Procurement / ICE
ICE’s Cobweb and Tangles license award
A federal purchase-order record identifies Pen-Link, Ltd. and licenses for Cobweb and Tangles. Its description does not name Webloc.
Sources reviewed Sep 9, 2026. 1 primary source linked.
Award record verified
Last documented position: Sep 9, 2026
The public award response records $2,284,750 in cumulative obligations. It establishes an award description and recipient, not a particular operational use.
Source 1What the record establishes
- The award description names Cobweb and Tangles; its recipient is PEN-LINK, LTD (UEI TRJ2YRVP4A26).
Source 1 - The response identifies ICE as the awarding agency and reports a performance period of September 25, 2025 through September 24, 2026. These are recorded dates, not independent proof of deployment.
Source 1
The documented timeline
Recorded action
Purchase order signed
The award record identifies purchase order 70CMSD25P00000138 for Cobweb and Tangles licenses intended to gather open-source information for HSI criminal investigations.
Federal award record
Source 1Status checked
Award obligations checked
The retrieved response lists $2,284,750 in cumulative award obligations. This collection does not assign that amount to Webloc or split it between named products.
Federal award record
Source 1
What remains unverified
- Specific license features, product-level spending, privacy approvals and individual operational searches are not established.
- A Webloc purchase cannot be inferred from this award description.
- A verified payment amount is not supplied by this collection; obligations and outlays require separate reconciliation.
An unavailable or unnamed detail is left open. It is not treated as zero, a negative finding or evidence of unlawful conduct.