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Special notice

Notice of Intent to Sole Source - Starshield Tokens

20159289

US Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Contracting Division. Satellite Telecommunications.

4 open like this View on SAM.gov Markdown

Awarded

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

$1,500,000.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2026

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Description

As published on SAM.gov.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to issue a firm fixed price sole source award to Space Exploration Technology Corp for sixty (60) Starshield service tokens for use on CBP AMO aircraft.  This requirement is to provide services to support AMO flight operations.  CBP AMO operates Manned Aircraft on Starshield satellite service to provide a wide-band data link for beyond line of sight (BLOS) operations.  This satellite service is used for the command and control of the aircraft, receiving data from the aircraft and additional voice channel(s) for BLOS operations.  AMO missions are flown within the 48 contiguous United States and their coastal waters, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean, and eastern Pacific regions.

Period of performance:

Date of award through September 29, 2028

If any contractors feel they can meet the requirements please contact the contracting officer by email at Michael.A.Hall@cbp.dhs.gov by the response date and time listed with this notice.  You must submit a capabilities statement displaying your ability to meet the requirements. 

Attachments

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
UEI
C6M7C2FLKER5
CAGE
3BVL8
Vendor location
Hawthorne, CA
Contract
70B02C26P00000448, purchase order
Obligated
$1,500,000.00
Actions
1 between September 24, 2026 and September 24, 2026
Competition
Not Competed, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported
No Set Aside Used.
Described as
Starshield Service Tokens
Match
solicitation number 20159289 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 70B02C (high confidence)
Record
USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

  1. September 17, 2026

    Special notice

    Due September 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 7a2643ae28b94c1a9aba241f48409fd3

    1 revisions on SAM
    • September 17, 2026: publish, special notice

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