The response deadline time is 14:00 EST. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is engaging industry to understand how to refresh its biometric collection capabilities and to potentially allow for future expanded service offerings of the Canadian Immigration Biometric Identification System (CIBIDS). IRCC is seeking input and feedback from the biometric community at large to meet the following objectives of the Request for Information (RFI): (1) Identifying the latest innovations and emerging trends in mobile and stationary biometric collection hardware and software technologies for both live facial image and fingerprint capture. (2) Determining best practices for: (a) safeguarding the integrity of the biometric enrolment process; and (b) management of a globally operated and distributed fleet of biometric device endpoints. (3) Identifying challenges Suppliers encounter in achieving the following socio-economic objectives: (a) Indigenous Participation Plan; (b) Greenhouse Gas; (c) Environmentally Preferable Packaging; and (d) Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus).
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Basic information
Reference
WS4855895498-Doc4855895561
Solicitation no.
WS4855895498
Buyer
Department of Public Works and Government Services (PSPC)
Notice type
Request for Information
Method
Competitive - Open bidding
Procurement category
*GD
Trade agreements
*None
Estimated value
Not disclosed
Source
canadabuys
Classification & terms
UNSPSC
UNSPSC 43000000 — Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications
Suppliers who have won similar work from this buyer before.
1
TEKNION LIMITED
9 contracts won· latest July 28, 2026
CAD $1.5M
total awarded
2
CDW Canada Corp.
4 contracts won· latest November 18, 2025
CAD $4.3M
total awarded
3
Totem Offisource Inc.
4 contracts won· latest September 26, 2025
CAD $1.5M
total awarded
4
MangoApps, Inc
3 contracts won· latest July 28, 2025
CAD $13.7M
total awarded
5
Spectrum Telecom Group Ltd.
3 contracts won· latest May 15, 2024
CAD $3.8M
total awarded
TEKNION LIMITED is the most likely incumbent, based on how often and how recently they have won this buyer’s work in this category. To displace them, expect to need a clearly stronger proposition or price.
