Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC

Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC, a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, is the dominant federal prime contractor for credential authentication technology, biometric livescan systems, and identity verification hardware and services, competing full-and-open across a portfolio of 730 prime awards (98% of its federal footprint) worth $3.15 billion in combined potential value. The vendor is a subsidiary of Safran Power USA LLC and operates alongside Idemia Civil Identity NA LLC and Idemia National Security Solutions LLC within a corporate structure anchored in identity and security solutions.

Idemia's customer concentration is extraordinary and narrow. The Transportation Security Administration accounts for 54 awards valued at $2.71 billion in combined potential value—an 86% share of the vendor's total federal pipeline. This concentration reflects Idemia's position as the original equipment manufacturer and sole-source provider for TSA's Credential Authentication Technology 2nd Generation (CAT2) systems deployed nationwide at airport security checkpoints. The $128 million single-award IDC with TSA (awarded April 14, 2023, running through April 2030) anchors the relationship and carries delivery orders for CAT2 production systems, yearly maintenance support ($49.9 million order, July 15, 2026), cybersecurity and POAM remediation ($13.98 million, July 13, 2023), Real ID-compliant driver's license authentication ($590,457, December 18, 2025), and engineering support for system enhancements including boarding pass scanners and change control board services. Beyond TSA, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services represents a secondary customer with 26 awards worth $60.4 million, anchored by a $12.8 million single-award IDC for livescan hardware systems, installations, and operations and maintenance support running through August 2027. Department of State, Department of Justice, and the Office of Personnel Management round out material customers, though their combined value is dwarfed by the TSA concentration.

Idemia's capability portfolio centers on biometric hardware and credential authentication technology as the primary offering. The vendor designs, manufactures, tests, and maintains next-generation credential authentication technology systems—specifically the CAT2 platform—that identify, verify, and authenticate Real ID-compliant credentials and mobile driver's licenses at TSA checkpoints nationwide. Livescan equipment for fingerprint and biometric capture is a secondary product line, with deployments at USCIS, U.S. Secret Service, Coast Guard, and Internal Revenue Service for enrollment, identification, and credential issuance. Idemia also delivers Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems (AFIS) hardware and software maintenance, palm print readers, portable livescan maintenance, and enrollment workstations under discrete purchase orders. Engineering support services—boarding pass scanner upgrades, cybersecurity sustainment, POAM remediation, change control board management, and Real ID authentication capability development—round out the service portfolio. The $194.5 million Login.gov Next Generation Identity Proofing Blanket Purchase Agreement (GSA Federal Acquisition Service, through March 2029) enables broader identity proofing and authentication services across federal agencies beyond the TSA and USCIS core.

Idemia holds three primary indefinite delivery vehicles beyond the BPA structure. The TSA's $128 million single-award IDC (April 2023–April 2030) for next-generation CAT2 systems and support dominates recent activity, with 21 task orders carrying $112 million in combined potential value. The USCIS $12.8 million single-award IDC (September 2022–August 2027) for livescan hardware, installation, and operations and maintenance support has generated multiple delivery orders valued at approximately $10.2 million combined since award. A $19.8 million Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration delivery order under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (May 2024–May 2027) provides identity verification support services. Idemia also holds positions on the GSA Multiple Award Schedule (30 task orders, $221.6 million combined potential value) and the GSA Information Technology Schedule 70 (558 task orders, $71.8 million combined potential value), where the vendor offers 59 distinct labor categories spanning Help Desk Technician I ($95.72/hr) through Technical Consulting Senior Director ($486.08/hr), with mid-spectrum roles including Business Systems Analyst IV ($248.68/hr) and Biometric Application Engineer Intermediate ($313.86/hr). No security-cleared positions are advertised on the GSA Schedule.

Activity has remained flat year over year, with 12–14 awards annually over the past five years (2022–2026), though dollar concentration has shifted markedly toward the TSA IDC. Recent prime awards include the $9.913 million CAT2 units purchase (230 units with one-year warranty, September 21, 2026), a $331,278 Beyond Visual Line of Sight enrollment order from TSA (September 28, 2026), a $279,664 USCIS livescan operations and maintenance order (September 27, 2026), and a $2.163 million Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency fingerprint channeling contract for four states—New York, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia—running through September 2030 (October 1, 2025). Twelve awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $75.8 million, creating meaningful recompete exposure, particularly around the TSA and USCIS IDC renewal windows.

Idemia operates almost exclusively as a prime contractor (98% of awards) with minimal subcontract engagement. Sub awards show the vendor as a subcontractor to Leidos (checkpoint deployment and maintenance services, Travelers Processing Vetting Software support), General Dynamics Information Technology (global security engineering and supply chain services, recurring 2025–2026), and Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies (PIV card provision under the National Security Campus contract). These sub relationships represent product and service provision rather than subcontract labor, consistent with Idemia's hardware-centric business model. The vendor also appears as a sub-recipient on federal grants related to child care licensing and background checks through state grantees (Minnesota Department of Human Services, State of Michigan Child Care Licensing Bureau), though grant activity is minimal relative to the federal contract footprint.

Service Contract Inventory data covering FY2022–FY2024 shows SCI-reportable invoicing of $22.2 million across 26 prime records, with workforce ranging from 2.5 FTEs in FY2023 to 6.4 FTEs in FY2024. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable service contracts ran from $139.28/hr (10th percentile) to $936.53/hr (90th percentile), with a median of $441.28/hr, reflecting the technical and specialized nature of credential authentication technology engineering and cybersecurity support. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the vendor self-performed all work with zero average subcontractor-hours share. SCI coverage is limited to service contracts above the $150,000 threshold and excludes the substantial hardware procurement and equipment sales that dominate Idemia's actual federal revenue; the $22.2 million SCI total substantially understates the vendor's true federal services and product delivery footprint.