Provision of a Facial Recognition Solution

Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha

The Contracting Authority is responsible for issuing all Irish passports under the Passports Act 2008 and all Foreign Birth Registration certificates under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, via the Irish Passport Service. The Contracting Authority invites tenders for the provision of a Facial Recognition Solution (FRS) for executing facial matching of images received with Passport and Foreign Birth Registration applications.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2024-05-10. The procurement was published on 2024-03-26.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2024-03-26 Contract notice
2024-05-01 Contract notice
2024-05-13 Contract notice
2024-05-31 Contract notice
Contract notice (2024-03-26)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Title: Provision of a Facial Recognition Solution
Short description:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority is responsible for issuing all Irish passports under the Passports Act 2008 and all Foreign Birth Registration certificates under...โ€    Show more
Type of contract: services
Products/services: Software-related services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ
Information about lots
Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots: 0
Description
Description of the procurement:
โ€œThe Contracting Authority is responsible for issuing all Irish passports under the Passports Act 2008 and all Foreign Birth Registration certificates under...โ€    Show more
Additional products/services: Software support services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Additional products/services: Software implementation services ๐Ÿ“ฆ
Title
Lot Identification Number: LOT-0001

Procedure
Type of procedure
Open procedure โœ…
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-05-10 18:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-05-10 18:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders (place): https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/prepareViewCfTWS.do?resourceId=3305107
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: English ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ

Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Conditions for participation
List and brief description of rules and criteria:
โ€œPlease refer to RFTโ€

Contracting authority
Name and addresses
Name: Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnรณthaรญ Eachtracha
National registration number: Department of Foreign Affairs
Postal address: Iveagh House. 80 St Stephen's Green. Dublin 2.
Postal code: D02 VY53
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: consultant.tenders@dfa.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 14082000 ๐Ÿ“ž
URL: https://www.dfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.dfa.ie ๐ŸŒ
Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
Main activity
General public services
Communication
Documents URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/cft/listContractDocuments.do?resourceId=3305107 ๐ŸŒ
Participation URL: https://www.etenders.gov.ie/epps/eawarding/showTenderList.do?resourceId=3305107 ๐ŸŒ

Complementary information
Review body
Name: The High Court of Ireland
National registration number: The High Court of Ireland
Postal address: Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Postal code: D07 WDX8
Postal town: Dublin
Country: Ireland ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช
E-mail: highcourtcentraloffice@courts.ie ๐Ÿ“ง
Phone: +353 1 8886000 ๐Ÿ“ž
Information about electronic workflows
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Source: OJS 2024/S 062-183987 (2024-03-26)
Contract notice (2024-05-01)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-05-24 18:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-05-24 18:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Changes
New value
Text:
โ€œDeadline Response date has been changed from 10th May 2024 at 6pm to 24th May 2024 at 6pmโ€
Source: OJS 2024/S 087-263460 (2024-05-01)
Contract notice (2024-05-13)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-06-07 18:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-06-07 18:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Changes
New value
Text:
โ€œDeadline Response date has been changed from 24th May 2024 at 6pm to 7th June 2024 at 6pm.โ€
Source: OJS 2024/S 094-286749 (2024-05-13)
Contract notice (2024-05-31)
Object
Scope of the procurement
Estimated value excluding VAT: 6 000 000 EUR ๐Ÿ’ฐ

Procedure
Administrative information
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 2024-06-12 18:00:00 ๐Ÿ“…
Conditions for opening of tenders: 2024-06-12 18:30:00 ๐Ÿ“…

Changes
New value
Text:
โ€œDeadline Response date has been changed from 7th June 2024 at 6pm to 12th June 2024 at 6pmโ€
Source: OJS 2024/S 107-329160 (2024-05-31)