- CBP is gearing up to award a contract worth more than $100 million for engineering and technical support of its Air and Marine Operations aircraft fleet
- The solicitation is expected around July 17, with the award slated for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and work running through September 2031
- CBP plans to compete the work through GSA’s OASIS+ vehicle as a HUBZone small business set-aside
Customs and Border Protection is preparing a contract worth more than $100 million for technical and engineering support of its Air and Marine Operations, or AMO, aircraft fleet and related systems.
A forecast record posted on the Department of Homeland Security’s Acquisition Planning Forecast System on Wednesday outlines the planned competition. CBP expects to release the solicitation around July 17 and award the contract in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, with work running through Sept. 30, 2031.
CBP’s planned AMO investment is one thread in the Department of Homeland Security’s broader push to modernize operational capabilities at its largest agencies — a priority backed by a 65 percent increase in the FY26 budget that also spans AI and cyber defense. To hear directly from DHS leadership on how industry can support these strategic priorities, register now for the Potomac Officers Club’s 2026 Homeland Security Summit on Nov. 12.
What Would the CBP AMO Contract Cover?
The contractor would provide engineering and technical services across AMO’s aircraft and ancillary systems, including radars, sensors, and command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems. The work spans airworthiness, sensor performance, and the modernization and sustainment of those systems.
Beyond engineering, the requirement calls for help defining and documenting operational and technical requirements for new and existing aviation assets, as well as program management to coordinate acquisition, modernization, sustainment and consolidation efforts. The work will support CBP’s goal of keeping AMO’s quick-reaction force effective as it counters threats and interdicts illicit activity across the nation’s air, land and sea borders.
How Will CBP Procure the AMO Requirements?
CBP plans to compete the work through the General Services Administration’s OASIS+ vehicle and release the solicitation through GSA eBuy. The procurement is a new requirement set aside under the HUBZone small business program, structured as a firm-fixed-price contract, with performance based in Washington, D.C.
The planned award fits a broader push to modernize and sustain CBP’s surveillance and aviation capabilities. The agency recently moved to establish a Lifecycle Maintenance and Sustainment Working Group focused on automation and long-term systems sustainment, part of a series of efforts spanning surveillance towers and mobile surveillance systems.
