About this opportunity
AI summaryThe 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron is issuing a sources sought synopsis to identify qualified large and small business sources capable of providing fully trained Military Working Dogs and Government Working Dogs. The requested scope under a Blanket Purchase Agreement includes supplying fully trained patrol/explosive and patrol/drug dogs to support the 341st Training Squadron and broader Department of Defense and Transportation Security Administration requirements. Potential vendors must present candidates at approved sites for pre-screening, behavioral, and medical evaluations. Contractors must submit diagnostic-quality digital radiographs, including hip, elbow, and spinal images, along with canine identification details at least ten business days before evaluation begins. Final purchase prices will be negotiated per call and cannot exceed the vendor's agreement rates. Responses to this synopsis will inform acquisition decisions, and interested parties must respond to the subsequent solicitation on SAM.gov to be considered.
Scope of work
- Single Purpose Detector Dogs
- Detector/Patrol Dogs (DoW I)
- Detector/Patrol Dogs (DoW II)
- TSA Detector Dogs
- Special Purpose Detector Dogs
Minimum qualifications
- Age between 12 to 36 months at time of evaluation
- Acceptable herding, working, or sporting breeds
- Height and weight proportional to frame and skeletal size
- Pass behavioral, medical, and performance evaluations
- Socialized for medical examinations
Documents to include with your response
- Dog identification details including name, breed, sex, whelp date, color, and microchip number
- Diagnostic quality digital radiographs including elbow, lumbar spine, and hip
- Vaccination records for rabies signed by a licensed veterinarian
Key dates
- Canine information and radiographs due
- no later than ten business days before the start of the evaluation
- Responses due
- 1400 (2:00 P.M.) hrs. Central Standard Time on 02 November 2026
How to submit
- Method
- In writing
- Instructions
- Submit responses to the sources sought notice in writing no later than 2:00 PM CST on November 2, 2026.
Contract details
- Term
- Five years beginning on the date of BPA award
- Place of performance
- Approved contractor sites, visited contractor sites, or designated government selection sites
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- FA890327QX002
- Agency
- Department of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA8053 773 ESS PKJ MSCC
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 2, 2026, 3:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Oct 24, 2026
- NAICS
- 112990 · All Other Animal Production
- Product/service code
- 8820
- Contracting contact
- Deric Harris
deric.harris.3@us.af.mil - Additional contact
- Marcus Schulze
marcus.schulze@us.af.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (All Other Animal Production). This is not this requirement's award history.
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83 contract awards in this NAICS over the period.
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Source: USAspending.gov federal award data (U.S. federal public data). A contract is called the incumbent only when the notice or its documents cite it by number.