{"id":246960,"date":"2016-09-09T06:31:20","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T06:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246960"},"modified":"2016-09-09T06:31:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T06:31:20","slug":"ec-cancels-procurement-process-for-e-transmission-of-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/ec-cancels-procurement-process-for-e-transmission-of-results\/","title":{"rendered":"EC cancels procurement process for e-transmission of results"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Electoral Commission (EC) has announced the cancellation of \u00a0the procurement process for the Election Results Management System (ERMS) for the electronic transmission of results from the various constituencies during the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

The Commission has explained that the two IT firms shortlisted for the ERMS, Scytel and Smartmatic, failed to meet the criteria required for the transmission.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”0P1NRLHx6J5r9F8GmGUVBqU3xDKf6ad1″]\u201cAfter a careful assessment of the technical demonstration and evaluation of the technical and financial proposals, the evaluation panel was not satisfied with any of the tenderers,\u201d a statement signed by the EC Head of Communications, Eric Dzakpasu, noted.<\/p>\n

Reasons for cancellation<\/strong><\/p>\n

The evaluation panel\u2019s conclusion was influenced by the fact that the tenderers could not match up to the technical criteria alongside major deviations from the administrative criteria and meaning the EC had concerns about the technical ability of the tenderers to perform the project satisfactorily.<\/p>\n

The EC also said the tenders submitted highlighted the need to significantly revise the scope of the project.<\/p>\n

The Commission has thus said it would \u201caugment its internal capacity to deploy a modest results collation and transmission system for election 2016.<\/p>\n

Arguments against the ERMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

The proposed implementation of the ERMS brewed some friction<\/a><\/strong><\/span> with the\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP) kicking against this new EC reform arguing that\u00a0process failed to address the critical challenges that the election reform process seeks\u00a0to overcome.<\/p>\n

The NPP also said that the decision\u00a0to outsource the electronic transmission of results to a third party was a waste of\u00a0resources<\/a><\/strong><\/span> because the\u00a0proposed ERMS for the 275 constituencies, was ostensibly taking place as the Commission\u00a0already transmits its summary collated sheets from its district offices.<\/p>\n

Find below the EC\u2019s full statement<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CANCELLATION OF TENDER FOR ELECTION RESULTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (ERMS)<\/p>\n

The Commission wishes to announce the decision to cancel the tender process for the procurement of the Election Results Management System (ERMS) for the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

As part of the procurement process which began from March 2, 2016, two vendors out of three shortlisted companies, qualified for technical demonstration and financial evaluation of their bids.<\/p>\n

After a careful assessment of the technical demonstration and evaluation of the technical and financial proposals, the evaluation panel was not satisfied with any of the tenderers. The panel\u2019s conclusion was influenced by the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. There was observed failure to meet the technical criteria and major deviations from the administrative criteria.<\/li>\n
  2. There was also concerns about the technical ability of the tenderers to perform the project satisfactorily.<\/li>\n
  3. The tenders submitted showed the need to significantly revise the scope of the project.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    For the above reasons, the Commission endorsed the unanimous recommendations of the evaluation panel and has decided to discontinue the project.<\/p>\n

    Accordingly, the Commission will augment its internal capacity to deploy a modest results collation and transmission system for election 2016.<\/p>\n

    This system has been utilised successfully in the four parliamentary by-elections conducted by the Commission since July 2015. The system would be finetuned and demonstrated to the political parties and other stakeholders involved in the elections results collation process before the December 7, 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n

    Signed: ERIC KOFI DZAKPASU Head of Communications<\/p>\n

    Follow the hashtag #GhElections on social media for more election related stories<\/p>\n

    –<\/p>\n

    By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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