The Directorate for Statistics (Monstat) announced that the second tender for the revision of the software code that citizens will use to control their data on ethnic-cultural characteristics collected by the census of the population, households and apartments has been successfully implemented.
"At the last tender, in which only EU companies had the right to participate, three bids were received. After the evaluation and evaluation of bids from the three bids received, two were defective, and one bid met the conditions required by the tender. All details of the procedure contained are in Notification on the outcome of the public procurement procedure which is publicly available on the website of the Directorate for Public Procurement Policy," the announcement states.
They said that with the expiration of the legally defined period for monitoring, it can be concluded that the tender was successfully implemented.
"After harmonizing the elements of the contract with the selected IT company 'Secnora Ou' from Estonia, it will be signed tomorrow. In accordance with the tender procedure, the bidder who submitted the correct offer set a deadline of 10 days from the date of conclusion of the contract for the revision of the software code that will be provided to citizens the right defined by law to check the credibility of their data on ethnic and cultural characteristics," adds Monstat.
They also commented on the "false statements" on social networks, in connection with the results of the population census.
They remind the public that, in accordance with the Census Act, the publication of the results from the 2023 census of population, households and apartments is exclusively the responsibility of the Directorate for Statistics, i.e. official statistics.
"Data related to ethnic and cultural characteristics, which are presented to the public, are not the result of processed data from the census and do not reflect true information, but personal assumptions of individuals/groups. We appeal to the actors of such activities not to present false information about the results of the census and in this way, they mislead the public. We point out that any public presentation of data, which is not backed by official statistics, is in violation of the Law on the Census of Population, Households and Apartments, as well as an attempt to manipulate and undermine trust in the census process," it concludes. announcement.
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