CBP OIT Biometric Exit Acquisition - UPDATES

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seeks to provide an update to Industry on CBP's plans for Biometric Exit from the initial Request for Information (RFI) titled "CBP OIT Biometric Exit Acquisition," issued June 20, 2016. As discussed in the previous RFI, CBP has conducted four separate biometric field experiments to examine the operational viability of different biometric modalities and traveler processing procedures. These experiments included: 1.) 1-to-1 Face Comparison: Collect and match facial images of travelers in real time to confirm the identity of individuals presenting a passport for admission to the United States. 2.) Biometric Exit Mobile (BE-Mobile): Validate the feasibility of collection of departure biometrics utilizing hand held devices to quantify future exit law enforcement requirements. 3.) Pedestrian Entry/Exit: Test the viability of facial and iris image capture in an outdoor land environment. 4.) Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport Exit Experiment, Departure Information Systems Test (DIST): Test the viability of facial image capture at the airport departure gate to match travelers against the air passenger manifest. Utilizing the outcomes and successes from these experiments to inform the requirements for final solutions, CBP is now in the process of establishing a Biometric Entry-Exit Program of Record. CBP's initial focus is to develop a solution for the air environment that utilizes the traveler's face to confirm departure against the air passenger manifest. CBP is committed to delivering a solution at the top Gateway Airports beginning in 2018. We are looking at innovative procurement options including public/private partnerships, smaller procurements, and leveraging DHS enterprise capabilities. However, CBP does not envision one large systems integrator procurement to support air, land and sea environments. Backend systems design and integration is within scope of current CBP contracts. Utilizing the CBP contract vehicle that delivered the Departure Information Systems Test (DIST), CBP is designing and building a back-end, facial recognition, cloud-based solution that will enable matching for biometric data stored by flight manifests. The back-end system will interface with airlines and other third party providers. In late spring/early summer 2017, CBP expects to expand capabilities tested in Atlanta in conjunction with the back-end cloud-based solution to eight (8) locations. Additionally, CBP is engaging closely with air travel partners to evaluate how CBP's enhanced platform will integrate with their efforts to streamline the travel process. CBP will continue to engage with industry regarding Biometric Exit. Collaboration with private industry will be essential to help successfully create and deliver the technology solutions to meet current and future Biometric Exit requirements. Industry will have many opportunities to support the Biometric Exit mission. CBP foresees industry opportunities in the following areas: 1.) Cloud services 2.) Facial Recognition matching software 3.) Equipment for entry lanes (fingerprint readers, cameras and ePassport Readers) 4.) Program Management support 5.) Innovation Experiments (innovative alternatives to capture biometrics) 6.) Solutions for land and sea environments This FBO notice is part of Government to Industry outreach, and is for industry planning and awareness only. It does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will follow. CBP will use any information submitted in response to this notice at its discretion and will not provide comments to any submission; however, CBP reserves the right to contact any respondent to this notice for the sole purpose of enhancing CBP's understanding of the notice submission. The content of any responses to this notice may be reflected in any subsequent solicitation. In accordance with FAR 15.202(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this FBO notice, including any subsequent product demonstrations. Responses to this FBO notice must be sent via email to the following: Contract Specialist: Gabriela Bravo at gabriela.e.bravo@cbp.dhs.gov Contracting Officer: Fang-Ting Manson at fang-ting.manson@cbp.dhs.gov