As part of pre-procurement activity, the Identity and Passport Service has published a PIN for planned procurement(s) related to the National Identity Scheme in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). This follows on from a PIN published in August 2005 by the Home Office Identity Cards Programme.
A PIN is considered best practice for large public sector projects such as the National Identity Scheme and its purpose is to:
The PIN is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process for any future procurement. As set out in the Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme, it is anticipated that subject to approvals, procurement activity will commence in the second quarter of 2007.
