Facial Recognition Maintenance Support

Trade Agreement: CETA/WTO-AGP/CPTPP/CFTA/FTAs with Peru/Colombia/Panama/Korea/UK
Tendering Procedures: All interested suppliers may submit a bid
Competitive Procurement Strategy: N/A - P&A/LOI Only
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 

Facial Recognition Maintenance Support Services

This is an Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) for Facial Recognition Maintenance Support Services.  

All references to "Letter of Interest (LOI)" or "Request for Information (RFI)" in this Notice of Proposed Procurement (NPP) are replaced with "Invitation to Qualify (ITQ)".

Purpose

This Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process by Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), on behalf of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), for the Facial Recognition System (FRS). Suppliers are invited to pre-qualify in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ITQ in order to become "Qualified Respondents" for any later phases of the procurement process. Only Qualified Respondents will be permitted to bid on any subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP) issued as part of the procurement process. 

Requirement Description

IRCC has a requirement for the Facial Recognition System (FRS) to be maintained as a reliable and accurate system for establishing and confirming a person’s identity throughout the passport program continuum, being an integral component of immigration and border decision-making processes. The FRS includes both a front-end component with a user interface (UI) that end users with approved access use to collect, enter, and view biographical and biometric data passport and potential passport clients, as well as a back-end component, comprised of database(s), table(s), algorithm(s), permissions, code, IT and security rules, and infrastructure, which together perform the validation, transformation, and dissemination and integration FR data in alignment with Government of Canada IT guidelines.


Nature of this Invitation to Qualify

This ITQ will not result in the award of any contract.  Only Qualified Suppliers will be permitted to continue in the Facial Recognition Maintenance Support Services procurement process.

Response Costs

Canada will not reimburse any organization for expenses incurred in responding to this ITQ including, but not limited to, expenses incurred for participating in subsequent Facial Recognition Maintenance Support Services activities.

Enquiries

All enquiries and other communications related to this ITQ shall be directed exclusively to the Public Works and Government Services Canada Contracting Authority.  

Contracting Authority: Michael Hradecky
Public Works and Government Services Canada
Email Address: michael.hradecky@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-408-4180

The use of e-mail to communicate is preferred.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.


Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.