City Of Philadelphia

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, a division of the City of Philadelphia operating as a federal contractor and prime recipient, delivers translation services and wrongful conviction remediation programs to federal agencies, with the Drug Enforcement Administration accounting for 95% of contract awards and 100% of contract dollar value. The office is a U.S. local government entity with no SBA set-aside posture; all 375 DEA translation contracts are full-and-open procurements structured as labor-hour purchase orders.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office derives its entire federal contracting footprint from translation services delivered to the DEA. Since 2022, the office has received 375 purchase orders for document translation and language interpretation supporting drug trafficking investigations and organized crime cases, ranging from $6,200 to $41,200 per order, with a combined potential value of $7.4 million across all 394 prime and sub awards. Performance occurs at the William Penn Annex facilities in Philadelphia. The office sits on a single blanket purchase agreement (Blanket Purchase Agreement DJD11PHA0002) under which 98 task orders have been placed, accounting for $1.7 million in combined potential value. All translation contracts are priced on labor-hour basis without set-aside designation and carry typical completion windows of four to eight weeks. Representative recent awards include a $31,226.88 translation services purchase order from the DEA issued September 10, 2026, a $23,675.36 order from August 13, 2026, and a $20,224.80 order from June 25, 2026.

Activity has grown substantially year over year—from 17 awards in 2022 to 53 in 2025—and sustained high volume into 2026 with 34 awards through mid-September. Two awards carrying combined potential value of $62 thousand face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting minimal recompete exposure given the office's established and recurring relationship with the DEA. The office competes 96% of its awards as prime contractor and 4% as subcontractor; sub-award activity routes through the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry for victim services and unemployment insurance fraud prosecution support.

Beyond federal contracting, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office operates as a federal grant recipient in criminal justice innovation. The office received a $636,582 Bureau of Justice Assistance project grant (award date October 1, 2023, completion September 30, 2026) to expand its Pro Se Review Project in partnership with Phillips Black, Inc., addressing wrongful conviction cases for unrepresented applicants. The office also received a $750 thousand Office for Victims of Crime cooperative agreement (award date October 1, 2022, completion September 30, 2026) to develop and implement the Advanced Mobile Technology to Enhance Victim Services (AMTEVS) smartphone application and two-way text messaging platform, improving victim accessibility and engagement through direct services, information referrals, crisis assistance, and long-term support. The office has also received sub-grant awards from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime & Delinquency for victim rights implementation and the Philadelphia CARES (Crisis Assistance, Response Engagement for Survivors) program, and from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry for unemployment insurance fraud prosecution.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office is a child division of the City of Philadelphia (parent UEI K3LGS8BABNH9). The office's federal engagement strategy centers on providing specialized linguistic support to federal law enforcement while simultaneously positioning itself as an innovator in victim services technology and wrongful conviction remediation, leveraging local government infrastructure and criminal justice system expertise to align with federal priorities in community safety and justice system reform.