Fight for zł.75 million Ministry contract back on even ground

There has been a breakthrough in the conflict surrounding the zł.75 million tender to construct a telecommunications and IT network for the Justice Ministry. The Ministry has given in to the wave of criticism and the threat of arbitration at the Public Procurement Office (UZP) and removed statements from the tender which granted preferences to Telekomunikacja Polska (TP). The controversial conditions were introduced to the tender specification just a week before the deadline for submitting offers and could only be fulfilled by TP, which led the consortium of Tel-Energo, ATM and Crowley to file a complaint to the UZP. The complaint has now been withdrawn after the Treasury Ministry eliminated the restrictive clauses from the tender specification. Tel-Energo, ATM and Crowley look like the best contenders for the contract, as their offer is cheaper than the TP's. (Puls Biznesu, p.6) E.B.