FALCON New Requirements for Outline
BACKGROUND
Initially, DARTTS data will reside within the FALCON system. However, during Option Year 1,
DARTTS data will be migrated (under a separate procurement) to the Authoritative ICE Data
Warehouse (AIDW); at which time the contractor shall ensure that the DARTTS data can be
remotely accessed and searched by users of the FALCON system, and that end users will not
experience any significant degradation of performance while searching/manipulating data accessed
remotely versus searching/manipulating data ingested directly into the FALCON system.
Option Year 1 will entail the integration of an additional large data set, the Enforcement Integrated
Database (EID). EID is an ICE-owned shared common database repository for several DHS law
enforcement and homeland security applications. EID captures and maintains information related
to the investigation, arrest, booking, detention, and removal of persons encountered during
immigration and criminal law enforcement investigations and operations conducted by ICE and
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This data set currently resides within the AIDW. The
contractor shall ensure that the EID data can be remotely accessed and searched by users of the
FALCON system and that end users will not experience any significant degradation of performance
while searching/manipulating data accessed remotely versus searching/manipulating data ingested
directly into the FALCON system.
Option Years 2-4 will entail the integration of up to 20 other, smaller data sets, each of which must
be approved by the FALCON Integrated Program Team (IPT) for inclusion in the FALCON system
before those data sets may be made accessible to FALCON users. These smaller data sets may
reside within the AIDW, within the ICE Big Data Environment (BDE), or may be ingested within
the FALCON system itself. The contractor shall ensure that these data sets, if not directly ingested
within the FALCON system, can be remotely accessed and searched by users of the FALCON
system and that end users will not experience any significant degradation of performance while
searching/manipulating data accessed remotely versus searching/manipulating data ingested
directly into the FALCON system.
SCOPE
FALCON is a customized version of a Commercially Available, Off the Shelf (COTS) product
sold by Palantir Technologies, Inc., called Palantir Gotham. DARTTS data will initially be
stored within the FALCON system. During the Option Years, the contractor will extend the
functionality of FALCON-DARTTS beyond the capabilities inherent in the existing DARTTS,
working with managers of the Trade Transparency Unit (TTU) to identify needed enhancements.
FALCON users shall be able to search/manipulate this data, utilize this data for the creation of
charts or graphs, or manipulate the data utilizing the features of FALCON-SA (Search and
Analysis). DARTTS data will also be accessible to users of FALCON Mobile.
During Option Years 1-4, contingent upon the approval by the FALCON IPT, access to the
following data sets by the FALCON system will be enabled. The contractor shall integrate any or
all of the following data sets into FALCON such that FALCON users shall be able to
search/manipulate this data, utilize this data for the creation of charts or graphs, or manipulate the

 data utilizing the features of FALCON-SA (Search and Analysis). This data will also be
accessible to users of FALCON Mobile. The following data sets may, contingent upon the nature
of the data and the decisions of the FALCON IPT and other ICE oversight committees reside
within the AIDW, the BDE, or directly ingested within the FALCON system. The contractor shall
ensure that these data sets, if not directly ingested within the FALCON system, can be remotely
accessed and searched by users of the FALCON system, and that end users will not experience
any significant degradation of performance while searching/manipulating data accessed remotely
versus searching/manipulating data ingested directly into the FALCON system.
These data sets include, but (at the discretion of the FALCON IPT) may not be limited to, the
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Enforcement Integrated Database (EID)
Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC) data
Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) data
National Security Entry and Exit Regulation System (NSEERs)
Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS)
Automated Targeting System (ATS-P/L/C)
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Border Crossings from Treasury Enforcement Computer System (TECS)
Consular Consolidated Database (CCDI)
Computer Linked Application Information Management Systems (CLAIMS)
TECS Images
ICE Gangs Database
Exodus Accountability Referral System
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
I-94 data
IDocX data from Intelligence Fusion System (IFS) disposition

TASKS
The contractor shall provide, as needed, desk-side support and operational support to FALCON
users located in any of ICE’s Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Offices or subsidiary offices located
in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands,
contingent upon prior approval by the FALCON PMO.
Support of FALCON Mobile Technology
The contractor shall ensure the continuation of two forms of a slimmed-down FALCON system
accessible to users in the field: FALCON Mobile and FALCON Web Access. Versions of
FALCON Mobile shall be available to run on both the Android operating system and the Apple
iOS operating system utilized for the iPhone platform. FALCON Web Access shall be available
on any device which has Internet access (including desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets,
and “smart” mobile phones). The contractor shall enhance the feature sets of FALCON Mobile
and FALCON Web Access at the direction and upon the approval of the FALCON PMO, under
the guidance for Tier 3 Software Maintenance and Support.

