CEPiK network tender appears set to open in November

According to unofficial information, the final tender specifications will be announced in November, with the winner to be selected by February. All the top national telecom operators are said to be in the running, with TP SA considered the favorite. The tender began in March and was initially supposed to be resolved by the summer, with a basic network to be functional by the end of the year. The network will be an essential element of CEPiK, making it possible for the data to be introduced and verified in the system in real time. The network is expected to link several thousand workstations from 600 public offices and police stations. The total cost of the CEPiK project is to amount to zł.500 million. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) T.J.