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$601,914,474

Department of Homeland Security·U.S. Customs and Border Protection

to BARNARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INCORPORATED

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WORK BEGAN2026-03-05·LATEST ACTION2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70B01C26F00000141_7014_70B01C26D00000006_7014
Award description

BORDER WALL CONSTRUCTION - VERTICAL BARRIER, DEL RIO TEXAS SECTOR (DRT-4)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Construction of vertical barrier wall in Del Rio, Texas border sector under CBP's ongoing infrastructure program.

Sub-sectors
border-securitycbp-infrastructurephysical-barriers
Why this matters

Part of multi-year border wall expansion; $602M commitment reflects continued federal investment in southern border physical security infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Large construction contract will drive demand for steel, concrete, heavy equipment, and labor in Texas border region; supplier base likely regional/national.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.002669.

Period of performance
Start
2026-03-05
End
2028-08-31
Status
activein 793 days
Sources

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