Australia invites a select few to bid for national digital ID contract

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the nation’s digital identity competition regulator, is issuing  a limited tender to build the platform that will house its national digital ID system. It has invited just 5 to 10 vendors to submit a request for quote on the platform, and refuses to share if any local suppliers are among them or how much the project will cost, according to InnovationAus.

The RFQ issued last week on the BuyICT platform sought …

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