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Sources Sought Notice - Department of Homeland Security: Market Research for Ten-Print Fingerprint Analysis Identity Examination Reports

Agency: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF / US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Location: Camp Springs, MD
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Jul 22, 2026
Set-aside: None (open competition)

Timeline

Posted

Jul 22, 2026
Status

Closing soon

What this contract is for

Agency: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF / US CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES
Location: Camp Springs, MD
Scope: Federal

Sources Sought Notice: This sources sought notice is being issued solely for information and market research and planning purposes.

This notice shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Government.

This is NOT a Request for Quotations or Proposals (RFQ or RFP).

No solicitation document exists and the Government may or may not issue a formal solicitation as a result of any information received in response to this RFI.

The Government will not pay for any response or demonstration expenses.

All costs incurred responding to this notice will be solely at the interested party's expense.

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate.

Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine that organization’s capabilities.

The Government’s explicit intent through this notice is to obtain general product/service information.

The Government is not requesting and does not want to receive from respondents any proprietary data, trade secrets, business sensitive information, or information considered CONFIDENTIAL under 18 U.S.C. §1905.

The Government’s constraint does not in any way relieve contractors from their responsibility to properly mark proprietary data when it is provided, nor does it alleviate any requirement for the Government to protect marked data.

The Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data.

The information provided in this notice is subject to change and is not binding on the Government.

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