Doing Business with DEA:

The Drug Enforcement Administration acquires the products and services required to support its mission through the Office of Acquisition & Relocation Management.

DEA conducts the majority of its procurements as full and open competitive or small and small disadvantaged business set-aside, including 8(a)'s. This office supports acquisitions at the simplified acquisition threshold of $3,000-$150,000, along with GSA and other GWAC purchases and all types of larger acquisitions over $150,000 to the multi-million dollar level.

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Contact the DEA Small Business Program:

The FA Small Business Hotline email box is the general procurement information collection point for the Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Small Business. The DEA Small Business Office does not process tips related to crimes or investigations. To submit these ‘tips’ by email, please go to Submit a Tip. You may also contact the DEA office nearest you by telephone. Contact Us has a listing of these telephone numbers.

Small Businesses may submit capabilities statements or marketing literature to the DEA Small Business E-Mailbox at dea.small.business.hotline@usdoj.gov. To ensure your information arrives intact, please submit all materials as attachments and limit attachments to 5MB or less per email. DEA systems may prevent hyperlinks in emails and attachments from accessing commercial websites therefore submitters should ensure their materials do not rely solely on hyperlinks to communicate their message.

Caution: Please do not submit proposals or responses to specific procurement actions to this address. When responding to a synopsis, request for proposal, and other action; you must respond in accordance with the instructions of those advertisements to the named point of contact. Failure to adhere to those instructions may render the submittal as unresponsive. 

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Policies:

The following documents related to DEA acquisitions policy are available for download. Some of these are required forms for doing business with DEA:

• Contractors supporting DEA may be subject to Contractor Personnel Reporting Requirements (CPRR). If applicable, the contractor must submit quarterly CPRR reports verifying all employees assigned to perform under the contract. Contractor must use the CPRR Excel Spreadsheet Template per the instructions in the DEA CPRR provision.
• CPRR Excel Spreadsheet Template

DEA Security Provisions

• DEA-2852.204.83 Public Trust Positions - Security Requirements for Access to DEA Sensitive Information/U.S. Citizenship Required (May 2011)
• DEA-2852.204.84 Public Trust Positions - Security Requirements for Access to DEA Sensitive Information/ U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident Alien Status Required (July 2011)
• DEA-2852.204.85 Security Requirements for Access to Secret Information DOD/DSS (May 2011)
• DEA-2852.204.88 Security Requirements for Access to Top Secret Information DOD/DSS JPAS Person Summary Form Required (Mar 2009)
• DEA-2852.204.91 Security Requirements for Personnel Security Access Level: Top Secret with SCI Access DOD/DSS JPAS Person Summary Form Required (Mar 2009)
• DEA-2852.204.94 Security Requirements for Non-Sensitive Positions Escorted Access - U.S. Citizenship Required (Mar 2009)
• DEA-2852.204.96 Drug Enforcement Administration Security Requirements for Access to Secret and Top Secret National Security Information Security Officers/Armed Guard Services Contracts Awarded by the Department of Homeland Security-Federal Protective Service (Mar 2009)
• DEA-2852.204.99 Security Requirements for Department of Defense CounterDrug Support - Utah National Guard/Joint Language Training Center (Jun 2010)

Security Forms

• JPAS Verification Form DEA (August 2010)
• Suitability/Verification Form DEA (August 2010)
• eQIP/Eagle Eye Information Sheet (Contractor Applicants Only) (June 2012)
• SF 85, Questionnaire for Non-Sensitive Positions
• SF 85P, Questionnaire for Public Trust Positions
• SF 85P-S, Supplemental Questionnaire for Selected Positions
• SF 86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions
• SF 86A, Continuation Sheet for Questionnaires SF 86, SF 85P, and SF 85
• FD 258, Applicant Fingerprint Card (Rev. 5-11-99)
• OBD 236, Inquiry Regarding Suitability of Applicant (September 1984) (May be handwritten)
• Drug Use Statement
• DOJ 555, Disclosure and Authorization Pertaining to Consumer Reports Pursuant to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (Revised October 2008)
• Release - Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970, as Amended
• Resolution of Debt-Related Issues (10/23/03)
• Common Language for Consumer Credit
• Rules and Regulations, A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Foreign National Relatives or Associates Statement (June 2012)
• Loyalty Oath (July 2008)
• Verification of Permanent Resident Alien Status
• Verification of US Citizenship
• Contract Employee's Authorization to Conduct Agency-Specific Record Checks (Feb 2009)