PKO BP IT tender excludes Prokom and Computerland

PKO BP has announced a shortlist of companies in the tender to supply it with a likely zl. 2 billion IT system. The shortlist includes the Softbank consortium, Accenture and Alnova Technologies Corporation, Financial Network Services with Uni-Lab Investments and the consortium of Temenos Eastern Europe and IBM Polska. Surprisingly, the bank has turned down offers from Computerland and Prokom. In a laconic announcement, PKO BP said that the final decision will be taken in the second quarter of 2003. "We are happy that our 13 year cooperation with PKO BP has been positively evaluated by the bank. The chances that we will win are 33%," said Softbank president Aleksander Lesz. (Gazeta Wyborcza, March 15-16, p. 25) A.Z.