Biometric Procurement and Sustainment (BPS)

1.0 Purpose
This Request for Information (RFI) is a means for conducting market research to generate interest within industry and increase competition, identify potential sources with requisite capabilities, and refine the Government’s pre-award documentation. This RFI is solely for information and planning purposes and does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. The Government is not seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals at this time. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluation will be provided. The Government will retain all responses, which will be protected as business sensitive and will not be released outside of the Government and the Government’s program support contractor(s). The information provided may be used by the Government in developing its Acquisition Strategy, Performance Based Specifications, and/or related Acquisition Requirement documentation. Respondents are advised that the Government will not pay for any information provided, or administrative costs incurred, in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the Respondent’s expense. Defense and commercial contractors, including small businesses, veteran-owned businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned businesses, HUB Zone small businesses, and woman-owned small businesses are encouraged to participate. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future Request for Proposal(s) (RFP), if any is issued. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor for additional information pertaining to any future requirement.

2.0 Description
Product Manager (PM) Biometrics is conducting market research to identify potential sources that possess the capability to procure, field, and sustain Biometric Collection Capability (BCC) systems in accordance with the attached Draft PWS. The scope includes program management, system procurement (hardware and software) and fielding, sustainment, software engineering services, cloud services, help desk services, and cybersecurity services. BCC systems include Biometrics Automated Toolset-Army (BAT-A), Near Real Time Identity Operations (NRTIO), and Next Generation Biometrics Collection Capability (NXGBCC).

3.0 Background
PM Biometrics under Project Manager Terrestrial Sensors (PM TS), Capability Portfolio Executive for Intelligence and Spectrum Warfare (CPE ISW) acquires, deploys, and sustains biometric collection solutions in multiple operating environments enabling identity dominance on the battlefield and across the Department of War (DoW). PM Biometrics’ information technology (IT) systems capture, transmit, store, manage, share, retrieve, and display biometric data for timely identification or identity verification. These systems are mission enablers for
force protection, intelligence, physical and logical access control, identity
management/credentialing, detention, and interception operations. PM Biometrics provides
biometrics support to various operations, including detainee operations, and post-Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) incident exploitation, intelligence operations, presence operations, local
population control, seizure operations, and base access control.

4.0 Requested Information
Interested parties are required to respond to this RFI with a Capability Statement in Adobe PDF
format that demonstrates their firm’s capability to support the Draft PWS. Please limit responses
to ten (10) pages or less. Capability Statements shall address the following:
a. Company name, address, email address, Web site address, telephone number, Cage Code,
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), business size, and socioeconomic category.
b. Tailored Capability Statement addressing the particulars of this effort to include up to
three (3) relevant projects with the following information:
1. Customer Name
2. Customer/Client POC Email
3. Total Contract Value
4. Period of Performance
5. Brief Description of Services Provided
6. Indicate if there is a Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System
(CPARS) available

Further, respondents are required to answer questions provided in Attachment 0002.
Respondents should minimize proprietary information and if any, be sure it is clearly marked and
segregated. Be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be
returned.

The deadline for responses to this request are due no later than 5 pm, EDT, 22 April 2026. All
responses must be e-mailed to the Contracting Officer, Rosetta Wisdom-Russell, rosetta.wisdomrussell.
civ@army.mil and Contracts Specialist, Keane Sablon, keane.s.sablon.civ@army.mil.
Telephonic inquiries will not be accepted.