TSA Boarding Pass Scanners

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a component of the Department of Homeland Security, established this Master IDIQ for boarding pass scanners on November 18, 2014. Ordering closed on November 17, 2018, and the vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

The contract procured boarding pass scanners and related services for deployment to airports throughout the United States and its territories. The scanners scan airline electronic and paper boarding passes, validate and display vetting results, and present flight and passenger information to transportation security officers, supplementing manual vetting processes. Task orders covered hardware procurement, maintenance and shipping, and engineering support services.

Desko GMBH dominated the vehicle, capturing six of nine total task orders and $2.5 million of the combined $2.5 million potential value. NCR Government Systems LLC and Ier, Inc. each won single or dual orders but carried no meaningful financial value. All nine task orders were unrestricted procurements. TSA was the sole customer.

The vehicle awarded orders between November 2014 and July 2017, with peak activity in 2015 (four orders). By the July 2017 final order, all $2.5 million in combined potential value had been obligated. Representative task orders included a $1.056 million delivery for initial boarding pass scanners (November 2014), a $380 thousand order for 250 Desko units (August 2016), and a $739.15 thousand Desko delivery order (July 2017). An order to NCR and an order to Ier, each valued under $2 thousand, were evaluation purchases against TSA requirements. All awarded delivery orders show closeout status.

The vehicle's compressed lifecycle—three years of active ordering followed by seven years of inactivity—reflects TSA's rapid procurement and deployment of the scanning capability. No new orders have been placed since mid-2017, indicating the initial fielding and operational consolidation phase is complete. This vehicle presents no forward opportunity for new work.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded a Master IDIQ for Boarding Pass Scanners (BPS). The BPS is a commercial product that can be deployed rapidly. It is intended to scan airline electronic and paper Boarding Passes, and validate and display vetting results and flight and passenger information. The BPS supplements TSO manual processes, reducing dependency on the TSO to visually inspect boarding passes to verify passenger vetting status. BPS units will be delivered to sites throughout the United States and its territories.