Comelec issues Notice to Proceed to Smartmatic for VCM refurbishment mb.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mb.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This comes despite calls of groups and personalities, including President Rodrigo Duterte himself, to replace Smartmatic due to allegations of election fraud
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“On behalf of the Commission en banc, the undersigned hereby awards to joint venture of SMMT-TIM 2016, Inc. and Smartmatic USA Corp the contract for the procurement of AES Software for the EMS, VCMs, and CCS to be used in the 2022 National and Local Elections,” the Notice of Award issued by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) read.
The EMS sets up the automation of the polls and manages election-related data, and prepares the ballot templates for each town and city nationwide.
The VCM are the actual voting machines while the CCS is the one that reads incoming voting data, consolidates them, and canvasses the votes.
Published April 14, 2021, 10:31 AM
The implementation of the modified enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region has forced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to postpone the submission and opening of bids for the supply of the Consolidation and Canvassing System (CCS) laptops as well as the servers for use in the May 2022 national and local polls.
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
“This Notice is being issued to notify the public and all interested parties that to due implementation of MECQ in the NCR from April 12 to 30, 2021 pursuant to Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases Resolution No. 109-A dated April 10, 2021, the Submission and Opening of Bids for the above-mentioned project (supply of the CCS laptops) scheduled on April 16, 2021 is hereby postponed until further notice,” read the Notice of Postponement dated April 12.
Comelec begins bidding for May 2022 polls software
Published 3 months ago
The deadline for the submission of bids is on Jan. 20, 2021, at 9 a.m. at the Bureau of the Treasury (BTR) Convention Hall of the Palacio del Gobernador Building in Intramuros, Manila. (File Photo By Elmer B. Domingo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0)
MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has allocated over PHP400 million for the procurement of software to be used for the automated elections in May 2022.
In an invitation to bid released on Tuesday, the Comelec set PHP452,522,321.43 as Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) for the purchase of Automated Elections System (AES) Software for the election management System (EMS), vote counting machines (VCMs) and consolidation and canvassing system (CCS).