{"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