Sub-standard computers supplied to schools through tender

At the beginning of 2003 the Education Ministry ordered 7,000 computers for zł. 20 million from two computer companies, Comarch and Aaram. According to a ministry official, some the equipment needs to be replaced as the computers are of a poorer quality than that stated in the contract. "The affair has been kept secret for a week, with the suppliers offering schools compensation in the form of digital cameras. "It is a scandal that the ministry has kept silent, and this may be just the tip of an iceberg," said the Minister's advisor Henryk Daniszewski. "We have made a mistake and we are going to pay for of it. We have nothing to hide," said Comarch deputy president Paweł Prokop. (Puls Biznesu, p. 6) A.Z.