The Vendor Passport Program improves security and streamlines access through the following processes:

 

Registration & Screening: Personnel at vendor, contractor, supplier, and service provider companies register for the program at on-site Registration Stations. The program screens each registrant to identify disqualifying status, including convicted felons, registered sex offenders, and persons posted on terrorist watch lists. Qualifying personnel receive a fraud-resistant Vendor Passport Program credential, which may serve as a credential for access to multiple Vendor Passport facilities. Credential-holders are re-screened approximately every 90 days.

 

Access Management & Reporting: Security personnel at participating Vendor Passport facilities scan the credential to identify company personnel and confirm access privileges in seconds. Biometric verification helps prevent unauthorized use of a credential. The program maintains records of all personnel accesses and provides facilities with monthly activity reports.

 

Eid Passport delivers the Vendor Passport Program as a turnkey solution: Eid Passport installs and maintains all equipment, and provides account management and call center services to manage ongoing operations. The company tailors each Vendor Passport Program implementation to the access protocols of individual facilities, working with facility security to improve existing security measures. U.S. Patent Nos. 6,779,721 and 7,631,805 apply to certain methods, products, services and/or systems within the Vendor Passport Program.

 

The RAPIDGate Program, is the name for the Vendor Passport Program in the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security & National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The program has been operational since 2004 and operates at these installations and facilities today. In addition, thousands of businesses count on the program to ensure that their employees meet the standards of participating RAPIDGate installations and facilities, and that employees can quickly and efficiently access those facilities to perform their work. At the same time, the program has helped Government security personnel quickly and accurately manage access for the civilian workforce on which they depend.