Talex wins Finance Ministry IT tender for tax offices

The Finance Ministry has finally concluded a tender for the supply of IT services for tax offices. The winner is Poznań-based Talex, offering a system based on JTT terminals and Hewelt Packard servers, together worth zł. 37 million. "The price was the only criterion, so we had practically no choice. An agreement with Talex is to be signed within the next few weeks provided that no protests are filed," said a source close to the tender. The bid was a missed opportunity for ComputerLand, whose offer was only zł. 0.3 million higher. Other proposals were much more expensive, at as much as zł. 50 million. "There were 13 companies altogether competing for the tender, among them the country's largest integrators," a source told Puls Biznesu. This is the Ministry's second attempt at the project. The first tender, in 2002, was nullified as the Ministry failed to take a binding decision before the deadline. (Puls Biznesu, p. 8) K.Ż.