Prokom-CSS begins to hammer out IT contract with PZU

Today the negotiations on the final terms of the contract to provide the IT system for the largest domestic insurer PZU will begin. They will be conducted with the consortium of American CSS and Prokom. The preliminary offer was believed to be close to zł. 400 million. "This is an enormous contract and it cannot be signed straight away. It will be good if the companies manage to reach an agreement by December," an informer told Puls Biznesu. The solution will probably entail merging the data and life insurance parts of PZU into a unified and central IT system. The parties will have to agree on the schedule of implementing the system, payments, guarantees and the number of software engineers that will be employed. "If PZU wants more engineers than assumed by the consortium, than the insurer will have to pay more," said a consultant from a renowned company. He also added that the proposed price might still substantially change. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7) M.M.