PerantiSiswa rollout faces delays as Finance Ministry cancels tender of initial tablet supplier - SoyaCincau

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B40 uni students may have to wait longer to get their PerantiSiswa tablets. Annuar Musa revealed that the initial tablet tender was cancelled by the Finance Ministry.

. According to a report by Free Malaysia Today, Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the distribution of the free tablets to eligible students in institutions of higher learning will be delayed as the tender for the initial supplier was cancelled by the Finance Ministry.

Annuar Musa didn’t provide further details on the cancellation but mentioned that the Treasury had looked into the details, and there were certain things that should be redone. He said the Finance Ministry has the prerogative to make the final call on tenders above a certain amount including devices for the PerantiSiswa programme.

The Minister said a new tender was called recently and a company was shortlisted. He said the second round of evaluation will be done online and it hopes that the Finance Ministry can make its decision by mid-June.with an allocation of RM450 million. Applications were open since 15 April and the first round of tablet distribution was supposed to start in June. With the latest developments, the government is now looking at kicking off its first distribution in mid-July.

 

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