In the Dominican Republic, the General Directorate of Passports is tendering the service of making 500 thousand notebooks for the issuance of machine-readable passports.
The Panama Transit and Land Transportation Authority is once again putting out to tender services to issue driver's licenses, for a term of 10 years.
Due to non compliance with the requirements established in the contest by the three companies that submitted bids,last January the hiring process to provide a service to issue driver's licenses and vehicle ownership cards, as well as the issuance of weights and dimensions cards, was declared void.
A tender is being launched in Panama for a service to issue driver's licenses and vehicle ownership cards, as well as issuance of cards for weights and dimensions, for a term of 10 years.
Panama Government Purchase 2017-1-03-0-99-LV-005303:
The companies GSI Guatemala, Orcatec, Productive Business Solutions and Intelident submitted proposals ranging from between $3.6 and $4.6 million for the provision of passport booklets.
In Honduras the start of the process for international prequalification of companies for the development and implementation of immigration and passport issuance system has been announced .
From a statement issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
The Commission for the Promotion of Private Public Partnerships COALIANZA), has launched the publication of international tender for prequalification of a Public Private Partnership for the project Modernization, Improvement, Management of an Operating System for Migration Services and Issue Honduras Passports, which aims to implement a comprehensive operating model for the operation of these services.
An international call has been announced for the development and implementation of an immigration system and the issuance of passports, an event which will take place in March.
From a statement issued by the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (COALIANZA):
The commissioner of the Commission for the Promotion of Public Private Partnership (COALIANZA), Miguel Angel Gamez announced that in March they will be launching an international competition for a Modernization Project, for the Improvement, Management and System Operation of Immigration Control and Passport Issuance in Honduras.
The Immigration Department has improved systems at the consulate in China in order to make it easier for Chinese citizens to obtain the visa they need to visit the country.
As part of a strategy to promote tourism being carried out by Costa Rica in China, the immigration systems operating in the consulate are being updated in order to provide a more streamlined service for issuing visas.
Using trusts the Government of Honduras will transfer into private hands the financing and operation of the system for passport issuance and property registration.
Authorization has been given to the execution of a trust agreement to run the studies required for the structuring, financing, development and operation of the Project entitled "Modernization, Improvement, Management and Operation of the Immigration System and Passport Issuance in Honduras."
The Ministry of Government has postponed for the third time the receipt of bids for the passport book and migration services tender.
According to Fernando Lucero, spokesman for the Office of Migration (DGM), the new extension is due a change in the specifications to improve the quality of the booklets and also because there were a number of questions from the bidders.
The Department of Migration has been authorized to acquire the passport books without a bidding process for a value of up to $3 million.
From a press release published by the Diario de Centro América:
The government has authorized the Ministry of Interior (MINGOB), through the Directorate General of Migration (DGM), under their strict liability, to acquire, without being subject to a tender or quote, 600,000 books for passports.