Florence Service Processing Center — Pinal County AZ (ICE / Akima Global Services)
Overview
The Florence Service Processing Center (SPC) is an ICE-operated processing facility in Florence, Arizona. Guard, food, and transportation services are contracted to Akima Global Services, LLC — an Alaska Native Corporation subsidiary that receives sole-source federal contracts without competitive bidding under the SBA 8(a) program.
ANC Contract Pipeline
The Akima contracts are escalating year over year:
| Fiscal Year | Contract Value | Award Number |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $33,247,209 | 70CDCR22FR0000056 |
| FY2024 | $35,424,263 | 70CDCR23FR0000065 |
| FY2025 | $37,409,835 | 70CDCR24FR0000065 |
That’s a 12.5% increase over three years, with no competitive bidding at any stage. This is the ANC contracting pipeline that the detention-pipeline-research KB’s ANC signal category is designed to detect.
Health Incidents
- January 2026: Measles outbreak reported at the Florence ICE facility, documented by CNN.
Part of the Pinal County Cluster
The Florence SPC is the federal counterpart to the CoreCivic-operated private facilities in the area. See eloy-detention-center-pinal-az for the full cluster map.