ID.me wins potential $1B IRS contract

The Internal Revenue Service has awarded McLean digital identity tech company ID.me a blanket purchase agreement valued at up to $1 billion for identity verification and authentication products and services.

According to the Federal Procurement Data System, the order has a completion date of Dec. 29, 2030. ID.me provides a platform that allows individuals to prove their identity online securely. According to the company’s website, customers can verify their identity with ID.me once and sign in across websites without having to create a new sign-in and verify their identity again.

ID.me also announced in December 2025 that it had entered into a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for identity verification services on Medicare.gov, beginning this year.

According to the company, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to verify their identity and sign in using ID.me. The company says the contract will modernize access workflows and reduce artificial intelligence-driven fraud.

“By extending ID.me’s high-assurance identity capabilities across CMS and Medicare.gov, we’re creating a more unified patient experience while strengthening overall program integrity,” ID.me CEO and founder Blake Hall said in a statement. “This collaboration demonstrates what’s possible when government and technology work together to protect sensitive data at a national scale.”

The company did not provide the Medicare.gov contract amount in the announcement.

Founded in 2010, ID.me supports more than 156 million users across 21 federal agencies, 50 state government agencies and more than 70 health care organizations.