The Casey Group, the JSE-listed black empowerment total solutions IT company, has been awarded the RT50 tender to commission, deliver and install 3com US Robotics data communication modems for the national government nationwide in a contract estimated to be worth R4m over the next two years.
Asgar Mahomed, managing director of the Casey Group, said the company - which recently embarked on a major public sector drive - met with all the requirements set out on the tender specification.
He said 3Com was the only modem device that conformed to the requirements set out by the State Tender board and SITA - the official body formed to procure all IT equipment on behalf of the state.
The tender requires the units to be installed and set up in the various department`s personal computers systems and workstations.


