Bids are hereby invited for the following: INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES - Road Works

ADVERTISED IN: SOWETAN / STAR / BEELD
PUBLISHING DATE: 15 JANUARY 2010
NOTICE/REF. NO.: PRN 19/2009

Preference will be given to local Ekurhuleni based companies and bidders must note that this bid may be awarded to more than one bidder. Bidders must note that certain works under this Bid may only be constructed using labour-based construction methods and must limit the utilization of their permanently employed personnel to Key Personnel and all other personnel and labourers must be recruited locally

Bidders must be registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in a contractor grading designation determined in accordance with the sum tendered for a 6CE class of construction work. Enterprises who have a 5CE PE grading may also submit bids.

Acceptable bids will be evaluated by using a system that awards points on the basis of 90 points for bid price and 10 points for the meeting of specific goals. The specific Procurement goals are: HDI Equity; SMME status; Job creation and Local (SA) content.

PLEASE NOTE THAT A VALID ORIGINAL OR COPY OF A COMPANY’S TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE (OR IN THE CASE OF A JOINT VENTURE, OF ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE JOINT VENTURE) MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE BID DOCUMENT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT COPIES OF ALL RELEVANT MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS OF THE BIDDER (OR IN THE CASE OF A JOINT VENTURE, OF ALL THE PARTNERS IN THE JOINT VENTURE) MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH THE BID DOCUMENT.

Bid documents will be available as from 12:00 on MONDAY, 18 JANUARY 2010, and thereafter on weekdays from 08:00 until 15:00 ONLY, upon payment of a cash non-refundable document fee of R250-00 per set, at the Tender Offices, Ground Floor, 68 Woburn Avenue, Benoni. (Tel. No. (011) 999-6540/6567)

A compulsory site meeting will be held at 10:00 on TUESDAY, 26 JANUARY 2010. Prospective bidders are requested to meet on the said date and time at Saamie Building, 5th Floor, Corner of Queen and Spilsbury Streets, Germiston. Bid documentation will not be available at the compulsory site meeting and the Engineer will not be available for inspection purposes on any other date and time

Bids are to be completed in accordance with the conditions and bid rules contained in the bid documents and supporting documents must be sealed and externally endorsed WITH THE CONTRACT NUMBER and DESCRIPTION and placed in bid box number FIVE (05), on the Ground Floor, 68 Woburn Avenue, Benoni, not later than 10:00 on TUESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2010. Bids will be opened immediately thereafter, in public, in the Conference Room, Ground Floor, at above-mentioned address. All bids shall hold good for 120 days as from the closing date of bids.

Bids which are not received and/or deposited in the specified bid box before 10:00 on the closing date for the bid mentioned hereinbefore, will be marked as late bids and such bids shall in terms of the SCM Policy of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, not be considered by the EMM as valid bids.

Enquiries must be directed to Mr. N. Nell at telephone number (011) 999- 1235.

Bidders’ attention is specifically drawn to the provisions of the bid rules which are included in the bid documents. The lowest or any bid will not necessarily be accepted and the Council reserves the right not to consider any bid not suitably endorsed or comprehensively completed, as well as the right to accept a bid in whole or part. Bids completed in pencil will be regarded as invalid bids. Bids may only be submitted on the documentation provided by the EMM

TELEFAX OR E-MAIL BIDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE

MR. K. NGEMA
CITY MANAGER
EMM