What specific vendors and contracts list quantities and models of firearms or munitions purchased by ICE since 2024?
Executive summary
Public reporting and procurement records show that since 2024 ICE has placed large-dollar orders with vendors including Quantico Tactical Incorporated, Geissele Automatics, Atlantic Diving Supply (ADS) and SIG Sauer and has bought ammunition from suppliers such as Vista Outdoor — but the public-facing stories and contracting summaries frequently give dollar totals and product categories rather than line‑item lists of specific models and quantities [1] [2] [3] [4]. Independent analyses caution that spending in the “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories” product category has surged, yet contracting descriptions often omit model-level detail or bury it in redacted procurement files, limiting definitive public accounting [5] [6].
1. Named vendors and large purchase orders that appear in the public record
Reporting cites September 2024–2025 purchase orders totalling millions with Quantico Tactical Incorporated for “firearms and magazines,” with a single September order reported at about $10 million, and a separate roughly $9 million purchase of long guns and accessories from Geissele Automatics — all documented in news analyses of procurement records [1] [7]. Contract-tracking and reporting also show ADS acting as a major intermediary through which ICE bought armor, body armor and optics and in 2024–25 modified multi‑million‑dollar contracts for protective gear and tactical supplies [2]. ICE itself publicized a partnership with SIG Sauer, naming the firm as a contract supplier for ICE personnel service weapons in a February 2025 ICE release [3]. Local contract reviews identify ammunition purchases from Vista Outdoor and facility leases for gun ranges used by ICE in Minnesota [4] [8].
2. Which contracts list quantities or model names — what is visible in coverage
The public articles and procurement summaries most commonly report dollar amounts, contract purposes and broad product categories (for example “long guns and accessories,” “firearms and magazines,” or “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories”), rather than exhaustive model-and-quantity tables in the outlets cited here [1] [5]. Forbes and France24 draw from contracting records to name vendors and dollar figures [2] [1], while ICE’s own news release names SIG Sauer as a service‑weapon supplier without giving procurement line items or counts [3]. Investigative outlets and watchdogs note occasional descriptions such as buys of “distraction devices,” magazines, and simulation rounds, but precise model identifiers and unit counts are often absent from the public summaries reviewed [6] [9].
3. Specific items flagged by reporters (handguns, long guns, optics, distraction devices, ammo)
Reporting asserts ICE purchased Glock handguns and military‑grade optics and listed purchases of long guns and accessories from known manufacturers like Geissele, and cites contracting entries for “distraction devices” and magazines — but these descriptions are drawn from contract summaries and media analysis rather than clean, unambiguous procurement line items in public articles [2] [1] [6]. Local contract reviews document ammunition purchases in Minnesota tied to Vista Outdoor sales and gun‑range leasing agreements that show what kinds of support ICE has been buying even when the exact munitions models are not enumerated in the stories [4] [8].
4. Training and obscure contractors supplying tactical gear and sniper training
Several reports emphasize that ICE has awarded contracts to lesser‑known training companies — for sniper and Special Response Team training — including Strategic Operations, Inc. (a $975,000 contract cited for a modular training structure) and other shadowy firms identified by Lever and Jacobin, which also link those contracts to solicitation justifications for “precision fires and specialized observation capabilities” [10] [9]. These pieces argue the procurements support specialty weapon training and sniper capabilities, but the articles rely on procurement records that do not always disclose precise weapon models or quantities tied to each contract [10] [9].
5. Transparency gaps, data sources and how to confirm model‑and‑quantity detail
Public summaries by outlets and contract aggregators reveal vendors, dollar totals and product categories, but model-level and per-unit quantity data are often missing or encoded in procurement codes; watchdogs recommend consulting primary contracting databases such as USASpending and the Federal Procurement Data System, or filing Freedom of Information Act requests for the underlying statements of work and line‑item invoices to obtain the granular lists absent from the reporting reviewed here [11] [5]. Wired and other outlets caution against overreading PSC-category spikes (e.g., “small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories”) without examining the underlying contract text, which sometimes explains that entries cover training devices or practice rounds rather than operational warheads or exotic munitions [6] [5].
6. Bottom line: what can be stated with confidence and what remains uncertain
It is clear from federal contract summaries and investigative reporting that ICE spent substantial sums with vendors including Quantico Tactical, Geissele Automatics, ADS, SIG Sauer and Vista Outdoor for firearms, magazines, long‑gun accessories, body armor, training and ammunition since 2024 [1] [2] [3] [4], but the exact quantities and comprehensive model lists are not consistently published in the sources reviewed; resolving those specifics requires inspection of raw contracting documents or agency disclosures beyond the public summaries cited here [6] [11]. Reporting outlets bring differing frames — from national‑security procurement to concerns about militarization — and some vendors and procurement intermediaries may benefit financially from expanded budgets, an implicit agenda noted across the coverage [2] [10] [5].