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$72,032,460

Department of State·Department of State

to IDEMIA NATIONAL SECURITY SOLUTIONS LLC

diplomacyexpiring · 78d· period of performance ends in 78 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2018 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2018-09-25·LATEST ACTION2026-04-24·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_19AQMM18F3932_1900_GS35F597GA_4732
Award description

THE FR SYSTEM WITH THE LATEST STATE-OF-THE-ART FR MATCHING CAPABILITY, INTEGRATE THE FR CAPABILITY WITH THE DOS VISA AND PASSPORT ISSUANCE PROCESSES, TRANSITION FROM THE LEGACY FR SYSTEM INTERFACE, AND PROVIDE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE NEW FR SYSTEM. PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY REFRESHMENT AND GROWTH UPGRADES ON A PERIODIC BASIS THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT PERIOD TO ENSURE CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.

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 2018 State Department facial recognition system modernization contract, upgrading visa and passport issuance processes with advanced biometric matching.

Sub-sectors
visa-passport-systemsbiometric-identitystate-department-modernization
Why this matters

Facial recognition integration into U.S. visa and passport systems affects border security, identity verification, and consular operations across all overseas missions.

Supply-chain signal

IDEMIA is a global leader in secure identity solutions; this contract sustains domestic biometric technology capability and integration with federal identity infrastructure.

U.S.–China competition angle

Facial recognition and biometric identity systems are strategic competition areas; this modernization ensures U.S. consular systems use advanced domestic technology rather than foreign alternatives.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-02. Cost: $0.003088.

Period of performance
Start
2018-09-25
End
2026-09-29
Status
expiring · 78din 78 days
Sources

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