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The afrikaans language museum and monument (atm) in paarl requires a registered professional catering service provider for its events, workshops, conferences and day-to-day staff functions over a two-year period. The appointed provider must supply meals, snacks and beverages for gatherings ranging from 10β20 people up to 200+, including menu planning with atm staff, hygienic packaging, temperature control during transport and serving, crockery, cutlery and serving utensils, and post-event reporting. Bidders need at least five years' professional catering experience, food-handling-certified uniformed staff, public liability insurance and csd registration, and must price four standard event sizes (15, 50, 100 and 200 people) on a fully vat-inclusive basis with a quotation valid for at least 60 days. Quotations close on friday 27 november 2026 at 11:00 and are scored on the 80/20 system, so the b-bbee certificate or sworn affidavit is decisive for the 20 preference points.
Submission - method: hand delivery into the bid box at the historium building, 11 pastorie avenue, paarl, 7646. - Closing: friday 27 november 2026 at 11:00. Late submissions are not accepted. - Format: one completed and signed quotation, punched into a file with dividers between schedules and numbered schedule 1 to schedule 11. - IT is the bidder's responsibility to ensure the submission reaches the atm. Returnable documents β failure to lodge any of these leads to immediate disqualification - csd registration number. - Original, valid SARS tax clearance certificate. - Original, valid b-bbee certificate. - Certified proof of company registration documents. - Completed and signed sbd 1, sbd 3.3, Sbd 4, sbd 6.1, Sbd 6.2, Sbd 7.2, Sbd 8 and sbd 9, plus the general conditions of contract initialled on every page. Schedule checklist - schedule 1: csd supplier registration number. - Schedule 2: request for quotation document. - Schedule 3: sbd 1, 3.3, 4, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2, 8 and 9. - Schedule 4: proof of company registration. - Schedule 5: bank rating or letter from the bank. - Schedule 6: valid tax clearance. - Schedule 7: b-bbee verification certificate. - Schedule 8: company profile. - Schedule 9: qualifications and cvs of key personnel assigned to the contract. - Schedule 10: at least three written client testimonials. - Schedule 11: detailed formal quotation, valid for 60 days. Disqualification risks - any page of the quotation not returned, or not signed or initialled. - Pricing changes or corrections that are not signed or initialled. - Changes to the quotation specifications without the atm's prior written agreement. - Use of correction fluid or tape anywhere in the quotation. - Any affidavit, certificate, declaration or annexure left unsigned or incomplete. - Rates and prices schedules not completed as required. - Omission of the original, valid tax clearance certificate. - Failure to submit required written proposals, explanations, samples or certificates. Form obligations - sbd 1: bidder and contact details, signed as the offer cover page. - Sbd 3.3: Professional services pricing schedule. - Sbd 4: declaration of interest in the state. - Sbd 6.1: Preference points claim. - Sbd 6.2: Local production and content declaration. - Sbd 7.2: Contract form for services. - Sbd 8: declaration of past supply chain management practices. - Sbd 9: certificate of independent bid determination. - The successful bidder must complete and sign the written contract form.
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