ICE seeks expanded LexisNexis investigative data access with Palantir integration ICE intends to award LexisNexis Risk Solutions a sole-source contract worth an estimated $6.7 million to continue supplying investigative data services to thousands of agency users and feed commercial identity data into ICE applications, including Palantir. The August 10 notice of intent describes a short-term bridge contract covering a seven-month base period and five one-month options. ICE says only LexisNexis can provide continued access to its LexID identity-resolution technology and Accurint Virtual Crime Center within the time available. While structured as a bridge contract, the accompanying procurement documents show ICE is seeking considerably more than continued access to a commercial investigative database. The requirements describe an enterprise investigative platform that integrates commercial identity data with agency analytics through APIs, expands identity resolution capabilities and introduces broader AI and facial recognition requirements, pointing to the agency’s longer-term technical direction. The notice is not an executed contract or a competitive solicitation. Other companies have until August 14 to submit capability statements challenging ICE’s conclusion that LexisNexis is the only responsible source. A July 22 Performance Work Statement (PWS) was attached to ICE’s August 10 notice for a planned interim Law Enforcement Investigative Database Subscription contract. A DHS acquisition forecast identifies the procurement as a follow-on to LexisNexis contract 70CMSD21C00000001, which is scheduled to expire August 31. The PWS is not a modification of that contract but sets out requirements ICE associated with its proposed successor acquisition. Those requirements show that ICE is seeking considerably more than access to a stand-alone commercial database. The system must connect through application programming interfaces, or APIs, to ICE applications “such as but not limited to” the Palantir platform, PenLink and ICE Data Analytics. It must also provide a system-to-system connection making public and proprietary data available