The Department of Transport DoT has been given permission by the High Court in Pretoria to outsource the printing and issuing of driving licences to the Government Printing Works GPW.
This follows the same court declaring a tender, in terms of which Idemia South Africa Pty Ltd was appointed as service provider, invalid, irregular, unlawful and unenforceable and setting it aside.
In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, Acting Judge M Smit ordered the DoT to readvertise the tender for the provision, installation, maintenance of equipment with related infrastructure and raw materials for the personalisation of the smart driving licence card within 30 days of her order.
