Computer Service Support wins major police-station IT network tender

The value of the contract to be executed by September 2005 is estimated at EUR 1.8 million. CSS' network will constitute an element of the nationwide IT network, which will connect Poland with the Schengen Information System (SIS II). Expenditures on the Polish side for this purpose will in total amount to EUR 172 million, and thanks to the system the country will be able to abolish border checks with other EU states. There were 17 companies contesting for the order, which was in the end won by the stock-listed firm. The contract, which was approved by the Representation of the European Commission, is 75% financed from the PHARE fund, while the remainder by the Interior Ministry. (Parkiet, p. 4) M.M.