laboratory Support (forensic testing and analysis in anthropology, odontology, chemistry, isotope analysis, DNA processing, and data science); Research Support (complex historical research, archaeological analysis, and geospatial analysis); and Field Support (forensic archaeology and field laboratory services for worldwide recovery operations). Place of performance includes DPAA facilities in Hawaii and Nebraska, with additional locations in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and worldwide remote work for field support projects.
Contractor personnel identified by DPAA requiring a Secret security clearance must possess and maintain such clearance at proposal submission and throughout performance. Contractor employees must complete competency testing within 90 days and maintain proficiency per laboratory standards. The contract will be structured as Firm-Fixed Price Level-of-Effort for labor, supplemented by Time and Materials CLINs for travel and material expenses under a Not-to-Exceed amount.
NAICS codes are 621511 (Medical Laboratories), 541380 (Testing Laboratories Services), 541620 (Environmental Consulting Services), and 541715 (Research and Development in Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences), with PSC Q301. All sources are welcome, including small businesses, 8(a), HubZone, service-disabled veteran-owned, woman-owned, and economically disadvantaged women-owned small businesses. Responses must be submitted electronically to Jeanelle Joseph (Jeanelle.joseph.civ@mail.mil) and Rashida Webb (Rashida.d.webb.civ@mail.mil), limited to 10 pages in Times New Roman 12-point font.
Notice text
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.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Sources Sought Notice_Laboratory Support Services_Final.pdf | ||
| Sources Sought Draft PWS.pdf |
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