Smartmatic bags P7.8-B PCOS project

Smartmatic Corp.--the controversial elections technology firm--has again emerged victorious in the bidding for the P7.8-billion lease contract for over 70,000 voting machines that will be used in next year’s elections.

The Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday night declared Smartmatic as the winner after its rival bidder, Indras Sistemas, was disqualified for submitting a “non-responsive bid.”