BRE Bank to hold tender to outsource its IT services

BRE Bank will soon announce a tender for outsourcing its IT services. The contract is expected to be worth several hundred million złoty. This will also make the bank the first financial institution outsourcing its IT services in the country. "The tender will be announced soon," said a representative of one IT company which is looking forward to the official announcement. "We refuse to comment," said BRE Bank. The institution estimates the value of software licenses and hardware at zł.250 million. According to DiS, market analyst, BRE spent an additional zł.87 million in 2003, which is likely to be increased by zł.220 million in order to implement an integrated Globus IT system. "By holding a tender, the bank will post a significant profit and substantially limit costs. On the other hand, the service provider will gain a client for many years," said an IT outsourcing specialist. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 5) M.M.