MaxID and its partner P-SIG have received a potential $2.2 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity for about 300 of MaxID’s handheld biometric enabled smart card readers and related software to improve port security under the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. Under an initial $750,000 task order MaxID has already delivered 108 of its iDLMAX multi-modal handheld computers and related suite of MaxIDentity software, which allows the handheld units to be used with a wide range of government issued credentials ranging from PIV and CAC cards to passports and Seafarer ID cards. The company expects to receive task orders for the remainder of the units during the next year. The Coast Guard is using the handheld readers to verify the identity of a TWIC card holder at various ports around the country for unescorted access to secure areas. P-SIG provides sales and training support for all MaxID products. The iDLMAX offers a set of features that include a QWERTY keyboard, contact card, contactless card, barcode, optical fingerprint, and optional magnetic swipe and MRX readers with a digital camera, GPS, and comprehensive communications capabilities. The units can be used to verify the identity of credential holders as well as do badging and field-based enrollment. MaxID earlier this year provided the Coast Guard with 60 of its handheld readers under the High Interest Vessel interdiction effort, which involves service parties boarding Yemeni liquefied natural gas tankers several miles offshore of U.S. ports to authenticate the identities of the ships crew with their credentials using fingerprints. The Yemeni-based crews are enrolled by the Departments of State and Homeland Security in the US-VISIT database as part of the program. The program includes the biometrics, photos and biographical information of the Yemeni tanker crews put into an e-booklet assembled by MaxID.
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