Emergency Detention and Related Services Strategic Sourcing Vehicle

Immigration and Customs Enforcement awarded a Master IDIQ for emergency detention and related services on May 17, 2025, with ordering authority extending through May 16, 2027, approximately nine months remaining. The vehicle carries a $45 billion shared ceiling and requires multiple-award structure with no small-business set-aside.

All 40 task orders issued to date represent minimum obligations of $250 each, totaling $10 thousand in combined potential value, with the full amount obligated. Award activity concentrated on the May 17, 2025 establishment date; no subsequent orders have been placed. The vehicle solicitation (70CDCR25R00000005) underwent four amendments between April and May 2025, with Amendment 0004 materially reducing the shared ceiling from the original $45 billion to $10.035 billion before awards were finalized—an important signal that the government's initial ceiling estimate did not carry through to execution.

The original solicitation sought comprehensive detention services across eight objectives including facility operations, security, transportation, medical care, detainee management, legal resources, record administration, and processing support. Contractors could pursue single or multiple objectives. Evaluation prioritized corporate experience valued at $25 million or higher; only qualifying vendors received awards. Pricing followed government-established rate tables with mandatory 3% annual escalation, bed-day rates between $150 and $280 per detainee depending on population size and contract duration, armed guard rates between $71.70 and $142.56 per hour, and transportation at $2.79 per mile. Performance spans nationwide locations including contiguous United States and territories.

Competition remains highly fragmented: 40 distinct primes each hold one task order. No prime concentration exists. All task orders are unrestricted full-and-open competition awards. ICE is the sole customer agency.

The minimal $250 per-order obligations suggest this vehicle functions as a capacity-holder agreement rather than a revenue-generating contract at present. The ten-month gap between vehicle establishment and current date with no new orders, combined with the 87-percent reduction in shared ceiling via Amendment 0004, indicates either slower-than-anticipated activation or a fundamental recalibration of government demand. Firms should pursue this vehicle primarily for strategic positioning rather than near-term revenue, while monitoring whether ICE begins issuing substantial delivery orders against the remaining ordering authority.