Greece tenders $415M Digital Identity System with eIDAS 2.0

Greece has opened bidding for a large-scale digital identity system worth about €415.6 million (around $472.8 million), aimed at strengthening national electronic authentication and digital government services. The contract covers the integrated production and issuance cycle for security documents under the OPSEA programme. Greece plans to supply and install equipment to create a national electronic authentication system for citizens, build a central interoperability hub (“Citizen Identity Hub”), and provide approved electronic signature certificates. The scope also includes collecting supporting documents and biometric data, managing applications and data, personalising ID documents, and conducting quality control. The government estimates total project value at €515.4 million including VAT (and €415.6 million excluding VAT). Delivery is required within 18 months. Over three years, the plan calls for producing 6.42 million ID1-type ID cards and 1.05 million ID3-type passport booklets, followed by larger production volumes over the next seven years. The winning bidder must also provide operations and maintenance for 10 years, including on-site support, telecommunications services, and supply and personalisation of security forms. The project targets compliance with eIDAS 2.0 and the EU’s European Digital Identity regulation. Under the EUDI framework, EU Digital Identity Wallets are expected by the end of 2026, and member states must offer wallet access (citizens’ use remains voluntary). The bid deadline is September 10, 2026. For crypto traders, this is a payments-and-authentication modernization story rather than a direct token catalyst, with mainly indirect implications for identity infrastructure and European compliance timelines tied to the digital identity system.