Latent Fingerprint System

11/26/2024 - Amendment 1

The purpose of this amendment is to clarify that questions will be accepted through Friday, December 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM ET.  Questions shall be submitted to Amy.Driver@hq.dhs.gov and Sasha.May@hq.dhs.gov.  Responses will be provided in a subsequent amendment to this RFI.

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11/21/2024 - Request for Information (RFI)

Latent Fingerprint System

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential or proprietary. Furthermore, those who respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback with regards to its submission other than acknowledgment of receipt, should the submitter request an acknowledgement. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. All submissions become the property of the Federal Government and will not be returned. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future solicitation.

The information provided in this RFI is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. All submissions become the property of the Government and will not be returned. Responses to the RFI may be used to develop Government documentation.

Responses to this RFI may be reviewed by Government technical experts drawn from Federal employees and Contractor subject matter experts (SMEs) supporting the effort.

1. INTRODUCTION

The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) provides biometric match, store, share, and analyze services to DHS and mission partners. The need for biometrics continues to grow among DHS Components; interagency stakeholders (e.g., the Departments of State, Justice, and Defense); State, local, tribal, and territorial entities; the Intelligence Community; and international mission partners. Biometrics support critical national security priorities, including counterterrorism and immigration. OBIM is focused on delivering accurate, timely, and high assurance biometric identity information and analysis. OBIM’s overall goals and priorities include continuing to improve biometric services and access to expanded biometric data to enable DHS operational missions.

A subcomponent of OBIM’s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT) is the latent print system.  The latent print system is used to secure our nation and solve crimes by vetting latent prints from various agencies against the over 300 million fingerprint identities contained in IDENT.    

1. PURPOSE OF RFI

The purpose of this RFI is to gather information, from relevant industry sources, regarding an AWS cloud based latent fingerprint solution that addresses the criteria below.  All costs should be included, including costs to migrate to the proposed solution (licensing, compute, labor, installation/migration of existing files etc.) as well as annual maintenance costs.  AWS compute for the solution and its related costs should be selected in the AWS GovCloud West Region in a single availability zone with the option to scale to additional availability zones for high availability. 

Support latent print searches of known fingerprint holdings that are comprised of two galleries.

• One gallery consists of approximately 30 million identities containing approximately one million 2-print records and 19 million ten print records.  Gallery will have both rolled and flat prints for the same individual if available.  Projected annual growth is approximately 3 million annually. 
• One gallery consists of 300 million identities containing approximately 270 million ten prints and 30 million 2 prints.  Projection annual growth in approximately 18 million 10 prints.
• Peak hour rate of 80-100 latent searches per hour/ 1,500 per day, per gallery.
• Target matcher response times <600 seconds and at <60 minutes (i.e., two separate scenarios) including feature extraction per gallery
• Solution should discuss accuracy performance.
• Solution should discuss vendor’s specific approach to auto encoding of latent prints and associated accuracy.

Support reverse searches of the unsolved latent file (ULF)

• ULF gallery sizing options of 1 million, 1.5 million and 2 million enrollments total
• Current gallery of 500,000 with a projected annual growth of 50,000
• Average peak hourly rate of 12k known to latent searches per hour with less than 1 percent of the probes as 2-Prints and the remaining as 10-Prints
• Peak hour rate of 80-100 latent to latent searches per hour/ 1,000 per day
• Target matcher response time of < 600 seconds and at < 60 minutes (i.e., two separate scenarios)  including FE
• Solution should discuss thresholding approach for reverse searches (e.g., numeric, dynamic) to maximize accuracy while minimizing what needs examiner review.
• Solution should discuss approach to migration of existing ULF

Latent Examiner Graphical User Interface (GUI) Tool Capability:

• At a high level, Latent tool for examiners shall provide the ability to
  • view subject and latent prints; apply visualization tools to images
  • mark image features
  • view the list of top candidates after a search
  • sort within queues
  • review/verify/confirm matches
  • perform quality check on latent encodings
  • indicate a match between subject and latent prints
  • generate reports (e.g., user reporting, transaction reporting)
  • Provide licensing costs for 
    • 100 users
    • Enterprise license
  • Discuss whether latent matching solution supports the use of a 3rd party examiner GUI tool

 Other Criteria

• Discuss approach to algorithm updates (e.g., frequency, implementation approach).
• Discuss approach to interoperability with other latent vendors.

1. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The information obtained may be utilized in the preparation of a Request for Quote (RFQ) provided DHS finds it in its best interest. Vendors are encouraged to review this RFI and determine if their competency meet the DHS requirements.

Finally, RFI submissions should include a cover letter no longer than two (2) pages in length with the following information:

1. Vendor official name, address and phone number.
2. Point of Contact information, including name, phone number and email address.
3. The vendor’s country of origin.
4. If applicable, one URL for the organization’s official web site.
5. The socio-economic category under which the vendor is currently certified to perform under NAICS code 513210.  Alternate NAICS codes may be proposed.
6. If applicable, your company’s GSA Schedule contract number; and
7. If applicable, any relevant DHS strategic sourcing vehicle(s) your company currently holds a contract under and the associated contract number.

Responses are limited to 10 pages (including cover letter), must be in 12pt Times New Roman font with .75 inch margins and submitted via e-mail only to Contracting Officer Amy Driver at Amy.Driver@hq.dhs.gov, and Contract Specialist Sasha May at Sasha.May@hq.dhs.gov no later than Friday, January 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM ET.  The subject line of the email should contain the RFI number 70RDA125RFI000002. Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate and mark proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned.

(End of Request for Information)