DEA Education Foundation (The)

The DEA Education Foundation, a Massachusetts-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit, delivers youth drug demand reduction and community engagement programming to the Drug Enforcement Administration as a prime contractor under full-and-open competition, with 100 percent of recent awards issued directly to the foundation rather than as subcontract work.

The foundation competes exclusively with the Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration across a concentrated, single-customer footprint. The DEA accounts for 121 of 123 total awards (98 percent coverage) and $13.8 million of $13.9 million combined potential value. Activity has grown modestly year over year—14 awards in 2022 to 22 in 2025—with 12 awards (combined potential value $511 thousand) reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete in that window. Combined dollars obligated across all awards total $4 million, representing 29 percent of combined potential value, indicating the foundation invoices against awarded ceiling values as work performs.

Capability portfolio centers on youth-oriented educational services and community outreach aligned with the DEA's National Community Outreach Engagement Strategy. Representative contract work includes a $4.24 million single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for Youth Afterschool Programming (awarded March 2026, running through September 2030) encompassing dance programs, sports activities, martial arts instruction, early childhood science education, and leadership training across multiple states; an $80.1 thousand BPA call for Operation Engage Programming 2026 (awarded March 2026); a $90.5 thousand BPA call for general educational foundation services (awarded February 2026); and a $75.0 thousand BPA call for Operation Engage youth engagement programs with fentanyl-focused drug prevention content (awarded March 2026). Smaller awards in the $5 thousand to $35 thousand range fund specific regional or activity-focused initiatives such as dance teams in Manchester, New Hampshire; fishing and martial arts programs; soccer and basketball leagues; and community summits.

The foundation holds a single-award Blanket Purchase Agreement (15DDHQ20A00000009) with the DEA originally awarded October 2020, which serves as the primary indefinite delivery vehicle for task orders. The most recent recompete of this vehicle occurred in March 2026, when the DEA issued a new $4.24 million five-year single-award BPA (15DDHQ26A00000006) for Youth Afterschool Programming. The foundation places 80 task orders under the primary BPA (15DDHQ20A00000009) carrying $2.7 million combined potential value. Two other smaller BPAs carry minimal activity. All work performs in Wakefield, Massachusetts and at performance locations nationwide where youth programming is delivered, primarily across DEA field divisions in California, Texas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Louisiana, and Washington.

The foundation maintains continuous SAM registration since 2005 and operates on a nonprofit, tax-exempt basis with no ownership designations or set-aside eligibility. It competes in open market procurements exclusively; no awards carry set-aside designations. NAICS concentration centers on 541611 (Educational Support Services, 116 awards) and 541611 (Administration of Education Programs, 5 awards); PSC concentration splits between Education/Training—Other (47 awards) and Support—Professional Program Management/Support (36 awards). The foundation carries no identified subcontractors or teaming relationships and functions as a direct prime vendor to a single federal customer.