--- title: "Home Office Biometrics (HOB) - Strategic Central and Bureau Platforms" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "HOME OFFICE" published: "2018-03-21" --- # Home Office Biometrics (HOB) - Strategic Central and Bureau Platforms Buyer: HOME OFFICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-44aaca9e-6bee-4b48-84b4-875eb48eb5af.json) ## Summary The Home Office is seeking to procure IT services for the "Home Office Biometrics (HOB) - Strategic Central and Bureau Platforms" project, valued at £308 million. This tender falls under the IT services industry category and is currently in the Tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 23rd April 2018. The contracting authority is based in Croydon, England, and the services procured will be essential for the operation of biometric systems used by UK police and immigration services, transitioning from existing suppliers to a new operating model over the contract period, which spans from 8th March 2019 to 7th March 2029. This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those experienced in biometric technology integration, application support, and cloud computing solutions. Companies capable of managing complex transitions and providing ongoing maintenance and security support for legacy systems will be well-positioned to compete. Additionally, this tender includes scope for transformation initiatives, such as data centre consolidation and architectural integration, making it attractive for innovative service providers ready to engage in substantial infrastructure projects. ## Notice The Home Office (Contracting Authority) provides the biometric capability to deliver enrolment, matching, storage & reporting of fingerprints & facial images through two legacy systems; IDENT1 for UK police forces & law enforcement & IABS for immigration, the border force & HMPO. Both contracts expire in 2019. Significant parts of these systems have already been disaggregated such as the Strategic Matcher functionality; other will follow (such as Front End Equipment, Mobile, Bureau Application & Tools and Interfaces (Biometric Services Gateway). The Authority is procuring an IT Services contract for significant subsystems within the IDENT1 & IABS systems. These subsystems already exist & have been operational for over 10 years. The successful bidder will be required to carry out the transition of these services from the incumbent suppliers into the new operating model. The SCBP project will provide the core platform delivering business aware workflow, process management and databases the heart of the future Biometric Service. The existing and implemented subsystems within scope for SCBP shall include but not be limited to: * Front End Equipment Front end equipment providing users with the ability to capture finger print biometrics, search them against, and add them to the existing data sets for a number of business purposes. * Bureaux providing the capabilities for finger print experts to manage the biometric workflows, and intervene when errors need to be corrected. * The Central IDENT1 and IABS subsystems housing the statically defined national collections; and the flexibly defined 'special collections'. These provide the ability for appropriate users to manage records, search collections and be notified of changes. For these already built and running subsystems the SCBP Supplier shall provide IT services that include, but not be limited to: * Application support and maintenance * Infrastructure support services, including working with the existing data centre provisioning and network supply; * Security support services; * ITIL Service Management as part of the wider ecosystem; * Development, testing and deployment of continuous improvement and enhancements. This will be commissioned in support of the known pipeline of work. There are also Transformation requirements which may be taken up during the term of the contract:- * Data centre consolidation. Relocation away from the existing four IDENT1 and IABS Production Data Centres into two Crown Hosting data centres and/or migration of both IDENT1 and IABS applications into the public Cloud; * Transformation of the highly distributed physical deployment architecture for Bureaux to a centralised and virtualised solution; * Alignment and integration of the Service and Security Management Tooling in line with established strategies. Full information, including how to apply for this opportunity, can be found in the Contract Notice reference 2018/S 055-121962 dated 20th March 2018. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66b2ec5a-f948-4849-9fb2-7825b0eb9ccb | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold) | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Mar 2018 | | Submission deadline | 23 Apr 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 8 Mar 2019 - 7 Mar 2029 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £308,000,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HOME OFFICE | | Locality | CROYDON | | Post town | Croydon | | Postcode | CR0 2EU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon | | Local authority | Croydon | | Electoral ward | Fairfield | | Westminster constituency | Croydon West | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 21 Mar 2018 at 10:14 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66b2ec5a-f948-4849-9fb2-7825b0eb9ccb ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/66b2ec5a-f948-4849-9fb2-7825b0eb9ccb 21st March 2018 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:121962-2018:TEXT:EN:HTML TED Contract Notice reference 2018/S 055-121962 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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