Blue passports: British firm De La Rue fights to keep contract after Brexit

Hampshire company claims Franco-Dutch Gemalto ‘drastically underbid’ for right to make new passports

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Passport manufacturer De La Rue is to mount a legal bid to prevent the Government awarding the contract to make post-Brexit passports to a Franco-Dutch company.

In a statement, the Hampshire-based firm confirmed it was taking steps towards launching a formal appeal against the decision to award the £490m contract to Gemalto, questioning the feasibility of its cut-price offer.

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