Smartmatic foe upbeat about OMR bid success

While Smartmatic-TIM eyes winning the lease of 23,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan machines, its rival Indra Sistemas S.A. on Tuesday said it is confident about bagging the deal for Optical Mark Reader (OMR) technology that will augment the 82,000 PCOS machines in the inventory of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for use in the 2016 polls.

In an interview with reporters, Javier Moreno, Indra spokesman on technical matters, noted that they have submitted all the requirements that the Comelec needed in order to be declared eligible to bid for the P2.5-billion contract.