DOD Awards Passive RFID Contract to Six Vendors

The contracts have the potential to provide the military with $75.5 million worth of products and services during the next six years. (DOD) has awarded six companies multiyear contracts that, when combined, have the potential to provide the military with $75.5 million worth of products and services. Such products include The six contractors have been awarded what the Defense Department calls Passive (pRFID) Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts. These will cover three years of products and services, followed by three years of maintenance. An IDIQ contract basically provides for an indefinite quantity of supplies or services during a fixed period of time. The DOD's pRFID standard calls for a Class 1 Gen 2 with 96 bits of readable data that also has a unique ISO-approved DOD-format Electronic Product Code... [read full story]