DLA Document Services

DLA Document Services, operating under the doing-business-as name Daps Document Automation Production Services, is a federally owned internal division of the Defense Logistics Agency that manufactures military training targets, target accessories, and printed materials as a prime contractor. As a U.S. Government Entity with no private ownership, DLA Document Services is ineligible for SBA set-asides and competes exclusively under full-and-open procurements, performing 100 percent of work in-house with no subcontractor footprint. The division is headquartered in Fairview Township, Pennsylvania, with manufacturing and fulfillment operations at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.

DLA Document Services' capability portfolio centers on armament training devices and document automation products: silhouette targets, bull's-eye targets, machine gun targets, zeroing targets, target pasters, identification markers, instructional card sets, and printed materials including memorandum books, log books, and labels. Representative recent delivery orders include a $147.6 million order for memorandum books (July 1, 2026), a $130.6 million order for zeroing targets (February 10, 2026), a $115.4 million order for zeroing targets (May 7, 2026), a $112.9 million order for military training targets and labels (July 16, 2026), and a $994.8 million order for memorandum books (May 5, 2026). These orders are issued by the Defense Logistics Agency's Troop Support Construction and Equipment and Hardware divisions on firm fixed-price delivery order and purchase order vehicles.

Customer concentration is extreme and monolithic. The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support Construction and Equipment division alone accounts for 6,640 awards (86.8% of the 7,645-award portfolio) with $22.6 million in combined potential value; the Hardware division adds 528 awards with $5.9 million, together representing 97% of all awards and 96% of combined potential value. The Office of Personnel Management (209 awards, $3.5 million), the Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (48 awards, $337 thousand), and the Department of the Air Force Pacific Air Forces (23 awards) round out the active set. This concentration reflects DLA Document Services' singular role as an organic production facility supporting DoD military training and logistics operations; the vendor has no commercial or civilian customer base.

Activity has declined sharply year over year, from 638 awards in 2022 to 198 through mid-July 2026 — a 69 percent contraction that the source attributes to shifts in Department of Defense procurement practices rather than performance issues. The most recent awards, clustered in the January-July 2026 window, show order values ranging from under $100 to over $994 million, with completion dates typically 30 to 60 days post-award. The source notes that delivery orders close on or before scheduled completion dates.

DLA Document Services places work under a single parent indefinite delivery contract, SPM50004DDAPS, which carries 6,842 task orders and $17 million in combined potential value. A secondary IDC, SP050004DDAPS, carries 263 task orders with minimal value. Smaller vehicles include Navy IDC N6893606A0001 (19 task orders), Air Force IDC FA701206D9011 (11 task orders), and Air Force IDC FA701205D9011 (1 task order).

The vendor's award portfolio is overwhelmingly concentrated in armament training devices (NAICS 561910 Quick Printing / PSC 1160 Armament Training Devices: 7,072 awards), with secondary portfolios in photographic and copying materials manufacturing (264 awards) and books printing (195 awards). The top-five NAICS and PSC categories account for the vast majority of the footprint, reflecting the division's specialized production mission within DLA's logistics network.

The parent entity is the Government of the United States. As an internal government division, DLA Document Services operates without recompete risk, holds no venture-capital backing or subsidiary structure, and maintains no external teaming relationships or subcontractors.