Commercial
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The commercial section of the identity cards web site
provides information that will be of interest to potential
suppliers of products and services for the identity
cards scheme.
Until the announcement of a formal procurement via placement
of a notice in the Official Journal of the European
Union (OJEU) the identity cards programme is interracting
with suppliers through "market sounding".
This is the process of assessing the reaction of all
potential suppliers to a proposed requirement and procurement
approach, and is recognised as best practice in Government
procurement. Whilst market sounding our team will want
to speak to many potential suppliers regarding all aspects
of the programme. We have been running an events programme,
details of which can be found below.
We encourage potential suppliers to contact our commercial
team directly by email commercial@identitycards.gsi.gov.uk
or by post to:
Commercial Team
Identity Cards Programme
Room 537
Horseferry House
Dean Ryle Street
London
SW1P 2AW
A supplier information form is available for download.
This form can be used to express your interest and views
on the scheme as part of the market sounding exercise
outlined above. This is our preferred mechanism for
receiving supplier information since its structure and
format makes the information supplied more readily accessible
by the programme.
Please review the form's Terms and Conditions of Use,
before using it to send any information to the programme.
Unfortunately, if you fail to indicate agreement with
these terms and conditions (by checking the relevant
box on the form) we will be unable to process any information
sent to us.
Events Programme
In recent months a series of open market sounding events
have been run in association with Intellect, a major
trade association of the ICT industry. These events
have focused on the topics of Consortia, Verification,
Application & Enrolment, and Security. Further events
are planned for 2005 details of which will be announced
in due course.
Summary of recent events:
Consortia - 22 September 2004
This seminar discussed issues concerning formation of
consortia or similar commercial vehicles for delivering
and operating an identity cards scheme. In particular,
the relationship between prime contractors and "Small
to Medium sized Enterprises" (SMEs)was examined
together with the advantages, disadvantages and risks
associated with a variety of potential procurement models.
Verification - 14 October 2004
This seminar sought to examine the processes, technologies
and infrastructure requirements for organisations that
would need to check identity against the ID Card, National
Information Register (database) or both.
Application - 16 November 2004
This seminar focused on the issues surrounding the process
of application and enrolment. Specific areas of interest
included: Channels ‘to market’ and efficient
forms processing; Use of decision support systems; Biometric
enrolment issues; Systems interoperability; Adaptation
of "configurable off-the-shelf" packages.
Security - 10 December 2004
This seminar outlined the need for security and resilience
in the identity cards scheme and challenged industry
to consider how it will respond to meeting the requirements
of delivering a cost-effective, reliable, robust, easy
to use & maintain 'system' that meets government
Information Assurance requirements appropriate to the
threats that such a system is likely to encounter.
Frequently Asked Questions
The following questions and answers set out the issues
of interest to potential suppliers:
FAQ's
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