Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (B-BBEE Act)
Act 53 of 2003
Provides the empowerment-compliance context often used in public-sector supplier evaluation.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Issuing Organization
Companies and Intellectual Property CommissionLocation
Gauteng
Closing Date
06 Jul 2026
Documents available on tender detail page
Tender Type
Request for Bid(Limited-Tender
Delivery Location
77 Mentjies Street, DTI Campus, Block F - Sunnyside - Pretoria - 0002
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
05 Jun 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-158242
The cipc invites bids for upgrading its existing k2 application to the latest version across all relevant environments and providing associated licenses. Service providers with expertise in k2 application upgrades and licensing should apply. Closing date is 6 july 2026.
Description
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)Opening date: 05 june 2026 closing date: 6 july 2026 time: 11h00
To authorized nintex business partners/resellers in south africa
Categories
Request for Bid(Limited-Tender
77 Mentjies Street, DTI Campus, Block F - Sunnyside - Pretoria - 0002
These references help suppliers understand the public-procurement framework around this opportunity. They are generated from the tender category, issuing organisation type and procurement context.
CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) invites authorized Nintex Business Partners/Resellers in South Africa to bid for upgrading its existing K2 application to the latest version across all relevant CIPC environments (development, quality assurance, and production) and to provide K2 licenses for a 3-year period. The contract duration is three years, and the bid closes on 6 July 2026 at 11:00 AM UTC.
Date & Time
Monday, 06 July 2026 - 11:00
Venue
null
05 Jun
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
06 Jul
2026
Closing Date
Tender closing date
Median Estimate
R 3 421 969
Range
Based on 9 comparable awarded tenders. Companies with similar profiles typically bid near the median.
* Estimates are based on historical data and do not guarantee actual award values.
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Contact Information
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Submission Guidelines
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)i. The bidder must provide assurance/guarantee to the integrity and safe keeping of the information (that it will not
amended/corrupted/distributed/permanently stored/copied by the service provider) for the duration of the contract and thereafter;
ii. CIPC reserves the right to negotiate with the successful bidder on price;
iii. Travel between the consultant’s home, place of work to the dti Campus (CIPC) will not be for the account of CIPC, including
any other disbursements unless agreed to in writing by CIPC prior to the expense being incurred;
iv. Government Procurement General Conditions of Contract (GCC) as issued by National Treasury will be applicable on all
instances. The general conditions are available on the National Treasury website (www.treasury.gov.za);
v. No advance payment will be made. Payment would be made in terms of the deliverables or other unless otherwise agreed upon
by CIPC and the successful bidder. CIPC will pay within the prescribed period according to PFMA;
vi. The price quoted by the prospective service provider must include Value Added Tax (VAT);
vii. The successful bidder must at all times comply with CIPC’s policies and procedures as well as maintain a high level of
confidentiality of information;
viii. The successful bidder must ensure that the information provided by CIPC during the contract period is not
transferred/copied/corrupted/amended in whole or in part by or on behalf of another party;
ix. Further, the successful bidder may not keep the provided information by way of storing/copy/transferring of such information
internally or to another party in whole or part relating to companies and/or close corporation;
x. As such all information, documents, programs and reports must be regarded as confidential and may not be made available to
any unauthorized person or institution without the written consent of the Commissioner and/or his/her delegate;
xi. The service provider will therefore be required to sign a Declaration of Secrecy with CIPC. At the end of the contract period or
termination of the contract, all information provided by CIPC will become the property of CIPC and the service provider may not
keep any copy /store/reproduce/sell/distribute the whole or any part of the information provided by CIPC unless authorized in
terms of the Declaration of Secrecy;
xii. The Service Provider (successful bidder) will be required to sign a Service Level Agreement with CIPC prior to the
commencement of the contract; and
xiii. Compliance with PFMA regulations in terms of the safeguarding of assets and adequate access control must be guaranteed.
Assets include all infrastructure, software, documents, backup media and information that will be hosted at the Offsite ICT
Recovery Site. These security measures must be specified in the SLA.
xiv. As the commencement of this contract is of critical importance, it is imperative that the prospective Service Provider has
resources that are available immediately. Failure to commence with this contract immediately from date of notification by CIPC
could invalidate the prospective Service Provider’s proposal.
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7 EVALUATION PROCESS (Criteria)
The evaluation process will be done in accordance with the following criteria:
Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the 80/20 preference point system contemplated in the Preferential Procurement Policy
Framework Act (Act ).
7.1. Evaluation (Phases)
The evaluation will be completed in 2 phases:
Phase 1: Compliance to minimum requirements
Phase 2: Pricing and Preferential Procurement policy
Phase 1: compliance to minimum requirements and mandatory requirements
During Phase 1 all bidders will be evaluated to ensure compliance to minimum document requirements. Without limiting the generality of the
CIPC‘s other critical requirements for this Bid, bidder(s) must submit the documents listed in the Table below. All documents must be completed
and signed by the duly authorized representative of the prospective bidder(s). During this phase Bidders’ response will be evaluated based on
compliance with the listed administration and mandatory bid requirements. All bidders that comply with the minimum requirements will advance to
Phase 2.
