DHS/ICE intends to procure comprehensive detention services (housing, guards, meals, medical care, transportation) on a sole source basis.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to award a sole-source contract to Core Civic for comprehensive detention services at the Prairie detention facility in Appleton, Minnesota. This requirement supports the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Saint Paul Field Office in increasing bed capacity to meet interior enforcement and border decompression goals. The facility must accommodate up to 1,600 detainees and be fully operational shortly after the award date to facilitate the safe detention of individuals awaiting trial or deportation.

The contractor is responsible for providing all personnel, detention management, equipment, facilities, supplies, medical care, meals, and transportation services for a performance period of five years. All operations must comply with the ICE 2026 National Detention Standards, American Correctional Association Standards for Adult Local Detention Facilities, and National Commission on Correctional Health Care standards for health services in jails. This procurement, identified under solicitation number 70CDCR26R00000011, is classified under NAICS 561612 Security Guards and Patrol Services and PSC S206 HOUSEKEEPING- GUARD.

This special notice specifies no set-aside (NONE; NONE) and establishes a response deadline of June 19, 2026. Because Core Civic is the sole owner and operator of the specific facility that meets the agency's geographic and capacity requirements within the necessary timeframe, ICE intends to proceed under the authority for only one responsible source. One attachment, a performance work statement titled Prairie PWS 6-2-2026.docx, was provided with the announcement on June 4, 2026.