 Initially, DARTTS data will be stored within the FALCON system. Ultimately, this data will
reside within the Authoritative ICE Data Warehouse (AIDW). Once DARTTS data has been
migrated to AIDW, it shall be indexed, but not stored, on FALCON servers.
Optional Inclusion of EID Data Set in FALCON during Option Year 1
The contractor shall analyze and gain a full understanding of the existing Enforcement Integrated
Database (EID), its functionalities, its data sets, and the interrelations between these various data
sets. Regarding the schedule of completion of tasks, the contractor shall perform data modeling
and feature development iteratively in a staging environment from the conclusion of work on the
initial Production version of FALCON-DARTTS through April, 2014. The contractor shall make
the FALCON-DARTTS module available for testing in a Production environment no later than
May 31, 2014. The contractor shall ensure that the EID data set is made available live to end
users before June 30, 2014, on the condition that all ICE and DHS approvals have been granted
by that date.
Optional Inclusions of Other Data Sets in FALCON during Option Years 2-4
Upon approval by the FALCON IPT and at the direction of the FALCON PMO, the contractor
shall analyze and gain a full understanding of any or all of the following existing law
enforcement-related data sets, their functionalities and data elements, and the interrelations
between these various data elements:
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Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC) data
Student Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS)
Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) data
National Security Entry and Exit Regulation System (NSEERs)
Arrival and Departure Information System (ADIS)
Automated Targeting System (ATS-P/L/C)
National Crime Information Center (NCIC)
Border Crossings from Treasury Enforcement Computer System (TECS)
Consular Consolidated Database (CCDI)
Computer Linked Application Information Management Systems (CLAIMS)
TECS Images
ICE Gangs Database
Exodus Accountability Referral System
United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT)
I-94 data
IDocX data from Intelligence Fusion System (IFS) disposition

The FALCON IPT and FALCON PMO shall aim to equally disperse the inclusion of these data
sets between each of Option Years 2-4, seeking to have 5-6 data sets included in the FALCON
system per option year from Option Year 2 to Option Year 4. However, the contractor shall be
cognizant that operational needs may require that the order of the inclusion of these various data
sets may change, that a larger or smaller number than 5-6 data sets may be included per option
year, and that modifications to the front-end user interface of the FALCON system may be

 required to accommodate the inclusion of some of these data sets on the condition that all ICE
and DHS approvals have been granted by that date. Contingent upon the decisions of the
FALCON IPT and other ICE oversight bodies, these data sets may reside within the AIDW, the
BDE, or be directly ingested within the FALCON system. The contractor shall ensure that these
data sets, if not directly ingested within the FALCON system, can be remotely accessed and
searched by users of the FALCON system, and that end users will not experience any significant
degradation of performance while searching/manipulating data accessed remotely versus
searching/manipulating data ingested directly into the FALCON system. All data sets approved
by the FALCON IPT and FALCON PMO for inclusion within the FALCON system must be
made accessible to end users in a Production environment by the end of the same contract Option
Year in which that data set was first approved.
CONSTRAINTS
General Constraints
The following project constraints are applicable to the FALCON System Maintenance and Services:
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Existing FALCON system is a customized version of a Commercial, Off the Shelf (COTS)
product sold by Palantir Technologies, Inc., called Palantir Gotham;
Maintenance of Existing FALCON System Functionality
The contractor shall ensure that all new work performed will adhere to the following stipulations:
Continuation of Existing FALCON System Functionality
New work performed shall not adversely affect the ease of operation of the following existing
FALCON Search and Analysis system features, which shall retain their existing “look and feel:”
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Simple, quick searches of both ingested and remotely accessible data
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Filtered and advanced searches of both ingested and remotely accessible data
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Ability for users to monitor and be alerted to the addition, modification, or removal of
objects of interest
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Performing link and network analysis to find connections to subjects, locations, events,
etc.
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Performing statistical and geospatial analysis providing actionable intelligence and
uncovering patterns of activities and trends
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Geosearch types to include Radius, Polygon, Route, and Multi-part, plus determination of
the distance between any two points
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Ability to publish uploaded ad hoc data for sharing with entire user base or subsets of the
user base, subject to user controls
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Ability to overlay maps with ICE HSI SAC Office Areas of Responsibility (AORs)
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Ability for users to share charts, graphs, and other created documents and to collaborate
on the creation of such documents within restricted access groups
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Ability to identify links between external and internal data sources

