Attachment A - Statement of Work

Statement of Work (SOW)
ATF National Canine Division (NCD)
Detection Canines

I. Introduction

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) National Canine Division (NCD) is the leading federal authority for detection canines for law enforcement and military organizations. Established in 1995, NCD supports a variety of high-risk law enforcement operations, including bomb, arson, explosives and gun investigations as well as the more traditional protective search and sweep responsibilities. This program is the only scientifically based canine detection program in the world operated by law enforcement.
NCD conducts explosive detection, accelerant detection and Search Enhanced Evidence K-9 (S.E.E.K.) training programs at the Canine Academy located in Front Royal, Virginia. Once trained, canine teams are assigned to local, state, federal law enforcement agencies, where they regularly lend support to investigations and national level security efforts.
The ATF National Canine Division is the first office within ATF to receive Federal Law Enforcement Training Accreditation. The Accelerant Detection Canine Program is the first program in the US to become accredited. The EDC and SEEK programs are scheduled for FLETA accreditation in November 2021. For more information about the NCD’s Explosive Detection Canines and its programs, please visit: https://www.atf.gov/about/explosives-detection-canines II. ATF Detection Canines Program Background
The ATF detection canine is conditioned to detect explosives, explosives residue, and post blast evidence. As a bonus, because of their conditioning to smokeless powder and other explosive fillers, ATF trained explosive detection canines can detect firearms and ammunition hidden in containers and vehicles, on persons and buried underground. With the assistance of support systems such as the National Response Team, Explosives Technology Branch, ATF Laboratories, Certified Explosives Specialists, and the ATF Firearms Branch and Tracing Center, the ATF canine program is producing a viable tool to assist law enforcement with their war on violent crime. While there is a great need for explosive-detecting instruments, there is also a great need for law enforcement agencies to have an explosive-detecting canine capable of detecting explosive and firearm threats. To support ATF's mission and that of other law enforcement agencies, ATF applied knowledge gained from its long established accelerant detection canine program and developed a scientifically