Poland's thin blue line goes on line with new computers

The highly advanced equipment will be used to facilitate the use of data bases in the Shengen system, and therefore will be financed by the European Union from the Schengen fund. The equipment will be delivered by Consortia, as police officials have rejected almost all the other offers, including several cheaper ones. Due to this, other bidders, which include Siemens, Comarch, Computerland, Prokom and Ster-Projekt, have lodged protests. The most significant allegation was made by Siemens, whose representatives claimed that the police had altered its offer in order to select "a supplier earlier agreed upon." Controversy began when the bid specifications were initially announced. However, Siemens has since apologized to the police, admitting that the mistake was on their side. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 4) A.K.