Penlink Licenses
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- JA250232
- Agency
-
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 70CMSD25P00000138-70CMSD25P00000138
- NAICS code
- 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- Place of performance
- Lincoln, Nebraska 68516, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice was published by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the procurement of Penlink Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) software licenses, specifically for Penlink's Tangles and Webloc databases used by HSI INTEL for intelligence gathering and investigations. The contract includes multiple components: Tangles Licenses, Additional 10 Monitors, Advanced Face Search, Face Detection, Objects/OCR/Landmark capabilities, and Dark Web Data Feed services designed to reduce manual review time by integrating location data from multiple sources, building event timelines, and correlating external events. ICE justified the sole source award to Penlink based on market research conducted in May and June 2025 that evaluated two alternative vendors (Babel Street and Ventel) but determined that neither could meet HSI INTEL's comprehensive web investigation and location-based data analysis requirements. The contract was awarded on September 16, 2025, with contract number 70CMSD25P00000138, though the specific award amount has been redacted from the documentation. The procurement is structured as a firm-fixed price contract with a base period and an option year, and the solicitation details are law enforcement sensitive to protect operational methods and agent safety.
Notice text
See attached Justification
Awarded contract 70CMSD25P00000138 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2025-09-16.
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