The Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations Directorate has a requirement to obtain real-time and mission critical person-specific information.

Removing aliens present in the United States (U.S.) who have violated U.S. laws is a national public safety priority. To address these threats, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) formed the Targeting Operations Division (TOD) within the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) directorate. The primary mission of the TOD is to identify and locate aliens that pose a threat to public safety or national security. The TOD has a current and recurring need for analytical services in support of its mission to identify and locate individuals who have violated U.S. laws. This support includes the analysis of information obtained from commercial and law enforcement databases as well as publicly accessible, open-source and social media platforms.

Successful law enforcement operations require adaptation to changing public safety threats and the ability to continually refine processes and modernize information technologies. Although ICE-ERO continues to make considerable progress in identifying, targeting, and arresting individuals who have violated U.S. laws, the continued use of proactive and modern enforcement tools remains an essential approach to achieve ICE enforcement goals. Analysis of information sources is needed to enhance ICE’s mission and program efficiency. Previous approaches to targeting individuals for enforcement action which have not incorporated open web sources and social media information, have had limited success. The individuals targeted for enforcement action purposely employ countermeasures to inhibit ICE-EROs ability to locate them.

To perform analysis of information sources to obtain real-time and mission critical person-specific information, which may include but is not limited to addresses, vehicles, associates, etc. This information is necessary to support the TOD comprised of the National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center (NCATC) in Williston, VT and the Pacific Enforcement Response Center (PERC) in Santa Ana, CA on immigration enforcement cases aligned with agency priorities and goals.

• The scope of this effort includes analytical and lead generation services in support of the TOD’s mission to locate individuals who pose a danger to national security, public safety, and/or otherwise meet ICE’s law enforcement mission. The contractor will research and analyze data from commercial and law enforcement databases as well as other publicly accessible, open-source, and social media platforms to support investigations and aid in targeting individuals for arrest in furtherance of ICE law enforcement missions. The contractor shall compile, analyze, organize, and transmit all information obtained to ICE personnel. Contractor staff will be located onsite at either the NCATC government facility in Williston, VT or the PERC government facility in Santa Ana, CA. NCATC and PERC staff shall have the ability to interface directly with onsite contractor personnel and have immediate access to the requested information. Offsite work situations may be considered on a case-by-case basis due to extenuating circumstances.  The COR or senior management (i.e. Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer with minimum grade of GS-14) may authorize short-term or long-term exceptions to the onsite work requirement.