Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
UK
E-mail: fbiscommercial@homeoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Generic Identity Verification Service
Reference number: C21545
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72416000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Personal device based, generic identity verification (GIDV), document verification and facial biometric enrolment, identity capture
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
91 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Provision of a mobile device application and functional service wrapper necessary to capture and verify applicant identities:
- Scanning or reading documents (passport)
- Identity capture including facial biometric enrolment
- Document verification
- Real-time facial matching
- Liveness assessment
- Integration (Home Office application and case working systems)
- Personal information and data must be secure
- Continuous improvement
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Implementation Planning
/ Weighting: 9.8
Quality criterion: Technical Solution
/ Weighting: 21
Quality criterion: Operating the Service
/ Weighting: 7.7
Quality criterion: Managing Change
/ Weighting: 5.6
Quality criterion: Ongoing Development
/ Weighting: 5.6
Quality criterion: Maintaining a quality and performant service
/ Weighting: 5.6
Quality criterion: Security
/ Weighting: 2.6
Quality criterion: Exit Management
/ Weighting: 2.1
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-031984
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: C21545
Title: Generic Identity Verification Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/06/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Entrust Corporation
Minneapolis
US
NUTS: US
Internet address(es)
URL: www.entrust.com
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 18 300 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Hight Court
The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
27/02/2023