Border bids

It is thought that 12 consortia, encompassing a total of 50 companies, will submit offers. These include global corporations specializing in military projects, as well as top domestic and foreign IT sector companies. The prize is worth around zł.200 million. The Border Guard which is organizing the tender together with the Interior Ministry, is to select seven consortia to continue negotiations. "At that stage the companies will have two months to prepare their final offers. Signing of the contract is likely in June, or July. If there are no protests," said a source close to the project. The domestic consortia running in the bid are under the leadership of Prokom and ComputerLand. Prokom is cooperating with French Alcatel and Israel's Elbit, while ComputerLand has teamed up with Germany's Siemens and America's Opto.