Multi-million school IT tender limited to main players

The tender is part of the zł.1.5 billion program of implementing IT solutions in Polish schools, 75% of which is financed from EU funds. According to information from the computer companies, the Ministry formulated the conditions of the tender in a way that would allow only those computer companies which are already participating in other tenders related to the computerisation of Polish schools to take part. "This limits competition and strengthens the extra-market set up, which was created for the purpose of executing the project for schools," said the informer. According to the content of the announcement the most privileged will be ABG, Comarch, Emax and Computerland, which delivered the equipment of four producers: Action, NTT, Optimus and Incom. Representatives of these companies say the accusations are groundless. "These are the largest IT integrators and computer producers in Poland. No other entity would be capable of carrying out such large orders," said a representative of one of the companies. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 12) M.M.