The company that wins the contract to supply computers under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme will have to facilitate technical support, after sales service for the instruments and warranty enforcement when needed, according to the bid notice.
The advertisement inviting bids for the project was placed on government procurement website on Thursday and it leaves the door open for the government to fulfill its initial pledge to distribute laptops, since the Office of the President has advertised for the supply of either netbooks or laptops.
When the project was initially announced in July by President Bharrat Jagdeo, he had stated the government’s intention to distribute
