A stop-work order halted the Surprise, Arizona renovation for two weeks in 2026
ICE obligated $313.4 million on day one to renovate an agency-owned structure in Surprise, Arizona into a processing and detention facility. Six weeks later the order was stopped, then rescinded, then rewritten around a revised performance work statement. Potential value is $704.1 million.
- Current award
- $313.4M
- Award ID (PIID)
- 70CDCR26FR0000043
- Last verified
- August 20, 2026
Share with the sourcing attached
Both copied strings carry the attribution language and the canonical link, and label the reported extension figure as reported potential value rather than obligated spending.
The receipt
ICE ordered GardaWorld Federal Services to convert a building it already owns in Surprise, Arizona into a detention and processing facility, committing about $313.4 million at signing. Work was ordered stopped on April 22, 2026, the stop-work order was updated the next day, and it was rescinded on May 6. About $3.9 million had been paid out at the cutoff.
Contract scope as written on the federal record: “Renovation of an existing, ICE-owned permanent structure in Surprise, Arizona to serve as a processing and detention facility, with wraparound services.”
The chain
- 01
Public money
ICE custody operations appropriations
Detention operations are funded from ICE custody operations accounts, expanded by P.L. 119-21.
No source attached - 02
Award
PIID 70CDCR26FR0000043
Delivery order signed March 6, 2026 under a Navy indefinite-delivery vehicle, issued by ICE Detention Compliance and Removals.
No source attached - 03
Contractor
GARDAWORLD FEDERAL SERVICES LLC
Recipient of record, with BC Partners LLP listed as the parent recipient.
No source attached - 04
Facility
No facility identified
The record describes a structure in Surprise, Arizona. It names no facility, and no facility of that description appears in the ICE detention workbook this project carries.
No source attached - 05
Evidence boundary
Documented in the same detention system. Not presented as a causal attribution. The record below is documented alongside this funding chain, not asserted to be caused by it.
Human cost
Not established by this record
The contract record documents money, scope and dates. It documents no conditions, no treatment and no outcome for anyone held.
No source attached
Contract timeline
March 6, 2026
Step 01
Award signed
$313,357,612.46Description as recorded: “THIS TASK ORDER IS TO PROCURE THE RENOVATION OF EXISTING, ICE-OWNED PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN SUPRISE, AZ TO SERVE AS A PROCESSING AND DETENTION FACILITY AND PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY …”
April 22, 2026
Step 02
Modification P00001 — other administrative action
Description as recorded: “THIS MODIFICATION ISSUED A STOP WORK ORDER FOR AT THE SURPRISE PROCESSING AND DETENTION FACILITY.”
April 23, 2026
Step 03
Modification P00002 — other administrative action
Description as recorded: “THIS MODIFICATION UPDATES THE STOP WORK ORDER IN EFFECT AT THE SURPRISE PROCESSING AND DETENTION FACILITY.”
May 6, 2026
Step 04
Modification P00003 — supplemental agreement for work within scope
Description as recorded: “THIS MODIFICATION RESCINDS THE STOP WORK ORDER AT THE SURPRISE PROCESSING AND DETENTION FACILITY.”
June 5, 2026
Step 05
Modification P00004 — supplemental agreement for work within scope
Description as recorded: “THIS MODIFICATION INCORPORATES THE REVISED PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (MAY 2026).”
March 5, 2027
Step 06
Current period of performance ends
End of the currently funded ordering period on the federal record. It is not a closeout date and it does not establish that work stopped.
February 17, 2029
Step 07
Potential period ends if every option is exercised
Latest end date reachable under the award if the government exercises all remaining options. The record does not establish that it will.
Period of performance: March 6, 2026 to March 5, 2027, with a potential end of February 17, 2029 if options are exercised.
Award trajectory
How the obligation on this award moved, action by action, against the value ceilings the source reports.
- Cumulative reported obligation
- Potential value (all options) — $704,091,073.00
- Current value (exercised options) — $313,357,612.46
- Cash outlayed to date, as of 2026-08-20 — $3,863,852.98
Source: USAspending.gov award 70CDCR26FR0000043, retrieved 2026-08-20. Unit: US dollars, nominal, not inflation-adjusted.
The line steps only on dates the source records. Cash outlay is reported as a single to-date total with no action-level dates, so it is drawn as one marker at the retrieval date and never as a line across time. Each action mark is keyboard focusable.
Contract actions as a table (5) — select a modification for its evidence trace
| Action date | Mod | Action | This action | Cumulative obligation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 06, 2026 | DELIVERY ORDER | $313,357,612.46 | $313,357,612.46 | |
| Apr 22, 2026 | OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION | $0.00 | $313,357,612.46 | |
| Apr 23, 2026 | OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION | $0.00 | $313,357,612.46 | |
| May 06, 2026 | SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR WORK WITHIN SCOPE | $0.00 | $313,357,612.46 | |
| Jun 05, 2026 | SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR WORK WITHIN SCOPE | $0.00 | $313,357,612.46 |
Contractor and facilities
Recipient
GardaWorld Federal Services
GARDAWORLD FEDERAL SERVICES LLC
Holds the task order to renovate an ICE-owned structure in Surprise, Arizona for use as a processing and detention facility. BC Partners LLP is listed as the parent recipient on the award record.
Contractor profileThe facility record beside the money record
Evidence boundary
What the evidence establishes
- ICE obligated about $313.4 million on the day the order was signed, March 6, 2026.
- A stop-work order was issued on April 22, 2026, updated April 23, and rescinded May 6, 2026.
- A June 5, 2026 modification incorporated a revised performance work statement dated May 2026.
- Potential value is about $704.1 million, with a potential period running to February 17, 2029.
- Only about $3.9 million had been outlayed at the cutoff, against $313.4 million obligated.
What it does not establish
- It does not establish why work was stopped, who sought the stop, or what the revised work statement changed.
- It does not establish that a facility opened, that it holds anyone, or who would operate it if it did.
- It does not establish that the $704.1 million potential value will be reached; potential value is a ceiling, not a plan.
- It does not establish the capacity of the structure being renovated.
Human impact linkage
No harm record can attach to this award. The record does not establish that anyone has been held at this location.
How this project categorizes harmOversight and intervention windows
These records live in the central leverage ledger. A date passing never closes one; it flags it for review.
No intervention window is recorded for this receipt in sources currently indexed.
Institutional channels · not windows
Standing official routes. Each establishes only that the channel exists; none implies a request, complaint, hearing, or investigation, and none carries a status or a date.
No official channel is published for this case.
Source docket
Provenance and corrections
- Source snapshot
- August 20, 2026
- Parser state
- automated parse manually reviewed
- Claim status
- verified against source
- Corrections
- None recorded