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Leverage chain · Delaney HallLast verified August 19, 2026

A short current period, a long option horizon, and unverified local questions.

Delaney Hall: what can still be stopped

A $22.7 million GEO Group award for detention and transportation at Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, with an option horizon running to February 28, 2027.

Decision at issue
Whether each remaining option is exercised, and on what terms.
Who controls it
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · ICE Office of Acquisition Management
Date · certainty
February 28, 2027 · Hard date
Current status
Upcoming
Evidence basis
Observed

A reported period end is not a verified decision deadline. No source indexed here establishes when this agency must decide, obligate, renew, or exercise an option.

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The chain

  1. 01

    Public money

    Federal detention contracting

  2. 02

    Award / reported extension

    70CDCR26FR0000050 · $22.7M

  3. 03

    Audit findings

    See source docket

  4. 04

    Open recommendations

    0 recorded

  5. 05

    Responsible institutions

    Federal acquisition, with unverified municipal and judicial questions.

  6. 06

    Remaining routes

    1 recorded

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Money and dates, kept apart

Amount types and date types are never blended. Each cell below states what it is.

Initial award on federal record
$22.7M
Current award value recorded on the federal award record for 70CDCR26FR0000050. Not a statement that this amount was obligated, outlayed, or paid.
Obligated at source snapshot
$22.7M
Amount obligated as of the snapshot read from the federal award record. Obligation is a commitment, not a payment.
Outlayed at source snapshot
$0
Amount actually disbursed as of that snapshot. Obligation and outlay are separate reported fields, so a low figure does not establish that less was spent.
Reported potential extension
Not established
No reported extension value is recorded for this case.
Current award period ends
June 30, 2026
Period-of-performance end on the federal award record. Not a published decision date.
Reported extension period end
Not established
No reported extension period is recorded for this case.
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What can still be stopped

Concrete decision points only. A route absent here was not verified — it was not omitted for convenience.

Other routes · 1

UpcomingOption exercise · Contract effect

Option horizon through February 28, 2027

Decision at issue

Whether each remaining option is exercised, and on what terms.

Controls it
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
ICE Office of Acquisition Management
Federal
Date · Hard date
February 28, 2027
Potential period-of-performance end date on the federal award record. A horizon, not a published decision date.

What could still change

An option not exercised ends the award at the current period end.

Institutional routes

  • Track the award record for option modificationsUSAspending.govOption exercises are reported as modification actions on the public award record.

Still unknown

  • The date on which each option decision must be made is not established here.
Observed · Last verified August 19, 2026USAspending.govOpen case
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What this does not establish

What the evidence establishes

  • The award, its option horizon, and its recorded amounts appear on the federal record.

What it does not establish

  • The current municipal permitting posture at this site.
  • The existence of any pending litigation. No docket has been verified.
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Linked receipt

$22.7M to GEO Group for Delaney Hall detention and transportation

70CDCR26FR0000050 · $22.7M

A four-month current period with an option horizon running to February 2027, and zero dollars outlayed at the cited snapshot.

06

Institutional channels · not windows

Standing official routes. Each establishes only that the channel exists. No request, complaint, hearing, or investigation is implied.

No official channel is published for this case.

07

Unknowns and records worth obtaining

Unresolved questions, not claims. Absence from the record is not evidence of absence.

  • Municipal permitting and inspection posture in Newark, New Jersey is unverified. Land-use approvals, certificates of occupancy, and inspection records are ordinarily local public records; no primary municipal record has been read here, so no permitting route is published as an intervention window.
  • Whether any court currently holds a decision affecting this site is unverified. No docket has been read here, so no litigation route is published as an intervention window. Absence here means not found in sources currently indexed.
  • The date on which each option decision must be made is not established here.
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Institution map

Which body holds which decision. Institutions only — no personal contact routes are published here.

  • U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

    ICE Office of Acquisition Management

    Option horizon through February 28, 2027

    Federal

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Portable evidence brief

Portable intervention packet

No verified hard deadline available

Canonical citation

Detention Receipts. "Leverage: Delaney Hall." Last verified August 19, 2026. Primary record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000050_7012_70CDCR25D00000007_7012/

A calendar file is generated only for a date printed on a cited record. Reported or estimated period ends are not treated as deadlines.

Option horizon through February 28, 2027

Potential period-of-performance end date on the federal award record. A horizon, not a published decision date.

Portable intervention packet

Canonical citation

Detention Receipts. "Leverage: Delaney Hall." Last verified August 19, 2026. Primary record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_70CDCR26FR0000050_7012_70CDCR25D00000007_7012/

A calendar file is generated only for a date printed on a cited record. Reported or estimated period ends are not treated as deadlines.

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Source docket