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Ability to create new charts and visualizations with manually created objects, timeline
diagrams, custom icons, and other presentation focused features
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Ability to create target work-up sheets and charts on subjects, targets, and locations
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Ability to plot target locations to show clusters of activity
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Ability to show activity clusters with geo-density analysis
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Ability to follow target telephone activity and GPS movement on a map in real time
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Deconfliction of data elements (persons, places, objects, events)
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Ability to utilize CLEAR and Pen-link importers to import reports
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Ability to track team movements on map for operational and officer safety
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Ability to provide Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alerts to field agents in real time
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Ability to coordinate movements of entire teams by communicating across mobile
devices
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Perform geospatial analysis to locate all records proximate to an officer’s location
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Ability to create charts, structured dossiers with mugshots, and other complex
intelligence products and relay them directly to mobile devices in the field
New work performed shall not adversely affect the ease of operation of the following existing
FALCON Mobile features, which shall retain their existing “look and feel:”
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Simple, quick searches of both ingested and remotely accessible data; searches can be
performed from remote locations
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Ability to access user-published ad hoc data
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Ability to plot target locations to show clusters of activity
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Deconfliction of data elements (persons, places, objects, events)
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Ability to track team movements on map for operational and officer safety
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Ability to provide Be On the Lookout (BOLO) alerts to field agents in real time
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Ability to coordinate movements of entire teams by communicating across mobile
devices
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Ability to send text messages and photos to command center
New work performed shall not adversely affect the ease of operation of the following existing
FALCON Web Access features, which shall retain their existing “look and feel:”
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Simple, quick searches of both ingested and remotely accessible data
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Filtered and advanced searches of both ingested and remotely accessible data
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Ability for users to monitor and be alerted to the addition, modification, or removal of
objects of interest
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Ability to access user-published ad hoc data
Compatibility of New Work with Existing FALCON Features and Data Sets
All data sets made newly accessible to the FALCON system shall be seamlessly searchable along
with previously existing FALCON data sets, both those data sets ingested within the FALCON
system and those data sets remotely accessed. The contractor shall ensure that end users will
continue to utilize a single, comprehensive front-end interface to search and manipulate all data

 accessible by FALCON, both data sets predating this contract and data sets made accessible
within the scope of this contract.
The contractor is required and shall ensure that previously existing FALCON system workflow
applications (those for the HSI Tip Line Unit, the Confidential Informants Unit, and the
Undercover Operations Unit) shall maintain all existing functionality and shall retain their
existing “look and feel” for end users, such that no retraining of end users (or extremely minimal
retraining, in the form of brief, on-line guides to changes which can be reviewed in less than an
hour).
The contractor is required and shall ensure that all new work performed under this contract shall
be compatible with the following application helpers previously developed to assist end users
with common, repetitive system tasks; these application helpers shall retain their existing “look
and feel” for end users, such that no retraining of end users (or extremely minimal retraining, in
the form of brief, on-line guides to changes which can be reviewed in less than an hour):
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Accounting Helper
Document Keyword Linker Helper
CLEAR XML Importer Helper
Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Third Agency Data Labeling Helper
Text Cloud Helper
Pen-link Importer Helper
HTML Exporter Helper
Subject Export Helper
ICE Search Helper
Tables Helper
Resolution Helper
Properties Helper
Geo Lookup Helper

Level of Service
The contractor shall ensure that the FALCON system shall be able to accommodate the following
minimum levels of service, with no diminishment of performance levels from performance levels
met by the system prior to the initiation of this contract:
Start of Initial Period of Performance
Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:
Upon Deployment of FALCON-DARTTS

300 million
2,000
700
5,000
1,000
500
50

 Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:

3.5 billion
2,500
1,200
5,000
2,000
1,000
200

Upon Deployment of EID Data Set in Option Year 1
Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:

3.6 billion
3,000
1,500
5,000
2,500
1,500
300

By Close of Option Year 2
Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:

3.8 billion
3,500
1,750
5,000
3,000
2,000
500

By Close of Option Year 3
Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:

4.0 billion
4,000
2,000
5,000
3,000
2,500
750

By Close of Option Year 4
Individual Data Records Accessible by FALCON:
FALCON-SA User Base:
FALCON-SA Concurrent Users:
FALCON Web Access User Base:
FALCON Web Access Concurrent Users:
FALCON Mobile User Base:
FALCON Mobile Concurrent Users:

4.2 billion
4,500
2,250
5,000
3,000
3,000
1,000