IC Technology & Surveillance — 2026-05-03

DIA Launches $800 Million DORE3 Data Science and Intelligence Support Recompete

On April 30, the Defense Intelligence Agency posted a presolicitation notice and draft RFP on SAM.gov for Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation, and Enhanced Engineering (DORE3), a recompete Washington Technology reported at approximately $800 million. The Virginia Contracting Activity requirement covers 11 support areas, including collection concept development, data sciences, technical exploitation, IoT and open-source analysis, and rapid engineering and prototyping, with advisory and assistance services required across all areas. The formal RFP is scheduled for release on or about May 14, with competition anticipated to be full and open and performance locations varying by task order.

Analysis
DIA's DORE3 recompete, corroborated across three outlets anchored by the SAM.gov presolicitation, consolidates eleven support areas under a single vehicle, signaling the agency is centralizing contractor support for analytic and technical exploitation functions it has not brought in-house. Advisory and assistance services required across all eleven areas confirm continued structural dependence on industry for core intelligence tradecraft. The consolidation more plausibly resolves administrative fragmentation across legacy task orders than reflects any deliberate investment in new capability. Award by December 2027 is below likely; near-routine GAO protests on large multi-award intelligence vehicles, draft-to-final RFP slippage of three to six months, FY27 continuing resolution risk, and full-and-open competition's wider protest surface all compress that probability.

2 sources

DIA tees up $800M data collection recompete - Washington Technology
DIA posts DORE3 draft RFP - Intelligence Community News