Thailand · ID documents
Third-generation electronic passport contract
In operation
Thailand's Foreign Ministry records signing its third-generation electronic-passport contract with the DGM consortium on 5 July 2019 1. Thales reported first deliveries on 8 July 2020 and an inauguration on 5 August, describing a programme for 15 million passports over seven years 2. The ministry's earlier planned launch date was 29 June 2020 1. The delivered passports and the programme's total planned quantity are different measures. The company release does not establish completion of all deliveries, independent acceptance, contract price, revenue allocation or a later renewal 2.
Key terms
- Buyer
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Consular Affairs 1
- Vendor
- DGM consortium including Thales
- Vendor based in
- Not confirmed
- Signed
- 5 July 2019 1
- Duration
- Seven years, as described in August 2020 2
- Value
- Not published
- Funding
- Not published
- Procurement route
- Not published
- System ownership
- Not published
- Data terms
- Not published
Timeline
- Signed or started: 5 July 2019 1
- 6 August 2020: Recorded status is In operation.
Sources
- Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Annual Report 2019, page 105 (2019)
- Thales, company statement via Business Wire: Thai electronic-passport programme (6 August 2020)
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