Which FPDS or USAspending award IDs correspond to the GEO Group Delaney Hall 15‑year ICE contract in 2025?
Executive summary
Multiple contemporaneous corporate and local news reports confirm that The GEO Group received a 15‑year, fixed‑price contract from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to operate the 1,000‑bed Delaney Hall processing center in Newark, New Jersey in early 2025 [1][2][3][4]. None of the provided reporting materials include or publish the FPDS (Federal Procurement Data System) or USAspending award ID numbers for that contract, leaving the public record supplied here incomplete on the exact award identifiers [1][2][3][4][5].
1. The core fact reporters all agree on: a 15‑year Delaney Hall contract exists
The GEO Group’s own press release and Business Wire distribution state the company was “awarded a 15‑year, fixed‑price contract” by ICE to establish a federal immigration processing center at its 1,000‑bed Delaney Hall facility in Newark, with GEO projecting reactivation and revenue impacts for 2025 [1][2][6]. Local reporting repeated the same contract term and estimated annualized and total values—figures that have circulated as roughly $60 million per year and about $1.2 billion over the term—based on company statements and reporting of Federal Procurement Data System summaries [3][7].
2. What the documents in this packet do not provide: the FPDS/USAspending award ID
A comprehensive review of the supplied items—GEO’s investor releases, Business Wire copy, local press accounts, and the GEO earnings call transcript—reveals clear descriptions of the contract’s term, scope, and projected financials but contains no explicit FPDS award number or USAspending award ID string in the quoted materials [1][2][3][4][5]. Advocacy groups and oversight memos that reference the award likewise cite the contract value and duration but do not reproduce a federal award identifier in the passages provided [8][9].
3. Why the award ID matters—and why its absence in reporting is consequential
Award identifiers in FPDS/USAspending let researchers track obligation timing, specific line items, contract modifications, and which ICE office or DHS contracting activity executed the award; without the award ID in public reporting, third‑party auditing, local oversight, and FOIA requests become harder to target (this article’s consulted reporting highlights the public‑finance scale and local controversy but does not publish the identifier) [3][10][5]. The absence of the award ID in corporate and press materials limits transparency about the contracting office, funding increments, option years, or early modifications that would otherwise show up under a unique FPDS/USAspending award record [1][2][4].
4. Immediate practical reality from the supplied sources
Based solely on the documents provided, the correct answer to “Which FPDS or USAspending award IDs correspond to the GEO Group Delaney Hall 15‑year ICE contract in 2025?” is: the reviewed news releases and reporting identify the contract but do not include the FPDS or USAspending award ID numbers, and therefore those specific award identifiers cannot be furnished from this packet of sources [1][2][3][4][5].
5. Where the public trail in these sources points and next steps for researchers
The materials point to the award announcement dates (late February 2025) and identify the contracting parties (ICE and GEO Group) and facility (Delaney Hall, Newark), which are the critical metadata that would be used to locate an FPDS/USAspending entry; however, the exact award ID string is not printed in the provided press releases, local articles, or oversight memos compiled here [1][2][3][8]. For those seeking the numeric award identifier beyond these documents, the reporting directs attention to federal procurement records (the Federal Procurement Data System/USAspending) and to ICE/DHS contracting offices as the logical next sources to consult, since the supplied reporting lacks that precise record [4][5].