Home Office · Awarded contract
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Provision of Biometric Matcher Platform and Associated Services to the Home Office

Awarded 27 Jun 2023

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Awarded27 Jun 2023
Value£54,716,456.79
SupplierIBM UNITED KINGDOM LTD
AgencyHome Office
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryIT & Software
Expires in 1y 8mo5y term, 67% elapsed
Awarded 27 June 2023Expires 26 June 2028

About

Home Office awarded a contract to IBM United Kingdom Ltd for the provision of a Biometric Matcher Platform and associated services.

The contract covers the Matcher Service Platform (MSP), which includes a Matcher Service Bus (MSB) for biometric transaction processing, workflow rules, integration of Matching Engine Software (MES), and a service interface, as well as the infrastructure platform to host and provide computing capacity for MSB and MES operations.

The project involves transitioning services from the existing Matcher Platform supplier, delivering IDENT1 search capabilities (Print to Print, Print to Mark, Mark to Mark) for law enforcement, migrating immigration collection from IABS to the MSP's Fingerprint and Face Algorithms, and migrating HMPO, EUSS, and FBIS collections onto the MSP.

The contract value is AUD 54,716,456.79.

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