This is a definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to Avantus Federal LLC, doing business as E3 Federal Solutions LLC, for operations and maintenance services for the Tethered Aerostat Radar System (TARS) program. The contract has a ceiling value of $183,888,264.32 and a period of performance through October 29, 2028.
The TARS program provides persistent surveillance capabilities along the U.S. borders and coastal approaches to detect, identify, track, and monitor activities related to interdicting low-level air, maritime, and surface smugglers and narcotics traffickers. The contract requires the contractor to maintain eight aerostat sites, including all equipment, facilities, vehicles, and personnel necessary to provide this surveillance data to CBP stakeholders. This contract is not set aside and was awarded as a full and open competition. Avantus Federal, a foreign-owned, for-profit organization, is the prime contractor and has previously supported this program through the incumbent contract.
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