Sri Lanka to run new digital ID tender after Madras disqualified

After much controversy, the multi-million dollar tender for Sri Lanka’s digital identity project will be refloated. The news comes after the country’s government procurement agency disqualified the two Indian companies that had submitted bids, reported to be Madras Security Printers (MSP) and Protean Technologies.

The bidding process for Sri Lanka's Unique Digital Identity program, known as SL-UDI, has been marred by problems since the launch of the tender in May. The Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee (CAPC) introduced several abrupt …

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