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Argentina · ID documents

Electronic passport cover-component award

Awarded Status as of 10 April 2018 · Funding type: Not published

Argentina's government announced an award to IPESA, identified as HID's local representative, for electronic-passport covers with copper-wire antennas 1. The announcement identifies public tender 05/2017 and says the covers are components used with the chip to store biometric and biographical information. This is not an award for every part of the passport system. The government projected annual savings above ARS 60 million, but did not report audited realised savings 1. The release does not establish the contract price, quantity, duration, signing date or supplier access to personal information.

Key terms

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Buyer
Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAPER) 1
Vendor
Instituto de Publicaciones y Estadísticas S.A.C.I.I.F. (IPESA), HID representative
Vendor based in
Not confirmed
Signed
Not published
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
open tender
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
Not published

Timeline

  1. 10 April 2018: Recorded status is Awarded.

Sources

  1. Argentina government: RENAPER passport-component procurement announcement (10 April 2018)

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