Overview

• Camp East Montana began processing detainees this month with roughly 1,000 beds, with plans to scale toward a 5,000-bed capacity.
• Acquisition Logistics LLC won the award despite no visible detention operations record, no functioning public website, and a listed headquarters at a Virginia residence.
• The Army financed $232 million for the first 1,000 beds, and the solicitation assigns the contractor security and medical duties under strict rules routing inquiries to ICE.
• Texas-based Gemini Tech Services has lodged a GAO protest and a federal court appeal is pending, with a GAO decision not expected before November.
• Satellite imagery shows several 810-foot tents built on the 60-acre desert site near El Paso’s airport, as lawmakers and advocates raise concerns over oversight and conditions.