Babel X software and maintenance

Past Recompete Updated

Agency
Solicitation expected
Estimated value
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000
Set-aside
HUBZone

Forecast facts

Anticipated award
Through
Acquisition strategy
Follow-on to Existing Contract
NAICS code
541519 Other Computer Related Services
Place of performance
Sterling, VA
Forecast number
F2026072700
Points of contact

Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.

About this forecast

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is recompeting a total HUBZone set-aside for Babel X software and maintenance services through NASA SEWP V, with solicitation release estimated for June 11, 2026, and award anticipated June 30, 2026. Babel X enables advanced search, collection, and analysis of publicly available information across social media platforms, the surface web, deep web, and dark web to support CBP law enforcement and national security operations. The contract is structured as Firm Fixed Price.

The award value range is $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, with period of performance from June 30, 2026, through April 29, 2027. Work is performed in Sterling, Virginia. Contact Shawn Greene, CBP Border Enforcement Contracting Division, at shawn.p.greene@cbp.dhs.gov or (202) 297-9973 for inquiries.

Forecast text

CBP requires access to Babel Street software and maintenance. Babel Street is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Babel Street offers a variety of products and services under its brand. Babel X is one of the offerings and is required under this order to enables advanced search, collection, and analysis of publicly available information through a single user interface, facilitating the collection of information regarding people, places, and things across social media platforms, as well as general information held on the surface, deep, and dark web to inform situational awareness and to support CBP law enforcement and national security operations.

Acquisition Strategy: Total HUBZone Set-Aside, through NASA SEWP V, Group B (1) HUBZone

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