Prescribes methods for technology and scenario evaluations of multi-supplier biometric systems that use biometric data conforming to biometric data interchange format standards. It specifies requirements needed to assess performance available from samples formatted according to a standard interchange format (SIF), performance available when samples formatted according to a SIF are exchanged, performance available from samples formatted according to a SIF, relative to proprietary data formats, SIF interoperability by quantifying cross-product performance relative to single-product performance, performance available from multi-sample and multimodal data formatted according to one or more SIFs, and performance interoperability of biometric capture devices.