BID NO. 46/2023: PANEL OF ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS

Sarah Baartman District Municipality (SBDM) hereby invites suitably qualified and experienced Professional Services Providers (PSPs) to form part of the panel of suitable civil engineering professional service providers. All service providers pre-approved will be registered as preferred suppliers for a period of 36 months during which time they will be invited to tender for work on a project-by-project basis.

Bid documents with the necessary specifications may be obtained at a non-refundable cost of R200.00 from the Supply Chain Management Unit, 4th Floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Port Elizabeth, tel. 041 508 7007. Alternatively, bid documents may be downloaded free of charge from the e-Tender Portal (https://etenders.treasury.gov.za) or municipal website (https://www.sarahbaartman.co.za).

The evaluation process will include a functionality/technical evaluation. No price evaluation will be done at this stage. To be a preferred supplier the service provider shall meet the minimum threshold of 70% for functionality. Only ten (10) bidders will be admitted on the 3 years data base.

Functionality criteria will be assessed as follows:

Where:   1 = Poor, 2 = Acceptable, 3 = Good, 4 = Very Good, 5 = Excellent

Bids in a sealed envelope clearly marked “BID NO. 46/2023: PANEL OF ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF 3 YEARS” must be placed in the Bid box at 4^th floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Gqeberha, before 12h00 noon on Friday, 08 December 2023. Thereafter, after bids will be opened in public in the Committee Room 1, 6^th floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Gqeberha.

Prospective bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Data Base (CSD). Failure to comply shall render the bid non-responsive. Failure to submit any other compulsory document(s) shall render the bid non-responsive.

The original document collected from the municipality must be submitted or, if the documents are printed from the website, printed documents must be submitted. Bids may only be submitted on the bid documentation provided by the municipality.

No late, incomplete, facsimile or emailed bids will be accepted for consideration. The only or lowest bid received shall not necessarily be accepted.  SBDM reserves the right to accept part of or the full bid.