# ICE Seeks AI eDiscovery Platform

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is conducting market research for a cloud-native, software-as-a-service electronic discovery platform for its Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA), which serves 2,300 attorneys and 350 support personnel. ICE is requesting white papers on AI and agentic AI capabilities, information governance, legal holds, and support for the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). Responses are due **October 28, 2026, at 2 p.m. Eastern**—seven days from October 21. This is an early-stage RFI, not a final solicitation or contract award; no contract value or award timeline is stated.

- Companies with relevant eDiscovery SaaS offerings can submit white papers by the stated deadline addressing the requested capabilities and end-to-end discovery workflow.
- The scale of OPLA’s legal workforce and its litigation, investigations, FOIA, and compliance workload indicates a potential requirement for a platform capable of supporting broad legal operations; suppliers should explain how their capabilities address those needs.
- Because this is market research, responses can help ICE assess available solutions, but suppliers should not treat the RFI as a solicitation or award commitment.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Services
**Published:** October 20, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- Office of the Principal Legal Advisor (OPLA)

### Sources
- [ICE wants AI to take on more of its legal workload - Government Executive](https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/10/ice-ai-legal-workload/416715) - GovExec.com
- [ICE kicks off its search for eDiscovery software - Washington Technology](https://www.washingtontechnology.com/contracts/2026/10/ice-kicks-its-search-ediscovery-software/416710) - Washington Technology