A muddle most foul at National Police Headquarters

Thanks to this tool, police have access to databases on criminals, weapon registration, etc. National Police Headquarters (KGP) has the system but not full control over it. KGP has to consult all modifications with firms Oracle and HP, which implemented the system, otherwise KGP will lose its service guarantee on the system. In effect this means that these two companies have exclusive rights to work on the system. Looking at the history of IT orders placed by the police, contracts awarded to other firms are annulled or Oracle gets them through private contracts. The competition is indignant. The situation became manifestly clear during a tender for KGP's data warehouse, which still remains unsettled three years later because KGP annuls the tender or incessantly changes requirements. Now, in the second stage of the tender, KGP was requiring that the winning company also come to an agreement with Oracle and HP. SAS Institute protested and directed the case to the Public Procurement Office, which told KGP to settle with Oracle and HP on its own. Instead, KGP annulled the tender. (Puls Biznesu p. 4) M.M.