The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection awarded multiple Blanket Purchase Agreements under a total small business set-aside to provide pre-packaged detainee meals along the Southwest border region. The master BPA has a potential value of $208.2 million over five annual ordering periods from July 2020 to July 2025. Rockwell American Services, LTD. received task order calls against the BPA to supply meals at various CBP detention facilities in locations such as McAllen, Texas; Douglas, Arizona; and Imperial, California. The firm will deliver breakfast, lunch and dinner entrees to support operations at sectors including Rio Grande Valley and Tucson. The meals must meet USDA nutritional guidelines and be distributed in accordance with the agency's requirements for temporarily detained migrants at Southwest land border stations.
The original solicitation sought quotes for the Southwest Border Detainee Meals BPA to furnish meals across nine Border Patrol sectors and four Office of Field Operations sites. Pricing was requested for annual delivery to detention centers in the Southwest border region. The BPA mechanism aims to facilitate nutritional sustenance for individuals in CBP custody as the agency carries out its missions of border security and immigration enforcement. Multiple vendors received awards with a ceiling value of $208.2 million to provide this sustenance over five years.