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$43,954,774

Department of Health and Human Services·Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

to EXPERIAN INFORMATION SOLUTIONS, INC.

social-servicesexpiring · 12d· period of performance ends in 12 daysONGOING · MOD OF 2021 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2021-02-04·LATEST ACTION2026-04-17·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_75FCMC21C0005_7530_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

REMOTE IDENTITY PROOFING (RIDP)

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

The Buildout's read

What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Remote identity proofing system for CMS to verify beneficiary identity and prevent fraud in Medicare/Medicaid programs.

Sub-sectors
identity-verificationfraud-preventioncms-operations
Why this matters

Identity verification is critical infrastructure for protecting ~150M beneficiaries and preventing billions in improper payments across federal health entitlements.

Supply-chain signal

Large contract signals CMS reliance on commercial identity-verification vendors; Experian's dominance in this space may limit competitive alternatives.

U.S.–China competition angle

Identity data security is strategically sensitive; reliance on private U.S. vendors reduces exposure to foreign intelligence collection on beneficiary records.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002215.

Period of performance
Start
2021-02-04
End
2026-05-31
Status
expiring · 12din 12 days
Sources

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