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Doing Business With ICE
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The primary mission of the agency is to detect vulnerabilities and prevent violations that threaten national security. Information about the ICE organization can be found under the ICE Operations tab located within the About Us link on the top of this webpage.
ICE acquires various kinds of products and services such as:
- Armed security guard services;
- Law enforcement services and products, such as hand restraints, handcuffs, guns and ammunition;
- Detention and Removal Services:
- (a) Detention services include temporary housing, food, clothing, guards, and transportation;
- (b) Detainee removal transportation services including air charter flight
- Fugitive Operational Support that involves data analysis and analysis support services;
- Information Technology (IT) supplies and services, to include computers, security equipment, maintenance, software, and telecommunication;
- Law enforcement training development;
- Procurement and clerical support services, and
- Interpreter services.
DHS Open for Business Website
The DHS “Open for Business” website, http://www.dhs.gov/openforbusiness, centralizes information to assist all businesses to learn how to work with the DHS. This website provides links to current contracting and grant opportunities, small business assistance, Central Contractor Registration (CCR), and acquisition laws and regulations. Small business representatives can also register to meet with ICE small business specialist at the DHS monthly vendor outreach sessions.
Special Programs and Assistance for Small Business Firms.
Ms. Tamika Gray, ICE Office of Acquisition Management, is the ICE Small Business Specialist. Ms. Gray acts as a point of contact for those private firms seeking agency-specific acquisition information. Meetings with the ICE Small Business Specialist are scheduled through the DHS open for business website. She can be reached at the following address:
Ms. Tamika Gray
ICE Office of Acquisition Management
801 I Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20536
Telephone: (202) 732-2533
Fax: (202) 732-7368
Tamika.Gray1@dhs.gov
The listing below serves as a good starting point for small businesses to obtain information and assistance:
- U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) http://www.sba.gov
- Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) http://sba.gov/sbdc/
- Procurement Technical Assistance Program (PTAP) http://www.dla.mil/db/procurem.htm
- Service Corps of Retired Executive (SCORE) http://www.score.org/
- SBA Veterans Business Development Program http://www.sba.gov/vets/
- SBA On-Line Women’s Business Centers (WBCs) http://www.onlinewbc.gov/
- SBA U.S. Export Assistance Centers (USEAC) http://www.sba.gov/oit/export/useac.html
- SBA Office of Native American Affairs http://www.sba.gov/naa/
- SBA Tribal Business Information Centers http://www.sba.gov/naa/tribes
- SBA Assistance to Minority-Owned Businesses
http://www.sba.gov.starting_business/special/minorities.html - SBA Hubzone Empowerment Program https://eweb1.sba.gov/hubzone/internet
Unsolicited Proposals
An unsolicited proposal is a possible means through which a unique or innovative idea, concept, method, or approach that has been originated or developed outside of ICE, and could benefit ICE in accomplishing its mission, is brought to the agency’s attention by a potential contractor. The proposal must be prepared independent of government advice or supervision.
Before beginning the unsolicited proposal process, a vendor should carefully and objectively assess its product/service to ensure that it is not commercially available and it meets the specific criteria of FAR Part 15.6 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). This regulation can be accessed at http://www.arnet.gov.
Unsolicited proposals are offered with the intent that ICE will enter into a contract with the offeror, contingent on the availability of funds, and the absence of other possible vendors, for activities supporting the ICE missions. It is the policy of ICE to encourage the submission of unsolicited proposals meeting the criteria noted above. Firms wishing to submit a proposal should submit a proposal to Ms. Gwendolyn Murphy at the address below.
Ms. Gwendolyn Murphy
ICE Office of Acquisition Management
801 I Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20536
Telephone: (202) 732-2584
Fax: (202) 732-7368
Gwendolyn.Murphy@dhs.gov