MVM Inc.
Security contractor founded by ex-Secret Service agents; paid hundreds of millions by ICE and HHS to transport migrant children
Company· United States · in the record since Mar 2021
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GSA's Federal Acquisition Service awarded MVM a $380.1 million unaccompanied-children transportation and logistics contract, funded by HHS's Administration for Children and Families.$380.1M
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- USAspending.gov award record 47QMCH22C0001: MVM, INC.DocumentUSAspending.gov award summary
Award ID (PIID): 47QMCH22C0001 | Award type: DEFINITIVE CONTRACT | Recipient: MVM, INC. | Awarding agency: General Services Administration / Federal Acquisition Service | Description: UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS UCTL | Date signed: 2022-03-18 | Total obligation: $380,124,267.00; base and all options value: $404,512,797.00
- Award 47QMCH22C0001 (MVM, INC.)Documentaward record (awarding: Federal Acquisition Service; funding: Administration for Children and Families)
"total_obligation":380124267.0
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HHS's Administration for Children and Families obligated $369.5 million to MVM to arrange travel and escorts for unaccompanied children in ORR custody.$369.5M
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- USAspending.gov award record 75ACF121C00023: MVM, INC.DocumentUSAspending.gov award summary
Award ID (PIID): 75ACF121C00023 | Award type: DEFINITIVE CONTRACT | Recipient: MVM, INC. | Awarding agency: Department of Health and Human Services / Administration for Children and Families | Description: CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE STAFFING AND RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ARRANGE TRAVEL AND ESCORT FOR UC IN ORR CUSTODY. SERVICES WILL BE NEEDED TO SUPPORT UC HOUSED AT TWO SITES IN DALLAS, TX FOR UP TO 2,600 UC AND MIDLAND, TX FOR UP TO 700 UC; AS WELL AS | Date signed: 2021-03-25 | Total obligation: $369,516,064.71; base and all options value: $384,374,064.71
- Award 75ACF121C00023 (MVM, INC.)Documentaward record
"total_obligation":369516064.71
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Reveal found at least 16 children were held more than 24 hours at an MVM-run Phoenix office in 2018, though ICE said its contract barred holding children that long.
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- PBS NewsHour
We were able to view an internal government database that showed, in addition to Wilson, at least 15 other children stayed here for more than 24 hours.