Multi-Energy Portal Systems (MEP)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection awarded the Multi-Energy Portal Systems Master IDIQ on March 2, 2021, as a multiple-award, no-set-aside vehicle for Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) Multi-Energy Portal systems, with ordering closing November 15, 2026. The shared ceiling is $480 million. Two weeks and one day of ordering authority remain. The vehicle covers portal systems that let commercial vehicle drivers pass through NII X-ray scanning at Ports of Entry, along with the booth or facility and on-site control center used for image adjudication and portal operation.

The vehicle has 11 task orders with $427.2 million in combined potential value, and $421.3 million (99%) is already obligated. Orders per year run 6 in 2021, 2 in 2022, and 3 in 2026, with no orders recorded in the intervening years. The most recent award, a funding swap and payment-terms revision, was issued July 7, 2026. No predecessor or successor vehicle is identified in the source.

Three primes hold all orders. Rapiscan Systems Inc. (3 orders, $216.4 million) and Leidos, Inc. (3 orders, $154.3 million) hold most of the value, while Smiths Detection Inc. holds the most orders (5) at $56.6 million combined potential value. Two orders recognize a novation from Leidos, Inc. to Leidos Security Detection & Automation, Inc. CBP is the sole customer across all 11 orders, and every order carries a "No Set-Aside Used" designation.

Orders are firm fixed price. The two largest are Delivery Order 70B03C21D00000003-70B03C21F00001132, with $186.9 million obligated for booth refurbishment, and Delivery Order 70B03C21D00000004-70B03C21F00001130, with $128.4 million obligated, both running to September 2033. Recent orders run as small as $5.0 million. Named performance sites include the Port of Buffalo at Peace Bridge and the Gordie Howe International Bridge, and the solicitation describes CBP locations nationwide.

Based on operational needs, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a requirement to inspect vehicles and cargo for illegal contraband including narcotics and terrorist weapons. Because of the high volume of commercial vehicles flowing through the Ports of Entry (POE), a system that allows commercial vehicles to be driven through the Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) X-ray system by the vehicle's driver would provide a more efficient means to conduct NII scanning operations. This IDIQ supports integrated Multi-Energy Portal (MEP) system including operations booth, or facility and equipment for an on-site control center to perform NII image adjudication and to control MEP operation.