Rapid Deployment Wins El Paso Construction IDIQ With $2.223B Ceiling
The federal award establishes a single construction contract vehicle. Future task orders will determine the sites, scopes and value of work actually commissioned.
Rapid Deployment Inc. of Mobile, Alabama has won a single-award construction contract vehicle covering El Paso and co-located facilities for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Office of Assets and Facility Management. The notice was posted September 24 and records a September 21 award.
The stated base-and-all-options value is $2,222,732,348. That is the scale of the contract vehicle, not evidence that $2.223 billion of construction has already been ordered, funded or assigned to one El Paso development.
Project at a Glance
- Agency:
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Office:
- Assets and Facility Management
- Prime contractor:
- Rapid Deployment Inc.
- Contract ceiling / stated value:
- $2,222,732,348, including options
- Award date:
- September 21, 2026
- Notice posted:
- September 24, 2026
- Structure:
- Single-award construction IDIQ
A Prime Appointment, Not a Single Building Budget
An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract provides a mechanism for issuing work through task orders. The award identifies the contractor, but the construction program must be understood at the individual order level.
The reviewed notice does not establish one campus footprint, building area or start date for the full ceiling. It should therefore not be presented as the budget of a newly announced building.
Where Construction Details Will Emerge
Individual orders can identify the facility, location, design requirements, schedule and price. They will also help distinguish alterations to existing property from new construction.
For subcontractors, opportunities depend on those scopes. Civil works, structures, building services and specialist systems may be relevant, but none should be advertised as an open package solely because the umbrella contract has been awarded.
What to Track
Rapid Deployment is the known prime. Task-order awards, site identification and confirmed delivery partners are the next meaningful milestones. Contract 70CMSW26D00000013 should be tracked alongside its orders so that commissioned work is not confused with unused contract capacity.