Comarch snatches flagship ZUS contract from Asseco

WSE-listed IT firm Comarch has won the tender for maintenance of social security ZUS's core KSI IT system. The winning offer was PLN 242 million, while the creator and current maintainer WSE-listed Asseco bid PLN 374 million. The contract will run for four years. “I strongly underline that we are looking at this contract from the business point of view and not from the point of view of ambition,” Comarch CEO Janusz Filipiak said. “As for the price, it is a lot of money. ZUS issued a question about whether the price is not excessively low, I commissioned an independent valuation, and it showed that we will make a profit,” he added. Comarch will take the system over in a year. Till then, Asseco will continue to do so and agreed to take a 10 percent price cut from its current deal.