Turn Key Detention Facilities and operation at Denver, Miami, Seattle and Philadelphia Areas of Responsibility (AOR)
Forecast details
Requirement
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), requires one or more Contractor Owned/Contractor-Operated detention facilities within the ERO Denver, Miami, Seattle and Philadelphia Areas of Responsibility (AOR). Proposed facilities and contract operators must be able to provide housing, medical and mental health care services, transportation, guard services, food service, and detention services for individuals in the custody of ICE. Under this acquisition, the contractor will provide detention management services to include all personnel, management, equipment, supplies, and services necessary for performance of all aspects of the contract. All facilities that can meet the requirements of the Performance Work Statement (PWS) will be considered so long as they can accommodate male and female detainees of low and medium custody levels. However, facilities that can accommodate low, medium, and high custody levels are preferred. ERO will consider turnkey existing facilities, existing facilities requiring upgrades, and newly constructed facilities. All facilities must be able to begin housing detainees with 30 days of contract award. The Contractor shall agree that the facility is to be for the exclusive use of ICE and its detainee population.
About this market
Department of Homeland Security awards in NAICS 561612 over the last 3 years.
- Typical award size
- The median award was $4.4M; the middle half ran from $1.4M to $11.6M (819 priced awards).
- Competition
- 93% of 893 awards were competed; median 5 offers.
- Largest vendors
- COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC — 4 awards, $2.5B
- THE GEO GROUP, INC. — 21 awards, $856.1M
- SECURITAS AB — 125 awards, $826.5M
- TRIPLE CANOPY INC — 47 awards, $747.5M
- AMENTUM SERVICES, INC. — 1 award, $657.6M
- Largest recent awards
- $673.4M to COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC, signed Mar 4, 2026
- $657.6M to AMENTUM SERVICES, INC., signed Mar 12, 2026
- $480.1M to COVENANT AVIATION SECURITY, LLC, signed Jan 6, 2026
- $182.1M to MVM, INC., signed Mar 27, 2026
- $159.7M to MVM, INC., signed Mar 6, 2025
- Recompete pipeline
- 97 contracts of $100K or more in this market end between 90 days and 18 months from now.
Computed from USAspending award data on Oct 25, 2026.