THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) admitted on Monday that technology provider Smartmatic Corp. has an edge over its competitors in today’s bidding for the P2.88 billion diagnostics, repair refurbishment and upgrading of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines.

Also up for bidding is the lease supply with option to purchase of 123,000 brand new units of optical mark reader (OMR), a variant of PCOS, worth P12.897 billion.