Putrajaya's bill for MySejahtera has yet to be finalised, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

However, the Finance Ministry has determined that the bill cannot be more than RM196 million, he said.

"We have not paid RM196 million. The contract has not been signed yet. It is still in the final stages of negotiations.

"However, (the RM196 million) is the ceiling price set by the Finance Ministry," he told reporters in Putrajaya today.

Khairy explained that the ceiling price was formulated after various studies. This included function point analysis by Malaysian Administrative Modernisation and Management Planning Unit (Mampu).

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"FPA is a standardised method to functionally size the software product and to see whether or not we can measure the functionality from the user point of view.

"(We also conducted) a market survey, valuations from the Public Sector ICT Technical Committee (ICTTC) and usage projections by the Health Ministry.

"These factors, along with the functions we have requested (from the vendor) are the basis for the ceiling price," he said.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) probe on the MySejahtera application determined that Malaysians could be footing up to RM196 million for what was initially a "corporate social responsibility" (CSR) initiative.

MySejahtera was hastily launched in April 2020 during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic as a contact tracing tool.

The PAC said that the owners of MySejahtera will eventually win a large government contract without having to go through the normal rigours of a government procurement process.

Currently, MySejahtera's functionality has been greatly expanded to include health status monitoring, organ donation and vaccination record keeping, among others.

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