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Electronic passport enrolment and issuance award

Awarded Status as of 13 March 2023 · Funding type: Not published

HID describes an award for Bahrain's electronic-passport system, covering enrolment, personalisation and issuance software with chip operating technology 1,2. Its English release prints 13 March 2022, but the Spanish version prints 13 March 2023 1,2. This entry uses the later dated award announcement without treating either publication date as the signing date. The company describes biometric and biographical information held on the passport chip, not a published central-database retention policy. Contract value, procurement route, operating term and independent acceptance are not established by these releases.

Key terms

Read the guide to API and PNR passenger data.

Buyer
Kingdom of Bahrain, exact signing authority not published in the cited releases 1,2
Vendor
HID
Vendor based in
United States, Austin headquarters in company statement 2
Signed
Not published
Duration
Not published
Value
Not published
Funding
Not published
Procurement route
Not published
System ownership
Not published
Data terms
Not published

Timeline

  1. 13 March 2023: Recorded status is Awarded.

Sources

  1. HID, company statement: Bahrain e-passport award, English version (printed date 13 March 2022)
  2. HID, company statement: Bahrain e-passport award, Spanish version (13 March 2023)

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