The United States is constructing its largest immigrant detention center yet in West Texas, with the ability to hold up to 5,000 people.

A press release from the Department of Defense announced that Acquisition Logistics LLC was awarded a $232 million upfront for a contract to construct the new Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in support of Presidential Executive Order 14159. In total, the DoD will pay the company $1.26 billion, according to the Texas Tribune. The company won out over 12 other bids.

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The center will be constructed at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and is expected to be completed on Sept. 30, 2027. At least four other companies will assist with construction, medical, security, and other operational support, three people familiar with the plans told Bloomberg.

The facility will be a tent camp, a style favored by the Trump administration due to its temporary nature. The detention facilities are intended only to house migrants temporarily until they can be safely deported.

The contract is Acquisition Logistics’s largest award by a huge margin. Over the past five fiscal years, the company has been awarded $29 million in total. It was awarded $5 million earlier this year for “lodging and conference room services” related to work on the southern border.

The Washington Examiner contacted the DoD and Acquisition Logistics LLC for further details and comment.

FIVE MORE LARGE-SCALE DETENTION FACILITIES LIKE ‘ALLIGATOR ALCATRAZ’ COMING SOON, NOEM SAYS

Focus has shifted to immigrant detention facilities after the construction of Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz,” a large facility in the Everglades, quickly built by the state of Florida to expand ICE’s detention abilities. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem boasted earlier this month that five other states are in talks to open similar facilities using it as a model.

“As you all know, we need to double our capacity and detention beds because we need to facilitate getting people out of this country as fast as possible and to sustain our operations,” Noem said.