KUALA LUMPUR: Datasonic Group has secured an additional contract worth RM31.39 million from the home ministry for the supply of Malaysian passport chips.
In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, the group said its subsidiary Datasonic Technology had received a letter from the ministry extending the contract to supply 12.5 million passport chips over two years until November 2023.
The company said the original contract was valued at RM318.75 million, and the amendments will bring the total contract ceiling value to RM350 million.
Datasonic said the amendments entailed the change in quantity in maintenance services of equipment, software and system application for public key infrastructure and public key development for 2022 and 2023.
It would also change the quantity of maintenance services of equipment, software and chip system application for local and overseas use for 2022 and 2023; as well as maintenance services of equipment, software and the E-Gate system application for Malaysian and pre-read kiosks for 2022 and 2023.