There are six international firms bidding for an identity card project that is being launched in Nepal, according to local media.The National Identity Card Management Center of the ministry said this week that an evaluation process of these firms will begin from Thursday that will take at least one month to complete.Gemalto of (France), IRIS Corporation (Malaysia), Safran Morpho (France), Informatics (Sri Lanka), Dermalog and Arjowiggins of France are competing for the project, reported eKantipur.com.In June, the the NIDMC, under the Home Ministry had called a global tender for procurement and installation of hardware equipment in the National Identity Management Center office and all project sites.The winning bidder has 18 months to procure and customise software for National Identity System; deploy a hybrid database for a nationwide National Identity Management System, as well as procurement of National Identity smartcards and procurement, installation and operation of e-services for National Identity Management System.The winner has to issue 110,000 cards as a pilot project. The Asian Development Bank has extended loan of US $ 8 million for the project, and the rest will be financed by the World Bank.
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