Dundee City Council has issued a contract notice seeking suppliers of smart card management services for the National Entitlement Card (NEC) Scheme.

The NEC scheme currently serves 1.7 million people with "multi application smartcard products", Dundee City Council wrote in the notice.

Dundee City Council is the lead council for the development of the Scottish National Entitlement Card (NEC) Programme. The NEC Programme Office team work from Dundee City Council with the Scottish Government, all 32 local Councils as well as organisations such as Young Scot, the Registrar General, and Transport Scotland in the development of a single card using smartcard technology that will provide the public with an easy way to access services.