# Recovery of Human Remains Course (Amended)

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/rfiertu2025

- Solicitation number: RFI-ERTU-2025
- Notice type: Sources sought
- Status: Awarded to University of Tennessee
- Department: Department of Justice
- Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Contracting office: FBI-JEH (15F067)
- NAICS: 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- County: Knox County (FIPS 47093). https://abierto.us/counties/knox-county-tn-47093
- City: Knoxville. https://abierto.us/cities/knoxville-tn-4740000
- First posted: October 30, 2024
- Last posted: November 6, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9ad9cbc742a24505a8f2b50fe23cedfa/view

## Description

The Laboratory Division, Forensic Response Section, ERTU within the FBI provides evidence collection capabilities to FBI field Evidence Response Teams (ERT), Underwater Search and Evidence Response Teams (USERT), Hazardous Evidence Response Teams (HERT), and law enforcement partners, by providing forensic training, resources, and expertise in support of the FBI's investigative priorities.

As forensic science investigative techniques become farther reaching and increasingly more complex, the need to provide continuing and ongoing training needs to expand and progress as well. One of the advanced training courses offered by ERTU is the Recovery of Human Remains course. The ERT Recovery of Human Remains Course is a 40-hour course for ERT personnel field-wide who have completed the ERT 80-hour Basic Course and 40-hour FBI Post-Blast Course.

The ERT Recovery of Human Remains Course provides ERT members in the FBI Field Offices with the tools to effectively recover human remains and to document and preserve evidence at these unique crime scenes. They are tasked with the excavation of human remains and the proper documentation of the scene. The skills acquired by attending students have assisted in the investigation of major disasters, mass fatalities, mass graves, and homicides.

This RFI is open to all contractors capable of furnishing classroom space, workshop/laboratory space, and practical training areas to include multiple “clandestine” graves for hands-on training. The contractor shall also provide recognized expert and board-certified instructors in archaeology, pathology, anthropology, entomology, odontology, botany, and the application of sophisticated forensic techniques. Please review attached Request for Information.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: University of Tennessee (UEI FN2YCS2YAUW3)
- Contract: 15F06725C0000232, definitive contract
- Obligated: $35,000.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offers received
- Link: solicitation number RFIERTU2025 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 15F067 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15F06725C0000232_1549_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- October 30, 2024: Sources sought, due November 8, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice b4b2ba47417a48088b10fa6bc91760aa. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b4b2ba47417a48088b10fa6bc91760aa/view
- November 6, 2024: Sources sought, due November 14, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 9ad9cbc742a24505a8f2b50fe23cedfa. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9ad9cbc742a24505a8f2b50fe23cedfa/view

## Points of contact

- Ashley Johnson, aljohnson5@fbi.gov
- Natosha Floyd, nfloyd@fbi.gov

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