The Malta Information Technology Agency has opened a tender worth 310,000 euros for an online identity verification service that would plug into the government’s central authentication system. The agency, which runs much of Malta’s public-sector IT, wants the service delivered as software-as-a-service and integrated with the platform citizens use to prove who they are when accessing government services online.
The requirement is for a verification layer that sits across government systems. Under tender T041/26, the agency is seeking an online identity verification service, provided as SaaS, that is to be integrated within the government’s authentication service and other critical line-of-business applications. Positioning the service at that level points to a shared capability for confirming identities, rather than a tool bolted onto a single department’s website.
Routing verification through the central authentication service would give Malta a common checkpoint for online identity. The platform handles how users authenticate to government services, and adding an identity verification service to it would let the same proofing step support multiple applications, an approach that aligns with how governments are consolidating identity functions into reusable infrastructure.
The tender adds to Malta’s recent moves to build out national identity infrastructure through procurement, following the Malta Business Registry’s earlier tender for a national digital identity repository. The market it is reaching into has been consolidating verification and biometrics into single offerings, as seen when IDnow and Keyless joined forces to provide biometric verification across the digital identity lifecycle.
Tenders are due by July 22, 2026.
Sources: Tenders Electronic Daily
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By the ID Tech Editorial Team
