The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has formally awarded the P1.6 billion Computerized Voters List (CVL) Cleansing Project to the joint venture of Unison Computer Systems Inc., and NEC of Japan (NECUnison).

“The Commission resolves to confirm the action taken on August 19, 2009 by the members of the Commission approving the recommendation of the Bids and Awards Committee as embodied in BAC Resolution No. 27-2009 to award the contract for the Cleansing of Computerized Voters List Project to Unison Joint Venture, the lowest calculated responsive bidder," the en banc minute resolution stated.

The resolution was made upon the recommendation of the BAC that supervised the month-long bid proceedings. The resolution was posted on the Comelec website September 4.

The CVL cleansing project aims to flush out flying voters, multiple registrants and other irregularities in the computerized voters list which opens the country’s electoral system to systemic fraud.

The BAC determined that the P1.5 billion bid of the Unison joint venture satisfied the post-evaluation requirements of the Technical Working Group.

The CVL cleansing project has four components: the P300 million Validation of Existing Registration Records Using Biometrics and Data Capture System; the P50 million Online Data Submission and Synchronization System; the P1 billion Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Matching and AFIS Server Applications; and the P250 million Voter ID Cards Generation.