OC Automated Biometric Identification System (ABI System) and Sustainment

The County of Orange, Sheriff-Coroner (hereinafter referred to as “County”), is soliciting proposals from qualified firms (hereinafter referred to as “Respondents”) for OC Automated Biometric Identification System (ABI System) and Sustainment . Respondents must meet the minimum qualifications and requirements as set forth within the RFP and be capable of providing services identified in the Scope of Work herein.

The Cal-ID Bureau of the Orange County Crime Laboratory (OCCL) has been operating an Automated Biometric Identification System for 10 years, providing services to its own members, local police departments within the county, the California Highway Patrol, and others. The services offered include:

• Identification of subjects with prior criminal histories through searches of the fingerprints and palmprints through the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABI System)
• As part of the booking process for criminals
• As part of the registration process for sex and arson registrants
• As part of law enforcement contacts with persons in the field (Mobile ID)
• As part of the background investigation of people applying for positions of trust with the county
• In response to ad hoc requests from investigators
• Assignment of local file number (the Orange County Number or OCN) for new arrestees. These OCNs are used in numerous county business processes.
• Identification of criminals by searching latent fingerprints from crime scenes through the ABI System and analyzing the candidates
• Identification of deceased subjects for the Coroner Division of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department
• Connectivity to the California Department of Justice (CalDOJ) AFIS and through it access to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Next Generation Identification (NGI) System.
• Support to the Secure Communities program – where arrest records are forwarded through the FBI to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The proposed schedule below is subject to change. Any changes to the schedule for the RFP process will be issued to all Respondents via addenda on the County's eProcurement Portal.