PZU shortlists two bids in IT tender

PZU said yesterday it had shortlisted two consortia in a tender to provide a computer system at an estimated value of at least zl. 500 million ($1 23 million). PZU said in a statement it had picked a consortium of Computer Sciences Corp of the US and domestic player Prokom Software and a grouping of IBM and Denmark-based TIA, in one of the country's largest computer deals in years. The insurer, which has been upgrading its services ahead of a partial flotation expected next year, had received initial offers from more than 30 domestic and foreign computer firms. Those bidders rejected included Accenture, a consortium of Poland's ComputerLand and Germany's SAP, and Japan's Fujitsu. The PZU deal and a tender by state-owned savings giant PKO Bank Polski for a system worth up to zl. 2 billion are being closely watched by Warsaw investors, keen to see which local firms will grab a slice of the lucrative contracts. (Reuters) A.Z.