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When Can Bidders With a Bad Track Record Be Rejected?
There are a number of legislative grounds upon which a municipal manager may reject a tender bid. One such ground is provided in the Municipal Supply Chain ...
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Volume 11, Issue 1 February 2009
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From the Courts: The Municipal Manager Supervisory Role Over Bid Committees.
Bid committees can be described as the engine rooms that give effect to a municipalities’ supply chain management policy. The work of these committees is ...
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Volume 11, Issue 2, April/May 2009
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The Role and Function of Bid Committees.
In recent months the courts have stressed the importance of the roles and functions of these committees. Contracts have been set aside because bid committees ...
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Volume 11, Issue 4, October 2009.
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Different Hats Worn by the Municipal Manager in the Tender/Bid Process.
In a recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision, CC Groenewald v M5 Developments, the court held that the unsuccessful bidders had a right, under section 62 of ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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The Budget Vote for Local Government.
On 22 April 2010, the Minister for CooperativeGovernance and Traditional Affairs, Sicelo Shiceka, presented Parliament with his department’s budget vote for ...
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Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2010
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From the Courts: The cart before the horse? An award of tender contracts before legal compliance?
Diggers Development (Pty) Ltd v City of Matlosana and Isago@N12 (Pty) Ltd (47201/09) [2010] ZAGPPHC 15.
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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Limitations of Section 62 Appeal Procedure.
Section 62 of the Municipal Systems Act provides that any person ‘whose rights are affected by a decision taken by a political structure, political office ...
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Volume 12, Issue 3, August 2010.
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The Tender Process and Blacklisted Suppliers.
The courts view the blacklisting of suppliers by the National Treasury in a very serious light and confirm that organs of state are allowed to cancel contracts ...
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Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2010
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New Preferential Procurement Regulations Released.
After much anticipation and a lengthy process of review, the new regulations under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act of 2000 (Procurement Act ) ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.
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Bid Amendments: The Disqualification of Unresponsive Bids.
The court in this case confirmed that it was unfair for an organ of state to afford one bidder an opportunity to amend its bid after the close of tenders and ...
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Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2011.