“The main objective of the consultancy services is to upgrade and re-engineer the above system [transmission system] and provide support and maintenance for an initial period of three years, renewable subject to satisfactory performance,” the tender notice states. The electoral agency has embarked on an ambitious project to enhance its electoral infrastructure ahead of the 2017 polls, despite countrywide protests against its bosses. According to the roadmap launched early this year, part of the priorities include upgrading the primary data centre infrastructure and establishing a disaster recovery site. The team yesterday announced it had opened tenders for the re-engineering of various IT infrastructure, including the results transmission system that collapsed in the March 4, 2013 election. In its elections operations plan, the IEBC said it is engaging network service providers to improve network coverage and penetration for purposes of results transmission.

Source: The Star June 07, 2016 02:13 UTC