Ministry of Education launches zł. 30 million PC tender

The Ministry of Education has ordered over 10,000 computers, worth around zł . 30 million, for schools. This is the second tender this year and will be c oncluded at the beginning of June. JTT and NTT brand computers are tipped as favorites, as was the case with the previous tender, the three phases of whi ch were won by Comarch (with NTT computers), Lumena (also NTT) and National Computer Education Fund (JTT). As a result, around 7,000 computers reached t he country's schools. "This time producers of the cheapest equipment will ag ain be focused on. Optimus has little chance for entering the race, let alon e foreign producers such as Hewlett Packard," revealed a source close to the tender. The deliveries will be divided into four regions and the value of ea ch phase is estimated at zł. 7 million - zł. 7.5 million. For the first time the Ministry has launched two tenders in the same year. According to special ists, this does not herald a boom in the sector. Last year twice as many com puters were purchased from a single tender. (Puls Biznesu, p. 10) K.Ż.