Restricted Process for the Provision of a Facial Recognition Solution for Ireland‘s Passport Service

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála

The Department is seeking to engage the services of a Contractor(s) to provide software and licenses for the purpose of facial recognition. It is expected that the successful Contractor(s) at the completion of the 2 stages of this tender process will provide: Facial recognition software and all relevant licenses for an initial period of 1 year, renewable thereafter for 3 more periods of 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance; Support and maintenance for software and licenses provided for the duration of the contract; Initial batch-run of software for examination of a once-off matching of existing passport data; Training for Passport Service staff in the use of software application.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-09-25. The procurement was published on 2014-08-25.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2014-08-25 Contract notice
2016-01-20 Contract award notice