ZUS forced to cancel IT and telecom tender won by TPSA

The tender, the value of which is over zl.50 million, was won by Telekomunikacja Polska (TP), which has acted as ZUS' telecom and IT services provider for the past few years. UZP stated that ZUS favored TP and deliberately constrained its competitors. "We will obey UZP's orders without any comment," said Przemyslaw Przybylski, spokesperson at ZUS. The whole tender procedure will be repeated. Meanwhile, ZUS's contract with TP expires tomorrow. ZUS plans to apply to UZP for permission to sign a monthly contract with TP, which would later be expanded to one year, and to adjudicate the new tender within that period. TP refused to comment on the matter. Its competitors hope that the new tender will be fair. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 7) A.F.