Datasonic has been given an RM50 million contract to supply MyKad, MyTentera, MyPOCA raw cards, and consumables to the National Registration Department for a period of twelve months commencing from 15 February 2022 to 14 February 2023.
The contract was awarded by the Ministry of Home Affairs which will require Datasonic to also furnish a performance bond for the amount of RM2,505,943.40 to the Ministry.
Since 1999, Datasonic Corporation has been the technology provider and exclusive sub-contractor of Dibena Enterprise, who was appointed as the Chairman and key member of GMPC Corporation Sdn Bhd, a consortium of five companies for the national ID or MyKad project. GMPC Corporation was formed to implement the pilot phase of the GMPC project in 1999. Under the Multi-Purpose Card Flagship Application agreement between the Government and GMPC Corporation, dated 1 June 1999, the Government has agreed to award the GMPC project to GMPC Corporation, a consortium company, which consist of 5 members namely Dibena Enterprise, IRIS Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd, Unisys MSC Sdn Bhd, Tricubes NCR JV Sdn Bhd and CSA MSC Sdn Bhd, to undertake the GMPC project.
As part of the contract, the ICT company will have to also implement the Professional Training & Education For Growing Entrepreneurs (PROTÉGÉ) programme as set by the Government based on the contract sum with the minimum number of participants of 20 persons, at no cost to the Government.
