Polish computer firms furious at Defense Ministry's tender terms

The suppliers claim that without any justification, the army is introducing conditions unrelated to technical parameters of the equipment into the order specification, which effectively eliminate Polish companies. One of the main reasons for the conflict is the requirement that monitors and computers must be provided by the same producer. "This allow rejecting offers from companies such as Optimus and NTT, despite offering almost the same monitors as foreign competitors," said a person close to the tender. The head of the tender commission Krzysztof Polakowski refused to comment the situation. "In reality one can easily give up the requirement that monitors and computers be produced by the same firm," said a representative of one foreign company. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 8, 9) M.M.