RB-8-2009 A Frame Agreement Signed by the Centre of Information Projects at the Ministry of Interior and Administration (CPI MSWiA)
In accordance with article 5, paragraph 1, item 3, of the Regulation of the Minister of Finance dated February 19th 2009 on current and periodic information to be published by issuers of securities and on the conditions for recognizing the equivalence of information required by legal regulations binding in a country which is not a member state, the Comarch SA Management Board informs of an agreement concluded on the 7th of April 2009 between the Center of Information at the Ministry of Interior and Administration based in Warsaw (“CPI MSWiA”) and a consortium of companies: Comarch SA with its registered seat in Krakow, CA Services SA with its registered seat in Krakow and Pwc Polska Sp. z o.o. (Ltd Co.) with its registered seat in Warsaw (“Consortium”).
The concluded agreement is a frame agreement as it is regulated by article 99 of the Act dated January 29th 2004 (Journal of Laws, 2007, no. 233, position 1655, with later alterations) regarding Public Procurement Law. The abovementioned agreement defines the terms of realizing orders for services by the parties of the agreement. The subject of the agreement is to define the terms of providing and realizing orders for consultancy services within the projects under realization. The stated services refer to those which the Consortium may provide to the CPI MSWiA within the period for which the abovementioned agreement has been concluded.
The stated frame agreement states that the orders made by CPI MSWiA and realized by the Consortium may not exceed the amount of 54 279 400.00 PLN (fifty-four million two hundred and seventy-nine thousand four hundred PLN and 00/100). The agreement is binding for the period of four years from the day of conclusion. The above amount is an approximation and it defines only the upper limit of the liabilities that may be incurred by CPI MSWiA on the basis of the stated frame agreement. If the realized orders account for a lesser amount than the one specified above, it does not constitute a basis for claiming that CPI MSWiA fails to fulfill the terms of the frame agreement. If the above amount is actually reached, the frame agreement is terminated without the necessity of providing any additional declarations by any of the parties.
The order realization by the Consortium will include the following services:
1) Strategic consulting with regard to project planning, requirement analysis, concept of architecture, preparing documentation and possible alterations in legislation pertaining to the areas of activity related to projects under realization,
2) Supporting the executives teams of the Ordering Party with respect to the management of programs, project portfolios and the project of organizing the Project Office as well as with regard to executing commissioned jobs by the project office of the Ordering Party, the following in particular: preparing necessary documentation, support of public procurement within the projects under realization, support of acquisition and control of project finances, including the acquisition of EU aid funds, support of strategies for project communication and promotion, support of the process of handing over the products completed in the course of realizing particular projects.
The criterion for approving the agreement as significant was the value of the equity of Comarch SA.