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$110,366,077

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

to AVANTUS FEDERAL LLC

justiceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B02C23C00000053_7014_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

CONTRACT AWARD

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Contract award to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations and border security enforcement activities.

Sub-sectors
immigration-enforcementcbp-operationsborder-security
Why this matters

CBP is the primary federal agency managing U.S. borders; this $110M award signals sustained investment in border infrastructure and operational capacity.

Supply-chain signal

Likely drives demand for surveillance technology, vehicles, communications systems, and logistics support vendors serving CBP.

U.S.–China competition angle

Border security modernization indirectly competes with Chinese surveillance and border-control technology exports to other nations.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002116.

Period of performance
Start
2023-07-07
End
2026-10-29
Status
activein 165 days
Sources

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