Sources SoughtPosted Oct 15, 2026·Responses due Oct 27, 2026

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Request for Information (RFI) - UNTRAINED SINGLE PURPOSE DETECTION CANINES

Customs and Border Protection · MISSION SUPPORT CONTRACTING DIVISION

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
112990
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
2027K9BPA
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
8820
Place
Fort Bliss, TX, USA
Contact
Jeffrey Krebs (JEFFREY.S.KREBS@cbp.dhs.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 2027K9BPA in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Oct 15, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Too few past cases at this agency to estimate timing (6 found; 10 needed).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This is an RFI released pursuant to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Part 5 (Presolicitation & Early Industry Exchanges) & Part 12 (Commercial Streamlining). This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) nor a promise to issue an RFP or other solicitation. Furthermore, those who respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback about its submission, other than acknowledgment of receipt. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Departmen… (show all)

t of Homeland Security (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is not currently seeking proposals. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the expense of the respondent. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation. The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become the property of the Federal Government and will not be returned. This RFI is to gather market research information for acquisition planning purposes in anticipation of issuing a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) to provide canines to the Field Office K9 (FOK9) and Border Patrol K9 (BPK9) training centers. The requirements outlined in this RFI and its attachments do not represent definitive CBP requirements and are subject to change prior to any potential future solicitation. Vendors should not interpret the listed requirements as final or representative of CBP's actual requirements. The listed requirements are for informational purposes only and are covered in attachment #1. Prepare a concise capability statement responding to this RFI, see attachment #2 Response to Request for Information (RFI) Instructions. The purpose of the Capability Statement is to demonstrate the organization�s relevant experience, technical capabilities, capacity, and understanding of the Government�s anticipated requirement. Questions and responses on this RFI must be sent via email to the following: CBP Procurement POC: Jeff Krebs, Contracting Officer at JEFFREY.S.KREBS@cbp.dhs.gov and Danielle Brandao Lacerda, Contract Specialist at DANIELLE.BRANDAOLACERDA@cbp.dhs.gov RFI responses must be electronically submitted to the procurement POC by 12:00 pm EDT on October 27th, 2026. Include the RFI title in the subject line of your email. See the Attached RFI document for further details and instructions

Who won similar work

117 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Customs and Border Protection), any industry: a loose match.

Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY, INC.3$16.7MSep 17, 2025
WILLIAM HEBELER, INC3$111KJun 5, 2025
ACUITY INTERNATIONAL, LLC2$569.0MSep 30, 2026
RAPISCAN SYSTEMS INC2$285.0MJul 30, 2026
KOMAN ADVANTAGE, LLC2$177.2MOct 13, 2026
BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING SYSTEMS CORP2$4.8MJul 31, 2026
REWORLD TULSA, LLC2$2.1MOct 8, 2026
V.I. PET, INC2$1.9MDec 16, 2024
FOSTER & FREEMAN USA INC2$1.4MSep 1, 2026
OREADY LLC2$395KAug 29, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Customs & Border Protection since 2024 (2 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Customs & Border Protection job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 24 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.