Govt extends passport contract with Datasonic Technologies
KUALA LUMPUR: Datasonic Group Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd (DTSB) has received a letter of extension for three contracts related to the supply of Malaysian passports from the home ministry. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said the contracts comprise the supply of Malaysian passport chips,…
KUALA LUMPUR: Datasonic Group Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Datasonic Technologies Sdn Bhd (DTSB) has received a letter of extension for three contracts related to the supply of Malaysian passports from the home ministry.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said the contracts comprise the supply of Malaysian passport chips, documents and polycarbonate biodata pages to the immigration department.
“The contract extension is for a period of 24 months from Dec 1,” it said.
The company said for the supply of Malaysian passport chips, DTSB is required to extend the validity period of the existing performance bond of RM3.19 million until Nov 30, 2024, or issue new performance bond of RM2.28 million, commencing Dec 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2024.
“For the supply of the Malaysian passport documents, DTSB is required to extend the validity period of the existing performance bond of RM2.23 million until Nov 30, 2024, or to issue new performance bond of RM1.60 million, starting Dec 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2024,” it said.
As for the supply of polycarbonate biodata pages, DTSB is required to extend the validity period of the existing performance bond of RM3.53 million until Nov 30, 2024, or to issue new performance bond for the amount of RM2.32 million from Dec 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2024, the group said. — Free Malaysia Today