http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/enterpr ... t-gemalto/IBM loses DVLA contract to GemaltoBy Anh Nguyen | Computerworld UK | 07 May 12
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has awarded a contract for the administration of UK drivers' licences to Gemalto.
According to TechMarketView, the original tender notice valued the contract at between £60 million and £300 million.
Gemalto, which replaces incumbent IBM on the contract, will be responsible for providing between 40 and 80 million secure permit documents as part of the multi-year deal.
These include digital tachograph cards and biometric residence permits.
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The DVLA will begin deploying Gemalto's Sealys line of products from 2013.
An IBM case study from 2008 shows that the company worked with DVLA to develop a secure photocard driving licence using technologies from Trb, a Swiss supplier of secure cards, and Mhlbauer, a German supplier secure-card manufacturing machinery.
Under the incumbent contract, IBM helped to develop a polycarbonate, non-chip card that met EU standards, but could also feature a chip to make it a smartcard in the future.
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