A main supplier to the Identity and Passport Service,
CSC, has appointed Paris-based services supplier Steria to help
manage the front-end of passport applications.
CSC is taking over the running of Oracle-based Passport
Application Support System [PASS] from Siemens, which has been
running the technology since 1999.
It has appointed
Steria to
manage business processes such as data verification and validation.
Steria says that the processes may also be used in the supply of ID
Cards - a scheme the Tories have promised to scrap.
CSC is to introduce new systems to replace the PASS system.
Steria will receive and open passport applications, make validation
checks, ensure fees are correct and that the appropriate parts of
the forms are completed, before passing them to the Identity and
Passport Service.
All the work will be done in the UK.
Steria press release