Interior Ministry receive tenders for CEPiK

The Interior Ministry has received five offers for the implementation of the Central Bureau of Vehicles and Drivers (CEPiK), a contract estimated at zł. 500 million. According to unofficial information the four main competitors which will take part in the tender include Computerland with subcontractors of Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, and IBM cooperating with Prokom, Softbank with Face Technologies and Comarch, with Altkom Akademia acting as the subcontractor. The most probable fifth company is Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, probably with a domestic subcontractor. The winner of the tender will be chosen within a month, and the system is to be implemented in 2004, as the system will aim at limiting car thefts and insurance related crimes. "I do not think there was ever a tender in Poland in which it was so difficult to take part. The potential investor has to have zł. 300 million in cash or guarantees amounting to this sum," said a representative of one of the companies which, was taking part in the current tender (Puls Biznesu, p. 7) A.K.