State tenders for database systems create interest in IT sector

The budget for the projects stands at over zł.200 million, of which 25% will be paid for by the state while the remaining sum will be covered by EU funds. The Ministry has already invited several companies from the IT sector to exchange views on the project. It is expected that a large number of companies will be interested in the project, not only for the obvious financial reasons but for the prestige as well. Therefore another battle between the largest domestic IT companies, Prokom, ComputerLand, Emax, and Comarch is expected. According to analysts, HP, IBM and Siemens, possibly in consortia with domestic companies will also run in the tender. The implementation of the PESEL2 system is a requirement to join the Schengen Information System which will allow controls on EU borders in Poland to be removed. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 10) A.K.