GardaWorld's San Antonio Detention-Conversion Order on Navy Contract N0002325D0032 Stands at $61,829,037.54 Obligated and $1,008,135,768.12 Potential; Saltbox Reported $17.3 Million and Said DHS Had Stopped Using the Program

ICE’s detention and removals office signed a delivery order to GardaWorld Federal Services LLC on Aug. 27 to renovate an ICE-owned structure in San Antonio into a processing and detention facility. Project Saltbox reported the award as $17.3 million. USAspending lists award 70CDCR26FR0000103 at $61,829,037.54 obligated, with a potential value of $1,008,135,768.12. Those figures differ from the $17.3 million Saltbox reported. The award description reads: “THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROCURE THE RENOVATION OF EXISTING, ICE-OWNED PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN SAN ANTONIO, TX TO SERVE AS A PROCESSING AND DETENTION FACILITY AND PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR OPERATION OF THE FACILITY.”

The order sits under Navy contract N0002325D0032. It is coded “FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION” and “SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE AWARD FAIR OPPORTUNITY”, with 8 offers received; its solicitation identifier is blank and its FedBizOpps field reads “NOT APPLICABLE”.

Saltbox reports that Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told a House Appropriations subcommittee on June 25 that the department was no longer using the Navy program for detention services, and that the San Antonio requirement was solicited Dec. 23, 2025, before that retreat. No transcript of that testimony has been read; the words are Saltbox’s account.

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