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$178,541,401

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

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ACTION DATE2026-03-31·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B01C25F00000194_7014_70B01C23D00000011_7014
Award description

BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE-BARRIER GAPS DESIGN BUILD CONSTRUCTION

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Design and construction of border barrier infrastructure to address gaps in U.S.-Mexico border security.

Sub-sectors
border-securitycbp-infrastructuredesign-build-construction
Why this matters

Part of DHS's strategic border security modernization; $178.5B represents major capital investment in physical border infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract will drive demand for steel, concrete, heavy equipment, and construction labor; benefits general contractors and materials suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Border security infrastructure is domestic-focused; no direct China competition angle, though supply chain materials may involve global sourcing.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002141.

Period of performance
Start
2025-03-14
End
2028-11-28
Status
activein 927 days
Sources

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