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Question: Investigate Paragon Solutions: Search other for "FPDS.gov for Contract ID 70CTD024P00000012". This is the specific $2 million ICE contract with Paragon's U.S. subsidiary. The contract record would provide details on the scope of work, period of performance, and any modifications, including the stop-work order and its eventual lifting.. Report any findings as factual claims with dates and evidence.
Date: 2026-04-15
Contract 70CTD024P00000012 was a $2 million procurement awarded to Paragon Solutions (US) Inc. on September 30, 2024, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The original contract was signed by Paragon's US branch based in Chantilly, Virginia, on September 27, 2024. However, the contract was quickly suspended with a stop work order issued on October 8, 2024, following a White House review to verify compliance with Executive Order 14093, which restricts government procurement of commercial spyware that poses security risks or enables human rights abuses.
The stop work order was lifted on August 30, 2025, allowing the contract to proceed. The contract specifications include 'Hardware and perpetual license software' as shown on the Federal Procurement Data System. The contract indicates that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) within ICE is the primary intended user of Graphite spyware, with Katrina W. Berger serving as Executive Associate Director for HSI during this period. The lifting of the suspension came after AE Industrial Partners acquired Paragon Solutions for $500 million in December 2024 and merged it into their existing portfolio company REDLattice, effectively making the spyware vendor American-owned and circumventing the foreign ownership restrictions in the executive order.