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$56,303,937

Department of Homeland Security·Transportation Security Administration

to IDEMIA IDENTITY & SECURITY USA LLC

justiceexpiring · 50d· period of performance ends in 50 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2019 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2019-07-09·LATEST ACTION2026-03-03·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_70T02019F5NOIA009_7013_70T02019D9NOIA010_7013
Award description

P00003 CHANGED POP TO 7/9/19 TO 7/8/22 WITH ULT. COMPLETION 7/8/29. FUNDING TO RECOMPETE THE CURRENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT SYSTEM (UES) CONTRACT HSTS-12-C-TTC702. CONTRACT: TBD POP: 12 MONTHS FROM AWARD HME PORTION: $162,867.00 TWIC PORTION: $240,000.00 PRECHECK PORTION: $210,000.00 AFSP PORTION: $1,260,250.00 COR: PABLO LANDRAU CO: GLORIA URIA PM: DONALD LOMBARDO

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Recompete and fund the Universal Enrollment System contract for TSA trusted traveler programs including TWIC, PreCheck, and AFSP.

Sub-sectors
border-securitybiometric-enrollmenttsa-programs
Why this matters

Maintains critical biometric enrollment infrastructure for millions of U.S. travelers and port workers; ensures continuity of identity verification systems.

Supply-chain signal

IDEMIA is a major global biometric and identity solutions provider; this award signals continued reliance on commercial biometric technology vendors for federal enrollment systems.

U.S.–China competition angle

Biometric identity systems are strategically sensitive; this contract ensures U.S. control over traveler/worker vetting infrastructure rather than dependence on foreign providers.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002440.

Period of performance
Start
2019-07-09
End
2026-07-08
Status
expiring · 50din 50 days
Sources

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