Clearview AI Facial Recognition Software

The Department of the Army Materiel Command, Mission and Installation Contracting Command is procuring five Clearview AI facial recognition software licenses for the 1st Special Forces Command at Fort Bragg to maintain a decisive intelligence advantage through access to leading-edge facial recognition technology. Clearview AI is a URL-based intelligence service that parses social media photos to enable positive identification of subjects and victims from diverse sources and has been recognized as U.S.-based with the highest certification for data security and cybersecurity policies. Key contract requirements include a 98% facial recognition accuracy threshold, SOC 2 Type II certification, TX-Ramp compliance, and TLS 1.2 or higher encryption standards, along with annual penetration testing and continuous vulnerability scanning capabilities. The Government will award the contract based on Lowest Price Technically Acceptable (LPTA) criteria, evaluating offerors' technical acceptability against the specified salient characteristics and price reasonableness. The solicitation was posted on February 26, 2026, with proposals due by March 9, 2026, at 4:00 PM local time, and all submissions must be received electronically via email to avoid being marked late.

This procurement is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside for Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) concerns, with Clearview AI identified as the incumbent and sole-source provider based on its 99.85% accuracy rating confirmed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The total award value is $47,000,000 for five software licenses with a Firm Fixed Price arrangement. The contract includes a base year from March 20, 2026, to March 19, 2027, and three option years extending through March 19, 2030, with delivery of the five licenses required to Fort Liberty, North Carolina, and a requisite operational start date of March 20, 2026. The requirement encompasses access to 50 billion images with collection scope including cloud database and source code, supporting the intelligence mission's need to rapidly analyze vast amounts of facial data and identify high-value targets.