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$45,454,160

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

to V3GATE, LLC

justiceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-30·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B04C25F00000247_7014_NNG15SD27B_8000
Award description

BRAND NAME IBM ELA FOR HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT

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

IBM enterprise license agreement for hardware and software maintenance supporting U.S. Customs and Border Protection IT systems.

Sub-sectors
cbp-operationsit-infrastructuremaintenance-support
Why this matters

CBP relies on IT infrastructure for border security operations, surveillance, and enforcement; this contract ensures system uptime and security.

Supply-chain signal

Large IBM maintenance contract indicates CBP's dependence on IBM enterprise systems; signals demand for legacy system support and potential modernization opportunities.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. government IT infrastructure modernization competes with Chinese surveillance and border-control technology; IBM contracts reflect preference for trusted domestic vendors.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002183.

Period of performance
Start
2025-03-31
End
2027-03-30
Status
activein 317 days
Sources

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