Comelec bids committee endorses Smartmatic for OMR-lease deal

The Commission on Elections – Special Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec - SBAC) 1 recommended the issuance of a “Notice of Award” to Smartmatic – Total Information Management (TIM) Corporation for the lease of 23,000 Optical Mark Reader (OMR) machines to be used in the May 2016 elections.
 
In Resolution No. 2015-004 dated July 9, the SBAC 1 said that Smartmatic-TIM had the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid  (LCB). The Venezuela-based company tendered a bid of P1.72 billion for the project with an approved budget of P2.5 billion.
 
After the “Notice of Award” is issued, the poll body and Smartmatic-TIM will proceed to the discussions of the contract details.
 
The SBAC 1 is also evaluating Smartmatic-TIM for the for the supply of 70,977 OMR units with an LCB of P7,867,298,140 for the project. — DVM, GMA News