Official UK procurement notice
FAP-60 Mobile Biometric Enrolment Devices
Authority: Home Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Authority is seeking to conduct early market engagement for the procurement of a multifunctional FAP-60 compliant mobile biometric enrolment (MBE) device.
The aim of the proposed solution is to reduce the need for wet ink capture and have a device that can connect to the Authority’s biometrics database to digitally enrol fingerprint and other biographic data. The solution would comprise a fingerprint scanner, which includes MRZ functionality, and can communicate with an Android smartphone.
The Authority previously conducted a Restricted Procedure for MBE devices but this did not lead to the award of a contract because a suitable device was not available in the market. The Authority is now planning to start a new procurement but wishes to engage the market first to test and firm up its plans.
CPV: Biometric sensors · Computer equipment and supplies · Surveillance and security systems and devices
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The purpose of this early market engagement is to test and refine the Authority's…Planned
The purpose of this early market engagement is to test and refine the Authority's current requirements and plans ahead of a potential new procurement for MBE devices to be launched in Autumn 2022. We will seek to assess what is a feasible timeline for a suitable device to be available; consider what procurement procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations (PCR) 2015 has the best chance of delivering our requirements; and listen to potential suppliers to ensure that our requirements and documentation are as clear and logical, as possible.
As part of this exercise, the Authority will seek the views of interested suppliers on whether a partnership approach may work best to develop a suitable product and how this may be implemented using an Innovation Partnership Procedure as set out in PCR 2015. However, the Authority is not excluding any procurement options at this stage.
The Authority also proposes to hold a supplier event provisionally scheduled for Thursday 22 September 2022 (with the final date / time to be confirmed), which will give potential suppliers the chance to meet the Home Office project team, ask questions and provide feedback.
Interested potential suppliers are invited to register on the Home Office Jaggaer eSourcing portal (see below for further details on how to register). Once you have access to the portal, you will be required to complete and submit an NDA by visiting event PQQ_308 "01 - NDA Mobile Biometric Enrolment Devices PIN" on the portal.
Once we have received a completed and signed NDA from your organisation, we will invite you to our dedicated microsite in Jaggaer, where you can find more information about our supplier event, further details about our specific requirements and communicate with us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Aug 2022, 15:21 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Aug 2022, 15:21 BST
- Authority reference
C21537- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-022833- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035f88Find a Tender
Publisher note: Any future procurement related to this PIN will be managed electronically via the Authority's e-Sourcing portal (JAGGAER). If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Portal before, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link ‘To register click here’. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered, you will need to complete an NDA by visiting event PQQ_308 "01 - NDA Mobile Biometric Enrolment Devices PIN". Once we have a completed and signed NDA from your organisation, we will invite you to our supplier event site on Jaggaer, where you will be able to download documents and communicate with us. (Please note that there is no obligation for your organisation to attend the supplier event and not attending it will not affect your participation in any future procurement.)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
17 Aug 2022 → 30 Sept 2022 · 2 dates- Notice published17 Aug 2022, 15:21 BST
- Tender notice expected30 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.