MANILA, Philippines — AllCard Inc. (ACI), the provider of nationwide identification playing cards beneath the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys), vowed on Monday to erase any backlog inside 12 months after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) just lately determined to cancel its contract.
In an announcement, ACI stated it was totally able to assembly the deadline regardless of the disruption on account of “unexpected challenges” and the continuing arbitration case.
“AllCard was on monitor to fulfill its manufacturing targets till the invention of some perceived defects, which we instantly delivered to the eye of the BSP,” stated ACI president Roy Ebora.
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“Now we have the infrastructure, expertise and willpower to meet our obligations and assist the BSP and (Philippine Statistics Authority) present these important IDs to the Filipino individuals by 2025,” Ebora stated.
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Citing its in depth monitor file, the agency additionally referred to as for a complete evaluation of its efficiency beneath the contract. It touted its profitable contracts for main establishments such because the Social Safety System, Authorities Service Insurance coverage System, Unified Multi-Goal Identification playing cards and drivers’ licenses for the Land Transportation Workplace.
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The BSP, in a termination discover dated Aug. 15, ended the contract with the corporate for its supposed “failure to ship any or all the items specified within the contract, amounting to greater than 10 % of the contract worth.”
It stated solely 57.9 million prepersonalized nationwide ID playing cards had been truly produced between 2022 and 2023, 58.1 million wanting the focused 116 million playing cards for Filipinos. This resulted in a manufacturing lack of P1.06 billion, equal to 49.91 % of the contract quantity awarded to ACI.
However the agency filed a movement for reconsideration, urging the BSP to rethink its resolution.
It has two contracts beneath the nationwide ID program, Lot 1 for the manufacturing of clean playing cards—which has already been canceled—and Lot 2 for the printing of those playing cards.
ACI additionally maintained it was not chargeable for errors on the playing cards akin to misspelled names, poor picture high quality, inconsistent doc codecs, saying it doesn’t have any management over the information given to it.
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The BSP, in the meantime, denied allegations that it “subcontracted” the manufacturing of nationwide IDs to ACI, arguing that central financial institution staff produced the playing cards themselves utilizing the gear and uncooked supplies from the sacked provider.
“BSP personnel carried out the operation, whereas ACI (AllCard) offered gear, uncooked supplies and technical assist,” it stated. —with a report from Ian Nicolas P. Cigaral
