Irregularities in National Identity Card tender
View(s):The Department for Registration of Persons (DRP) has called a new tender for the procurement of 5 million pre-printed Poly-carbonate National Identity Cards (NIC) on Wednesday November 1 until a new bio metric NICs applicable to the whole population is ready for issuance, department sources confirmed.
The DRP has officially informed the cancellation of the last tender for 1 million cards on October 30 called on April 2023 after four prospective suppliers submitted their bids at that time.
The closing date of the new tender for 5 million cards will be November 22 and this action of cancelling the bids of four suppliers, around five months after receiving bids for the previous tender has bewildered the prospective bidders.
They told the Business Times the time period given for them was inadequate for companies to submit comprehensive offers.
According to DRP sources there are over 1.5 million cards pending issuance due to lack of cards at the department.
The Department of Registrar of Persons (DRP) had called for seven tenders within the last eight years to purchase National ID Cards and placed orders with three suppliers.
According to the tender results, the department has never placed the order with lowest price but given preference to higher prices.
The DRP has given the contract to their preferred local supplier on two occasions one in 2016 and the other in 2O21, disgruntled bidders complained.
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