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Amentum Services stands to earn nearly $2.8 billion running Camp East Montana, the tent detention camp at Fort Bliss in El Paso, under a revised no-bid justification from ICE. That is more than double the $1.2 billion estimate reported in July. The document describes the camp as "temporary."

Amentum began at the camp as a subcontractor to Acquisition Logistics, which won the Army’s contract in July 2025. After three deaths and an inspection that found 49 violations, ICE dropped that contractor and gave Amentum a $453 million no-bid deal in March. It was extended in July.

The justification uses circular logic: It says Amentum is the only firm that can run the camp because Amentum already runs it under a no-bid contract and owns the equipment. It says no other firm showed interest, but the March notice told companies the government was not seeking competitive quotes.

A death review ICE posted to its FOIA library, then removed, says guards used force on Geraldo Lunas Campos after he wrapped a sweatshirt around his neck. Nurses found him without a pulse about seven minutes later. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. We archived the review.