Tag: General Services Administration (GSA)
IDEMIA awarded 10-year BPA from GSA
January 24, 2025SSN Staff
RESTON, Va. — IDEMIA Public Security North America has been awarded a 10-year blanket purchase agreement (BPA) worth up to $194.5 million from the General Services Administration (GSA) for its identity proofing capabilities.
IDEMIA is one of 8 technology providers selected by GSA to accelerate the deployment of next-generation identity proofing technologies for Login.gov, a secure sign-in platform used by the public to create a single digital account that can be used to access multiple federal,...
Napco Access Pro’s CA4K security management platform now FIPS 201 approved
January 7, 2025SSN Staff
AMITYVILLE, N.Y.—Napco Access Pro, a division of NAPCO Security Technologies, has announced that its CA4K Enterprise Security/Access Control/Video Platform, having undergone rigorous testing and evaluation, is now FIPS 201 approved.
The platform was approved using the FIPSlink Validation Client validation system from IdentityOne, a PC-based solution for three-factor authentication, verifying FIPS 201 credential data and matching a live biometric against the templates stored on the card.
As...
AMAG Technology, Identity One announce GSA FICAM approval
November 29, 2022SSN Staff
HAWTHORNE, Calif.—AMAG Technology and Identity One announced that their joint access control solution has been approved by the Federal Identity Credential and Access Management (FICAM) conformance program.
Now featuring Identity One’s FIPSlink software as a validation system, AMAG’s Symmetry Access Control platform has been added to the General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) approved product list (APL), making it available to all federal agencies for procurement....
Aeroturn turnstiles awarded five GSA sites
February 5, 2020SSN Staff
OXFORD, Conn.—Aeroturn LLC, a manufacturer offering 100 percent made-in-the-U.S.A. turnstiles, is currently manufacturing multiple types of turnstile lanes—all ADA compliant—for five different GSA sites on the northeast, west and east coasts.
Nationwide security provider, eVigilant Security, that specializes in physical and cyber security for government clients, chose Aeroturn products for the GSA sites due to their past relationship, dating all the way back to 2008. Both companies...
SIA opposes proposed changes in GSA pricing policy
July 20, 2015Amy Canfield
WASHINGTON—A proposed fundamental change in GSA's pricing policy would adversely impact the security industry, especially its small businesses, according to Jake Parker, SIA's director of government relations.
The proposed GSA Transactional Data Reporting Rule, the biggest change of its kind in 30 years, Parker said, would affect all GSA contract holders, he told Security Systems News.
It's all about horizontal price comparison, and SIA is opposing this proposal in its current...
SIA questions GSA pricing policy
October 8, 2014Amy Canfield
WASHINGTON—Uncertainties surrounding the General Service Administration's new schedule pricing policies for products and services need to be further examined, according to Jake Parker, government relations director at the Security Industry Association.
SIA's procurement policy working group discussed the significant change for federal contractors at the recent ASIS show in Atlanta, Parker told Security Systems News.
With this year's “Fair and Reasonable Pricing”...
Brivo wins GSA Approved Products List status
November 7, 2013SSN Staff
BETHESDA, Md.—Brivo Systems' ACS OnSite Aparato has won General Services Administration approval as a FICAM-compliant solution, the company announced Nov. 7.
Brivo provides cloud applications for security management. ACS OnSite Aparato is a pre-cloud, end-to-end physical access control system. It works with HID Global pivCLASS readers and validation software.
“The fact that we are now one of the first end-to-end PACS solutions that meet these stringent requirements means we...
Tyco, HID Global systems win FICAM approval
November 1, 2013SSN Staff
WESTFORD, Mass.—The U.S. General Services commissions has approved an end-to-end physical access control system consisting of products from Tyco's Software House and HID Global as a fully compliant FICAM solution, the two companies announced Oct. 30.
Software House's C-Cure 900 and HID Global's pivCLASS readers and validation software are the first products of their kind to meet testing requirements and comply with the FICAM requirements and GSA's realigned Approved Products...
Georgia integrator helps IP and cellular fire alarm communicator get OK for government building use
May 2, 2012Tess Nacelewicz
SUWANEE, Ga.—Brian Sheely, president of Innovative Life Safety Solutions, a Georgia-based integrator, was instrumental in getting Honeywell's IP and cellular fire alarm communicator evaluated and found compliant with Government Services Administration security policies.
Because the GSA is the main purchasing agent for the federal government, the successful security evaluation means the IPGSM-DP is authorized for use in federal government facilities throughout the world, according to...
Gamewell-FCI makes government vendor list
December 8, 2010Tess Nacelewicz
NORTHFORD, Conn.—Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell is now an approved General Services Administration Schedule vendor. That's good news for Gamewell's authorized dealers because they now can provide Gamewell's fire alarm and mass notification systems to federal agencies and an increasing number of state and local government entities that now are allowed to take advantage of the favorable pricing ensured by the GSA schedule.
“It opens the door to so many opportunities for our participating...