Advanced Imaging Technology 2nd Generation (AIT-2)

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) awarded a Master IDIQ to procure Advanced Imaging Technology 2nd Generation (AIT-2) systems, including Automated Target Recognition capability, on September 17, 2012; ordering against this vehicle closed on September 30, 2018, and no new task orders may be placed.

This vehicle is no longer active. The ordering period ended seven years and nine months ago, and all 19 task orders have been completed or are in closeout. The combined potential value of $72.7 million has been 95 percent obligated. Recent activity peaked in 2016–2017 with four and five orders respectively, before declining to three orders in 2018, the final year of the ordering window.

The work contracted covers procurement and support of AIT-2 screening systems deployed at airport passenger checkpoints nationwide. Task orders include full-rate production purchases of AIT-2 units with installation and warranty (up to 157 units in a single order), extended maintenance warranties for operational systems, equipment upgrades such as Advanced Screening and Checkout Unit (ASCU) computer upgrades, engineering support for software development including targeted threat algorithms and Sensitive Area Box boundary capability, and development of test tools to support TSA performance assessments.

Competition was minimal. Leidos Security Detection & Automation, Inc. dominated the vehicle, winning 17 of 19 task orders with $70.3 million in combined potential value. American Science & Engineering Inc. and Smiths Detection Inc. each received one order, valued at $1.1 million and $1.3 million respectively. All task orders were unrestricted competitive procurements with no set-asides.

All orders funded TSA requirements; no other federal agencies used the vehicle. Task order values ranged from approximately $21,000 to $23.6 million, with typical full production orders in the $10–$23 million range and engineering or warranty task orders in the sub-$1 million to low-millions range. Major awards included a $23.6 million equipment and installation order in 2016 for 157 systems and a $17.6 million production order in 2018 for 117 units.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), has awarded a Master IDIQ to compete its requirement for a second generation of Advanced Imaging Technology-2 (AIT-2). The AIT-2 system is used as a primary screening device to inspect a passenger's body for concealed weapons (metal and non-metal), explosives and other prohibited items. AIT is being upgraded to include Automated Target Recognition (ATR) capability which reduces privacy concerns and decreases passenger processing time.