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Biometric passport and airport gate subcontract

Awarded Status as of 8 October 2013 · Funding type: Concession or PPP

Zetes announced a fifteen-year subcontract from Africard in October 2013 for Gambian electronic passports and an airport identity-control gate 1. The build-operate-transfer project included enrolment and personalisation. Zetes expected approximately 40,000 passports annually and first delivery in December 2013 1. These were supplier forecasts, not verified output or completion figures. The statement was published as supplied material by Engineering News. It identifies no contract price, applicant charge or revenue-sharing formula. This passport arrangement is separate from the airport passenger-charge contract elsewhere in the register.

Key terms

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Buyer
Africard, prime contractor for Gambian authorities 1
Vendor
Zetes
Vendor based in
Belgium 1
Signed
Not published
Duration
Fifteen years, company announcement 1
Value
Not published
Funding
concession/PPP 1
Fee model
Not published
Procurement route
Subcontract from Africard, selection method not published 1
System ownership
Build-operate-transfer structure announced. Transfer schedule and asset terms not published 1
Data terms
The scope includes biometric enrolment, duplicate removal and a central passport register. Retention and contractual control provisions are not published 1

Timeline

  1. 8 October 2013: Recorded status is Awarded.

Sources

  1. Zetes via Engineering News: Gambian passport and e-gate contract (8 October 2013, supplied company statement)

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