Has the Justice Ministry run an unjust IT tender?

A total of only four companies have submitted their bids in a tender organized by the Justice Ministry to implement an IT network connecting 1,300 courts and prosecutors offices across the country. The cheapest offer came from Telekomunikacja Kolejowa, which placed a bid of zł.43 million, followed by Tel-Energo, ATM and Crowley with zł.83 million. TP SA submitted a bid of zł.90 million, and Polkomtel zł.143 million. However, most of the bidders are of the opinion that the Ministry has already selected the project winner by modifying the specifications of the tender only a few days before the deadline in such a way which meant they could only by fulfilled by TP SA. The remaining bidders have already submitted their protests to the tender committee, and although these were rejected, company representatives plan to take the case to the Public Procurement Office. (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.