Published date: 1 April 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 May 2022, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£49,800,000

Procurement reference

CF-0230600D58000000L5A4EAK1

Published date

1 April 2022

Closing date

19 May 2022

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 June 2023

Contract end date

30 May 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)

Anyone may ask to participate, but only those who are pre-selected will be invited to submit initial tenders and to negotiate.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Secretary of State for the Home Department (referred to as the Home Office) is the lead government
department for immigration and passports and is responsible for securing the UK border, controlling
immigration and issuing passports and visas.
The Home Office, acting through Home Office Biometrics (HOB), is the Authority seeking to procure services
for the provision of Biometric Matcher Platform and associated Services (BMPS).
The Matcher Service Platform (MSP) is a combination of a technology platform and the services required to
support and operate the biometric matching functions. The MSP can be further broken down into:
o a Matcher Service Bus (MSB) where biometric transaction processing logic, biometric workflow rules,
integration of Matching Engine Software (MES) and a Service Interface used by external subsystems; and
o the infrastructure platform to host and provide the computing capacity for the MSB and MES operations.
The BMPS Project can be defined in 5 stages as below:
Stage 1 - Transition of the services developed under the existing Matcher Platform supplier to the new
supplier. These services are for the delivery of Matching Platform and Mark to Print search capability for Law
Enforcement. This is expected to go live before this contract award.
Stage 2 - Delivery of other IDENT1 search capabilities (Print to Print, Print to Mark & Mark to Mark) for Law
Enforcement allowing for the decommission of the legacy IDENT1 matching algorithm.
Stage 3 - Immigration collection moved from IABS to the Fingerprint & Face Algorithms on the MSP. This
allows for the decommission of the legacy IABS fingerprint and face algorithms. This Stage deploys Face
algorithm onto the Matcher Platform and is an enabler for Strategic Facial Matching for Law Enforcement as
well as ETA Face for FBIS.
Stage 4 - Migration of HMPO, EUSS & FBIS collections onto the MSP (re-using the Face Algorithm on the
Platform), allowing for the decommission of the IABS Passport Face Matcher.
Stage 5 - Facial matching for law enforcement use-case.


More information

Additional text

Instructions to Participate in the ProcurementThe procurement will be managed electronically using the Jaggaer eSourcing portal. The eSourcing portal is an online application that allows suppliers to create and submit their Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) and any further responses to requests for information, requests for quotes, or requests for proposals via the internet rather than in paper form. In order to participate in this procurement, please follow the steps set out below. For the avoidance of doubt, please note that respondents are required to express an interest separately for this competition regardless of their involvement in previous Market Engagement activities for this project. Any such involvement does not constitute an expression of interest for the competition advertised in this notice. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing portal. If you have not yet registered this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html by following the link to register. Once registered, all interested suppliers should then submit their details (company name, lead contact name, lead contact email address and telephone number), in the first instance, to the following address in order to allow access to express interest: BMPSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing portal please contact the Jaggaer Supplier Helpdesk at customersupport@jaggaer.com or 0800 069 8630 (0800 - 1800hrs). The Authority requires all participants to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)/Security Aspects Letter (SAL) and confirmation of their compliance to the BMPS Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) in order to be invited to participate in the competition for this project. On receipt of an email to the above mailbox, the Authority will provide the NDA/SAL and AUP documents for signature to be returned via email or Jaggaer eSourcing portal. Once the correctly signed documents are received by the Authority, Participants will be invited to the Standard Selection Questionnaire (SQ) Event through the portal and will be able to access all of the project documentation. Participants are requested to register on the eSourcing portal and then submit their details via email by 13:00 (BST) on 15 April 2022 at the latest, to allow sufficient time for the tender administrative process and submission of responses. SQ clarification requests must be submitted no later than 13:00 (BST) on 9 May 2022. The closing date for SQ submissions will be 17:00 (BST) on 19 May 2022. Please note: It is the Authority's intention to provide a draft set of ITT and Data Room documents at the SQ stage. The Data Room documents will be marked Official and will require signing of an NDA and Security Aspects Letter signed to view. A further drop of Data Room material will be issued


About the buyer

Contact name

Chander Vasdev

Address

49 Sydenham Road
Croydon
CR0 2EU
GB

Email

BMPSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk