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$204,164,500

Department of State·Department of State

to IDEMIA NATIONAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC

diplomacyactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2017 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2017-06-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_SAQMMA17C0177_1900_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

PASSPORT CARD STOCK AND RELATED EQUIPMENT AND SERVICESIGF::OT::IGF

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Latest obligation on the ongoing passport card stock and equipment contract that began in 2017, supporting U.S. passport issuance operations.

Sub-sectors
passport-servicesidentity-documentsstate-department-operations
Why this matters

Passport card production is critical infrastructure for U.S. citizen identity verification and international travel; sustained funding ensures continuity of State Department consular services.

Supply-chain signal

IDEMIA is a major global provider of secure identity solutions; this contract sustains domestic passport manufacturing capacity and related equipment supply chains.

U.S.–China competition angle

Securing passport production domestically reduces reliance on foreign suppliers for sensitive identity documents and biometric systems.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-21. Cost: $0.002919.

Period of performance
Start
2017-06-01
End
2027-12-31
Status
activein 549 days
Sources

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