Overview
- The Foreign Ministry declared the international process void because no bidder met all technical, legal and financial requirements.
- The decision concerns tender LA-05-613-005000999-T-2-2026 to hire comprehensive support services for the electronic passport from 2026 to 2030.
- Passport issuance will continue at domestic offices and nearly 190 consulates, with demand exceeding five million documents annually.
- The adjudication act was sent to the Secretaría Anticorrupción y Buen Gobierno for review before the ruling was made public.
- Reported bidders included Cosmocolor and Interconecta with offers near 3.97 and 4.27 billion pesos, and the relaunch will emphasize stronger security and data-protection standards.