IT companies ponder what method Defense Ministry will use for latest tenders

The Defense Ministry has announced six tenders to provide IT equipment for the army. The army wants to buy computers, servers, notebooks, printers, network equipment and Microsoft software. The estimated value of the contracts exceeds zł.20 million. The closing date for offers is the beginning of August and it is the price offered that will decide who would win the contract. The tenders comes as a surprise to IT companies. A representative of one IT company quoted by Puls Biznesu said that since the Defense Ministry has framework agreements for the provision of equipment, the companies were sure that the contracts would be made on the basis of those agreements. The tenders for the army are one of the biggest in the public sector this year. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) E.B.