Comarch goes back to school

IT solutions integrator Comarch will furnish Polish schools with IT equipment. The company has signed a zł.54.5 contract with the Ministry of National Education (MENiS) to equip internet workrooms in five voivodships in Poland. The deal's provisions are to be fulfilled by December 1, 2005.

Comarch will supply 1,053 servers, 1,053 portable computers, 14,175 PCs, 1,458 scanners, 1,458 printers and 1,053 video projectors. The beneficiaries of this deal are 648 primary schools and 405 secondary schools.

Recently, Comarch won a financial tender worth zł.1.13 million to create an electronic agency in the Człuchów district and to promote the internet in the region. "The agreement with MENiS is an element of Comarch's strategy of long-term cooperation with Polish public administration aimed at developing the Polish information society. Winning this tender confirms the strong position of Comarch in the public sector," said the vice president of Comarch, Paweł Prokop.

Among the projects that Comarch developed for the public sector is the IT servicing system for the state budget and numerous contracts within PHARE funds, which are to help Polish public administration adjust to functioning in the EU.