Last night we told you about the contents of an internal BTL memo from the CEO to his top managers. He made the case that BTL got chanced out of the multi million dollar software licensing contract with the government of Belize.
Well, SMART issued its own release today, saying that they won the bid fair and square.
SMART says all three bidders offered one year proposals and their bid was $148,000 dollars lower than BTL's. But what about those value added services BTL said it was providing? Well, SMART says even if you don't factor that in - their bid was still $68,000 cheaper.
So while BTL's CEO says the goal posts were deliberately moved to make sure SMART got the million dollar contract - SMART says it quote "seeks a level playing field and an equal opportunity to fairly compete for GOB business, something that…has been grossly absent in the past when it comes to GOB business."
Notably, SMART does not deny BTL's assertion that it is NOT a licensed Microsoft Partner.
Also, we note that GOB still ends up losing on the deal because it cancelled a three month extension with BTL, but still has to pay for one month more, which comes at a cost of over two hundred thousand dollars.
