Notice of Intent PBM
Immigration and Customs Enforcement · DETENTION COMPLIANCE AND REMOVALS
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation Notice_Of_Intent_PBM in this department, oldest first.
- Sep 2, 2026 · this noticeSpecial Notice
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS IS A NOTICE OF THE GOVERNMENT�S INTENT TO ISSUE A SOLE SOURCE MODIFICATION TO ARDENT GROUP, LLC, 70CDCR26C00000003 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Acquisition Management (OAQ), on behalf of the Enforcement & Removal Operations (ERO), ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC), intends to award a sole source modification of contract number 70CDCR26C00000003 to Ardent Group, LLC (Ardent), located at 400 N. Park Ave., 12B, Breckenridge, CO 80424, for continued Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) support. This… (show all)
anticipated modification will be made under the authority of Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO)(FAR Class Deviation 25-11) 6.103-1: Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Market Research conducted by OAQ and IHSC determined that only Ardent can meet the requirement in the required timeframe. This notice of intent is NOT a request for proposals or quotes. Requests for copies of a solicitation in response to this notice will not be honored or acknowledged. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed action based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether conducting a competitive procurement in the future will be in the best interest of the government. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to fulfill this requirement by responding to this Notice of Intent no later than 3:00 PM Eastern Time on September 14, 2026, by email to Genna.Braden@ice.dhs.gov; no telephone communications will be entertained. The subject line in the email shall state �Response to Notice of Intent 70CDCR26C00000003 � PBM Sole Source Modification� All information submitted should support the offeror�s capability to provide the supplies and services required and shall be furnished at no cost to the government. The government reserves the right to cancel the sole source award. The anticipated primary North American Classification Systems (NAICS) code is 524292 - Pharmacy Benefit Management and Other Third Party Administration of Insurance and Pension Funds.
Who won similar work
98 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), any industry: a loose match.
Loose match: same agency, any industry. Read the titles before treating these as competitors.
Single-winner award sizes (98): middle half $96K to $14.5M, median $440K; range $7K to $2.2B.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDAWORLD FEDERAL SERVICES LLC | 3 | $2.8B | Sep 24, 2026 |
| CELLEBRITE INC | 3 | $107.3M | Sep 22, 2026 |
| Getdata Manhattan Beach CA 90266 USA | 3 | $618K | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Magnet Forensics, LLC | 3 | $161K | Aug 17, 2026 |
| RAPID DEPLOYMENT INC | 2 | $3.7B | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Burrow Global JV LLC | 2 | $2.2B | Sep 24, 2026 |
| Ardent Group, LLC | 2 | $359.6M | Sep 28, 2026 |
| BI2 TECHNOLOGIES, LLC | 2 | $29.7M | May 26, 2026 |
| CHILD RESCUE COALITION, INC. | 2 | $7.3M | Sep 29, 2026 |
| KINRO MANUFACTURING, LLC | 2 | $3.1M | Jul 2, 2026 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- Sep 29, 2026SEARCHLIGHT CYBER LLC$9.3MInvestigative Software
- Sep 29, 2026CHILD RESCUE COALITION, INC.$5.0MNemesis System
- Sep 28, 2026COX VIRGINIA TELCOM, L.L.C Chesapeake VA 23320 USA$703KAward Notice - Intent to Sole Source - Internet Services VA
- Sep 28, 2026Ardent Group, LLC$338.3MPharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) Support Extension
- Sep 28, 2026SYNDETIX INCORPORATED$25KSYNDETIX INC
- Sep 25, 2026VIKEN DETECTION CORPORATION$396KVIKEN Detection
- Sep 24, 2026Burrow Global JV LLC$1.2BSingle Award Construction Contract (SACC) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract vehicle designed to support a broad range of construction-related service for O
- Sep 24, 2026PEN-LINK, LTD$50.0MPenlink's Tangles and Webloc Licenses
- Sep 24, 2026Granite Mountain Industries, LLC. Forest VA USA$87K20' Breach Box Trainer
- Sep 24, 2026Burrow Global JV LLC$1.0BSingle Award Construction Contract (SACC) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) _Ft Benning, GA
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 1 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 0 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.