# JOFOC six-month extension of IDEAL 2.0 (Interim) - Intent to Sole Source

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/70ctd024c00000003p00001jofoc

- Solicitation number: 70CTD024C00000003-P00001_JOFOC
- Notice type: Justification
- Status: Awarded to Applied Research Associates, Inc.
- Department: Department of Homeland Security
- Agency: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Contracting office: Information Technology Division (70CTD0)
- NAICS: 541519 Other Computer Related Services
- Product or service code: DA01 Support services for activities involved with application development and support to include analysis, design, development, coding, testing, and release packaging, as well as support of off-the-shelf Business Applications.
- Place of performance: Albuquerque, New Mexico
- County: Bernalillo County (FIPS 35001). https://abierto.us/counties/bernalillo-county-nm-35001
- City: Albuquerque. https://abierto.us/cities/albuquerque-nm-3502000
- First posted: September 2, 2025
- Last posted: September 2, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9b3d5e9d4ba84c5ba099467bbb79259a/view

## Description

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Acquisition Management (OAQ), proposes to modify an existing contract on behalf of Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in support of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Lab (FL) on a basis of other than full and open competition.

OAQ intends to extend, on a sole source basis, Information Technology (IT) Support Services for the Imaged Documents and Exemplars Library (IDEAL) 2.0 system, which is used in support of the HSI Forensic Laboratory (HSI-FL). This requirement is to provide an additional six (6) months of IT support services from ARA to assist in the continued Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Support Services on the IDEAL 2.0 system.

These services are required to facilitate the transition to a new vendor, and includes O&M, bug fixes, and connections to external vendors in support of the HSI-FL mission. Award of extension is anticipated no later than 9/30/2025.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Applied Research Associates, Inc. (UEI LTMGBJ76B9D8)
- Contract: 70CTD024C00000003, definitive contract
- Obligated: $1,502,524.06
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number 70CTD024C00000003 equals the contract number; same awarding office 70CTD0 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CTD024C00000003_7012_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- September 2, 2025: Justification. Notice 5aaeba83d4194906a86fc55089058a1a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5aaeba83d4194906a86fc55089058a1a/view
- September 2, 2025: Justification. Notice 9b3d5e9d4ba84c5ba099467bbb79259a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/9b3d5e9d4ba84c5ba099467bbb79259a/view

## Points of contact

- Trisha Goldsberry, patricia.goldsberry@ice.dhs.gov
- Tonya Fells, Contract Specialist, Tonya.T.Fells@ice.dhs.gov

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