Thanks Jared. TL/DR: Update (March 2026): ICANN has contracted with a vendor to conduct CPE (see announcement). The fee has been set at USD 52,936. Elaine From: Jared Erwin via SubPro-IRT <subpro-irt@icann.org> Reply-To: Jared Erwin <jared.erwin@icann.org> Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM To: "subpro-irt@icann.org" <subpro-irt@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [SubPro-IRT] CPE Provider Announcement Caution: This email originated from outside the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear IRT Members, ICANN has announced the CPE provider for the 2026 round. Please see the announcement here: https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-announces-community-pri.... The announcement also links to an FAQ page that includes an update for the CPE fee. ICANN plans to update the AGB with this information as well, which will be reported to the SPIRT via the change log. Thank you, Jared -- Jared Erwin Senior Director, New gTLD Program Global Domains & Strategy Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) jared.erwin@icann.org