Sri Lanka prepares to tender contract for 5M biometric passports

Sri Lanka is planning to launch a tender for the issuance of 5 million chip-embedded biometric passports, The Sunday Times reports.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Cabinet-Appointed Procurement Committee (CAPC) says the process will meet international standards for competitive bidding. Bidders should have an annual average turnover of US$17 million or higher, and cash flow of at least $1 million, according to the report. The bidder should also not be blacklisted.

The country is about to re-run a tender process …

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