IC Technology — 2026-06-22

DIA Solicits Proposals for DORE3 Data Science and Operations Support Contract

BLUFDORE3's $800 million scope and emphasis on rapid prototyping and data sciences will make the eventual awardee a gatekeeper for DIA's AI-driven analytic modernization.

The Defense Intelligence Agency published a request for proposals for the Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation, and Enhanced Engineering (DORE3) contract, with the formal solicitation posted to SAM.gov on June 17 1. The contract is estimated at $800M and structured as an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity vehicle with multiple awards, spanning firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and time-and-materials task order types. The solicitation encompasses 11 mission support areas, including collection concept development, data sciences support, and program support, with the contractor required to perform gap analysis, rapid prototyping, and test and evaluation activities 2. DORE3 succeeds the five-year, $990M DORE2 contract awarded in 2020 to seven companies, with performance based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Analysis
The formal RFP advances DORE3 from procurement planning to active competition, opening an $800M vehicle that will determine how DIA sources analytic and technical exploitation support through the next contract period. With gap analysis, rapid prototyping, and data sciences among eleven mission areas, awardees will sit at the center of DIA's technical modernization at a moment when AI-assisted analytics are reshaping agency tradecraft. The solicitation discloses no evaluation criteria weights or award timeline, leaving the competing field and award date opaque. A single-vehicle consolidation at this price point may signal budget-driven scope compression rather than expanded capability ambitions.

2 sources

Data Science, Operations, Requirements, Exploitation, and Enhanced Engineering (DORE3) - SAM.gov
DIA Seeks Proposals for DORE3 Contract - Executive Gov