ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）向 Bi2 Technologies 授予 2500 万美元虹膜扫描合同

ICE has finalized the no-bid iris-scanning contract that Project Salt Box reported on this month, awarding Bi2 Technologies $25.1 million on May 22, according to a contract award posted to SAM.gov. The figure is more than five times what ICE spent on its first contract with the Massachusetts company eight months ago.

根据 SAM.gov 上发布的合同公告，美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）已敲定了一项此前由“盐盒计划”（Project Salt Box）报道过的非竞争性虹膜扫描合同，并于 5 月 22 日向 Bi2 Technologies 授予了 2510 万美元的订单。这一金额是 ICE 八个月前与这家马萨诸塞州公司签署的首份合同金额的五倍多。

The award describes the purchase as covering iris biometric recognition technology and access to a biometric information system “to allow ICE agents to quickly authenticate the identity of subjects during field operations.”

该合同说明显示，此次采购涵盖了虹膜生物识别技术以及对生物识别信息系统的访问权限，旨在“使 ICE 特工能够在现场行动中快速验证对象的身份”。

It gives ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division continuous access to Bi2’s database of more than five million booking records.

该合同使 ICE 的执法与遣返行动部门（Enforcement and Removal Operations division）能够持续访问 Bi2 拥有超过 500 万条预订记录的数据库。

The procurement did not require the system to clear FedRAMP, the government’s security review for cloud systems handling sensitive data, before deployment. It described no independent audit, congressional notification or outside review of how the system would be used.

此次采购并未要求该系统在部署前通过 FedRAMP（政府针对处理敏感数据的云系统所设立的安全审查）认证。合同中也未提及任何关于该系统使用方式的独立审计、国会通知或外部审查。

The May 22 award is roughly five times the $4.6 million DHS paid Bi2 in September 2025, and nearly eight times the device count — 1,570 units compared to 200.

5 月 22 日授予的合同金额约为国土安全部（DHS）在 2025 年 9 月支付给 Bi2 的 460 万美元的五倍，设备数量则从 200 台增加到 1570 台，增长了近八倍。

Under the contract terms, those devices are due at ICE locations by late June.