The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection awarded a basic ordering agreement to JEI Solutions, Inc., doing business as Joseph General Construction, with a potential value of $4.5 million. This single award agreement covers construction and service projects for the agency through February 2022.
Under the agreement, two firm fixed price delivery orders have been awarded to date. Joseph General Construction received a $437,632 order to upgrade the ceiling of a storage vault in Falfurrias, Texas from February to June 2022. Additionally, the firm received a $282,104 order applying a no set-aside to upgrade the fire alarm system at its Rio Grande City, Texas facility, with work completing in October 2021. Both orders were awarded on a sole source basis through Joseph General Construction's certification in the Small Business Administration's 8(a) Program.
The basic ordering agreement and associated delivery orders aim to procure construction services for upgrades improving infrastructure and safety systems at U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities along the southern border. Joseph General Construction, as the prime contractor, will provide labor, materials, and equipment for ceiling and fire alarm upgrades at storage vaults and stations in keeping with the agency's ongoing efforts to modernize border facilities.
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