Rapiscan Systems Inc.

Rapiscan Systems Inc., based in Torrance, California, manufactures advanced security screening and detection equipment—including x-ray machines, explosive and narcotics detection systems, metal detectors, and mobile cargo inspection platforms—and delivers these products and maintenance services to federal agencies as a prime contractor on full-and-open procurements with no set-aside activity.

The company holds a dominant position in federal security equipment procurement, operating as the prime on 95% of its 1,846 recent federal awards spanning 256 customer agencies. Rapiscan competes exclusively on unrestricted, full-and-open competitive basis across all its work; no contract carries an SBA set-aside designation. The vendor is a for-profit manufacturer of goods and business organization headquartered in Torrance, California.

Rapiscan's customer base is heavily concentrated in border security and law enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection anchors the portfolio with 48 awards valued at $2.51 billion combined potential value—roughly 55% of all dollars across the entire award footprint. TSA accounts for 58 awards at $579 million. The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts drives volume with 270 awards (30% of all awards by count) but carries only $37 million in potential value, reflecting smaller individual task orders. U.S. Attorney's Offices represent 126 awards at $2.4 million. These five customer agencies account for 70% of combined potential value. The concentration is stark: Rapiscan's top customer (CBP) alone represents more than half of all dollars, while top-ten customers account for roughly 80% of the total value.

Rapiscan anchors its business on two platform vehicles. The Federal Supply Schedule contract GS07F9429G carries 550 task orders valued at $148.7 million combined potential value and serves as the primary vehicle for direct agency procurement. The company also maintains a $22.5 million blanket purchase agreement with CBP for x-ray baggage and cargo scanning equipment and holds multiple single-award indefinite delivery contracts with the Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons (two IDIQs totaling approximately $1.5 million combined ceiling) and a $6 million single-award IDV with the U.S. Marshals Service for x-ray services. Most significantly, Rapiscan holds a seat on the GSA OASIS+ Unrestricted multiple-award IDIQ with a multi-billion-dollar ceiling (no specified cap in the source) through April 14, 2030, which enables task-order issuance across all federal agencies for security screening equipment and related services.

Recent activity shows growth followed by stabilization. Awards per year climbed from 41 in 2022 to 84 in 2024, then moderated to 55 in 2025 and 20 in the first half of 2026 (partial-year). Rapiscan faces significant recompete exposure: 41 awards with combined potential value of $250.8 million reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, including major CBP and TSA orders. The $153 million CBP maintenance and repair contract for non-intrusive inspection equipment (awarded September 2024, completion August 2027) and a $10.7 million CBP low-energy portal delivery order (awarded September 2023, completion June 2026) are among the largest exposed awards.

Rapiscan operates as a subcontractor to larger prime contractors on international and global security initiatives. Named sub engagements include work for General Dynamics Information Technology (global security engineering and supply chain services, with dozens of sub awards spanning 2024–2025), PAE Government Services (international capacity improvement initiatives in Morocco, Jordan, and Panama), Leidos (automated installation entry base entry system and checkpoint maintenance), BL Harbert International (embassy compound construction in Mauritius and Malawi, supplying Itemiser detection equipment), Atlantic Diving Supply (backscatter van and Z-Portal leasing and maintenance), and KBR Services (backscatter van maintenance in Djibouti). Sub-award activity accelerated in 2024–2025, with approximately 86 named sub positions across the portfolio, primarily supporting State Department international security assistance and DoD base security initiatives.

SCI-reported service contract invoicing across FY2022–FY2024 totaled $5.8 million, reflecting a subset of Rapiscan's federal services activity: FY2022 invoiced $913 thousand across 1.6 FTEs; FY2023 invoiced $1.4 million across 0.4 FTEs; FY2024 invoiced $3.5 million across 1.4 FTEs. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-reportable work ranged from a 10th percentile of roughly $269/hr to a median of $1,027/hr, with senior labor and engineering support reaching $1,838/hr at the 90th percentile. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, Rapiscan self-performed 100% of contractor hours with no subcontractor labor share. The FY2024 SCI data captures one significant contract—a $153 million CBP maintenance and repair delivery order that generated $1.9 million in invoiced labor (1,003 contractor hours, 0.5 FTE equivalent, $1,865/hr derived rate) with self-performed delivery.

The vendor's award footprint spans the full spectrum of security-detection mission areas: NAICS concentration runs heavily toward Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (765 awards) and Search, Detection, Navigation systems and instrument manufacturing (456 awards), with secondary concentration in Security Systems Services (172 awards) and Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (76 awards). PSC-level detail shows Hazard-Detecting Instruments (489 awards) and Miscellaneous Alarm/Signal/Security Detection Systems (347 awards) as the dominant procurement categories, with maintenance and repair services (108 awards) and Physical Properties Testing and Inspection (91 awards) rounding out the profile. This portfolio reflects Rapiscan's role as the federal government's primary single source for x-ray inspection equipment, contraband detection systems, and associated field maintenance across civilian law enforcement, corrections, border security, and defense installations domestically and overseas.