The Hungarian government is inviting tenders for a project to computerise the social security system. The project will be funded by the World Bank which is to provide loans totalling $130m over the next four to six years to pay for hardware, software, consultancy and data entry. Front runners for this project are thought to be ICL Plc, Data General Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co. The Hungarian tax office is also expected to invite bids shortly for the supply of a mainframe-sized central system and 20 large Unix servers destined for regional offices along with related peripherals. This project will also be funded from World Bank loans.
