CONTROVERSIAL technology provider Smartmatic Corp.-Total Information Management Corp. (Smartmatic-TIM) has won the bidding for the P660.741-million bidding called by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to refurbish its almost 100,000 vote counting machines (VCMs) for the 2022 polls.

Smartmatic-TIM clinched the contract after the only other bidder, Pivot International Inc.-Power Serve Inc. (PII-PSI), was disqualified by Special Bids and Awards Committee-Automated Elections Systems (SBAC-AES).

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