" Dark web " threat intelligence software
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Customs and Border Protection
Department of Homeland Security
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $350,000 to $500,000
- Set-aside
- Total Small Business
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- Through
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Multiple
- Forecast number
- F2026074386
- Points of contact
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- Krishna Dahal krishna.dahal@cbp.dhs.gov (202) 255-2329
Forecast details come from DHS's Acquisition Planning Forecast System. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
Customs and Border Protection is procuring licensed software access to a dark web threat intelligence platform that collects and indexes darknet data into searchable databases, with solicitation release scheduled for 2026-09-16 and award projected for 2026-09-30. The platform enables CBP users to query, monitor, and generate alerts on open-source information to address illicit drug trafficking and synthetic drug precursors, illicit migration and document fraud, and threat detection including unauthorized PII circulation. This requirement is set aside for Total Small Business and will be awarded through the NASA SEWP V contract vehicle under limited competition.
The estimated award value ranges from $350,000 to $500,000 on a Firm Fixed Price basis, with an enterprise license supporting multiple concurrent users and a performance period from 2026-09-30 through 2027-09-29. Work is performed across multiple locations spanning the Washington, DC metropolitan region to field locations based on mission requirements. Krishna Dahal (krishna.dahal@cbp.dhs.gov, 202-255-2329) is the requirements contact, and David Harrod (David.K.Harrod@cbp.dhs.gov, 202-553-6456) is the Small Business Coordinator.
Forecast text
CBP requires licensed software access to a platform that collects " dark web " or " darknet " data into searchable database(s). The threat intelligence platform enables viewing, querying, and monitoring existing open-source information. Querying, monitoring, and alerts will equip CBP users to address illicit drug advertisements and sales, production and smuggling, and/or equivalent for synthetic drugs or chemical precursors; illicit migration, including illicit document production and sales; and threat detection, such as unauthorized circulation of PII.
Enterprise license for multiple concurrent users.
Award is projected through the DOD (also known as DOW) Tradewinds marketplace.
Place(s) of performance: Multiple, from Washington, DC metropolitan region to field locations based on mission requirements.
Acquisition Strategy: NASA SEWP limited competition
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