CBP notice of intent to award contract to Cellebrite

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Original Date Announced
September 29, 2025
System for Award Management documents show that Customs and Border Protection intends to award a contract with an estimated cost of $2,064,830.32 to Cellebrite, an Israeli technology company, for Cellebrite Inseyets Ultimate and Unlimited software licenses and equipment. According to the Sole Source Justification from September 19, the software suite "consolidates all of the Unlocking, Extraction, Automation, Decoding, Parsing, Examination, Reporting, and Management capabilities into a single software license," and "contains proprietary methods for accessing encrypted, locked, or damaged devices and holds exclusive agreements with numerous mobile devices manufacturers and application developers."
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2025.09.19 CBP: Sole Source Justification for contract with Cellebrite 2025.09.29 CBP: Notice of Intent to Sole Source -Cellebrite Software License

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Status: Proposed

Trump Administration Action: Change in Practice

Subject Matter: Enforcement

Agencies Affected: CBP

Associated or Derivative Policies

2025.09.29 Reason - ICE Doesn't Want You To Know Why They Bought a Phone Cracking System

Reason reports that ICE "has been massively expanding its domestic surveillance capabilities without a public explanation." Reason notes that ICE has offered only vague justifications for its recent technology contracts, such as with Paragon, and heavily redacted information in public documents on the technology's capabilities and purposes. Companies like Cellebrite have also asked police to keep use of their devices "as hush hush as possible."
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