Identity, Security, Payments, Biometrics, Smart Cards and Authentication News

General Services Administration awards information technology schedule contract to SuperCom

Monday, May 8, 2006

The United States’ General Services Administration has added smart card provider SuperCom to the agency’s Federal Supply Schedule, which means federal and state agencies have access to SuperCom products at a previously agreed-to price. Included in this GSA agreement are SuperCom’s Homeland Security and First Responder products.


QADIMA, Israel– SuperCom Ltd., a leading provider of smart card and electronic identification (e-ID) solutions, announced that its US Subsidiary, SuperCom, Inc, has received a United States, General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Supply Schedule Contract for its products including its Homeland Security and First responder product line. This contract award enables all federal and state agencies to buy SuperCom products from a GSA-approved price list with agreed upon terms and conditions.

As a GSA business partner, SuperCom and the GSA will proceed to form a marketing partnership. GSA Schedules provide a direct and effective procurement vehicle that satisfies the Government’s extensive requirements with simple administrative processes that significantly reduce the time and expense of acquisition, for both the contractor and the federal customer.

About SuperCom SuperCom, Ltd. provides innovative solutions in smart-card and e-ID technologies to the commercial and government sectors. The Company offers a wide range of standard and customized smart-card-based solutions for physical and logical security, education, corrections facilities and air & seaports. It is also a leader in the manufacturing of secure and durable documents such as national identity cards, passports, visas, drivers’ licenses and vehicle registration to improve homeland security, governmental efficiency and document ease of use. Headquartered in Israel, SuperCom has subsidiaries in the US and Hong Kong. [end] 

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