RFI_Biometric Algorithm_FINAL.pdf

Notice to Industry

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Criminal Justice Information Services Division

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THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR

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Introduction:

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Criminal

Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division headquartered in Clarksburg, West Virginia is conducting market research on biometric algorithms commercially available from the industry.

Background:

Title 28 of United States Code section 534 authorizes the FBI to collect and preserve identification information such as biometrics for criminal justice purposes. The mission of the FBI’s CJIS

Division is to equip our partners with the criminal justice information, including biometrics, they need to protect the United States while protecting civil liberties. In accordance with this authority and in support of its mission, CJIS manages its Next Generation Identification (NGI) system which is one of the world’s largest electronic repositories of biometric and criminal history information.

The FBI continues to look to new scientific advancements to increase the range and quality of its identification and investigative capabilities. To stay apprised of advances in the biometrics industry, the FBI partners with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to evaluate performance of biometric technology. This is accomplished through the various NIST biometric vendor testing platforms, providing the industry with the ability to bring their automated matching technology to NIST to test against biometric data sets for accuracy and performance.

Objective:

The FBI is currently conducting market research on biometric matching algorithms for: (1) tenprint,

(2) latent fingerprint, (3) face, and (4) iris. These algorithms support three distinct modalities:

fingerprint, face, and iris. The FBI is inviting industry to submit their algorithms, for these three distinct modalities, to the NIST biometric vendor testing platforms. The results will inform strategic business decisions made by the FBI as it relates to the existing NGI System algorithms.

While it is understood vendor algorithms can be packaged in various forms to meet the needs of each customer, the matching algorithms themselves should be just as proficient and accurate for biometric matching as the ones submitted to NIST for testing.

All vendors interested in supplying the FBI with automated biometric matching algorithms, to be considered in the FBI’s market research, must submit their algorithm(s) to NIST no later than

January 31, 2025. After submission to NIST, interested parties shall provide notice to the FBI of participation in NIST testing in response to this RFI. The notice to the FBI is limited to 4 pages and must include an executive summary page that provides the company name, point of contact

(with email and phone number), CAGE Code, DUNS number, and Unique ID. The notice shall indicate which algorithms were submitted to NIST for testing. The notice shall be submitted via email to Andy Stickley at ajstickley@fbi.gov and Teala Watkins at tmwatkins@fbi.gov. Please be advised, any other information or communications submitted to the FBI in response to this RFI will not be accepted at this time.

For more information regarding the FBI’s NIST testing program please visit the following website:

https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/image-group.

The FBI intends to release subsequent RFI’s to Industry at later dates to further refine our analysis of the market for these technologies. The RFI’s may include refined benchmarks for accuracy and performance, outline requirements for compatibility and use within the existing environment, history of performance, price points and packaging, amongst other areas of focus.

mailto:ajstickley@fbi.gov mailto:tmwatkins@fbi.gov https://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/image-group