Item Document that must be submitted Compliance Non-submission may result in disqualification
No provide
Answer:
Yes /No
1. Invitation to Bid – SBD 1 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
2. Tax Status – SBD1 a) Bidders must submit Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) PIN
b) The TCS PIN will be used for the verification of tax compliance status a
Bidder
3. Declaration of Interest –SBD 4 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
4. Preference Point Claim Form – SBD 6.1 Non-submission will lead to a zero (0) score on BBBEE
5. BEE Certificate Failure to submit the BEE Certificate shall immediately disqualify a bidder
5. OEM Certificate Failure to submit the OEM Certificate shall immediately disqualify a bidder
5. Declaration of Bidder’s Past Supply Chain Management Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
Practices – SBD 8
6. Certificate of Independent Bid Determination – SBD 9 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
7. Registration on Central Supplier Database (CSD The Service Provider is encouraged to be registered as a service provider on
the Central Supplier Database (CSD). Visit https://secure.csd.gov.za/ to
obtain your. Vendor number.
Submit PROOF of registration on the Central Supplier Database (CSD Report)
Submit supplier number and unique reference number
8. NB: Pricing Schedule:
Compliance to AND 10
FORM1: (Invitation for Bids). The Total Bid Amount (CEILING AMOUNT) will
be used for the evaluation of bids therefore it must be inclusive of all costs for REFER TO TO 6
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL the duration of the contract)
Immediately disqualify a bidder. Failure to comply with this requirement shall immediately
Disqualify a bidder.
9 IMPORTANT: SUBMISSION OF USB 1. Bidders must submit a USB with their proposal- 1 copy of the original
document
REFER TO OF 12 2. USB to be submitted in pdf format and to be read only
3. All documents to be signed and bidders initial each page
Failure to comply with this requirement shall immediately
Disqualify a bidder.
All bidders that comply with the minimum requirements will advance to phase 2.
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7.2 Phase 2 pricing and preferential procurement policy
The Bid will be evaluated based on price only 80/20 preference point system contemplated in the Preferential
Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act ).
Please Note: CIPC 6.1 Preference Points Claim Form in terms of the PPPFA is attached for claiming above mentioned points, if
not completed the company will automatically score 0 points.
Preferential Procurement Policy
The bidders that have successfully progressed will be evaluated in accordance with the 80/20 preference point system
contemplated in the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act ).
Returnable Documents
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)9. Submission of proposals
Evaluation Criteria
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)General
Legal
Financial
Technical Specifications
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)Invitation to service providers to bid for
UPGRADING THE CIPCs EXISTING K2 APPLICATION TO
The latest version in all the relevant cicp
Environments and to provide licenses
Contract period: three (3) years
BID CLOSING DATE: 6 July 2026
Nb: IT is the responsibility of the prospective bidders to deposit tenders in
The correct box and tenders deposited in wrong boxes will not be
Considered.
The cipc tender box has the following description: “cipc tender box”.
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Table of contents
1 introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
2. Background ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3. Objectives and scope ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
a. Deliverables ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
b. Vendor Eligibility................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
4 duration of contract .................................................................................................................................................................. 7
5 costing ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
6 special conditions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
7 EVALUATION PROCESS (Criteria) .................................................................................................................................................... 10
9. Submission of proposals .......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Enquiries ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
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1. Terms and conditions of request for tender (rft)
1. CIPC’s standard conditions of purchase shall apply.
2. Late and incomplete submissions will not be accepted.
3. Any bidder who has reasons to believe that the RFP specification is based on a specific brand must inform CIPC before
BID closing date.
4. Bidders are required to submit an original Tax Clearance Certificate for all price quotations exceeding the value of R30
000 (VAT included). Failure to submit the original and valid Tax Clearance Certificate will result in the invalidation of this
RFP. Certified copies of the Tax Clearance Certificate will not be acceptable.
5. No services must be rendered or goods delivered before an official CIPC Purchase Order form has been received.
6. This RFP will be evaluated in terms of the 80/20 system prescribed by the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2001.
7. The bidder must provide assurance/guarantee to the integrity and save keeping of the information (that it will not
amended/corrupted/distributed/permanently stored/copied by the service provider) for the duration of the contract and
thereafter. Failure to submit will invalidate the bid proposal.
8. CIPC reserves the right to negotiate with the successful bidder on price.
9. The service provider must ensure that their work is confined to the scope as defined.
10. Travel between the consultant’s home, place of work to the DTI (CIPC) vice versa will not be for the account of this
organization, including any other disbursements.
11. The Government Procurement General Conditions of contractors (GCC) will apply in all instances.
12. As the commencement of this project is of critical importance, it is imperative that the services provided by the Service
Provider are available immediately. Failing to commence with this project immediately from date of notification by CIPC
would invalidate the prospective Service Provider’s proposal.
13. No advance payment(s) will be made. CIPC will pay within the prescribed period as per the PFMA.
14. All prices quoted must be inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT)
15. All prices must be quoted in South African Rand
16. All prices must be valid for 120 days
17. The successful Service Provider must at all times comply with CIPC’s policies and procedures as well as maintain a high
level of confidentiality of information.
18. All information, documents, programmes and reports must be regarded as confidential and may not be made available
to any unauthorized person or institution without the written consent of the Commissioner or his/her delegate.
19. The successful bidder must ensure that the information provided by CIPC during the contract period is not
transferred/copied/corrupted/amended in whole or in part by or on behalf of another party.
20. Further, the successful bidder may not keep the provided information by way of storing/copy/transferring of such
information internally or to another party in whole or part relating to companies and/or close corporation. As such all
information, documents, programs and reports must be regarded as confidential and may not be made available to any
unauthorized person or institution without the written consent of the Commissioner or his delegate.
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21. The service provider will therefore be required to sign a declaration of secrecy with CIPC. At the end of the contract period
or termination of the contract, all information provided by CIPC will become the property of CIPC and the service provider
may not keep any copy /store/reproduce/sell/distribute the whole or any part of the information provided by CIPC unless
authorized in terms of the declaration of secrecy.
22. The Service Provider is restricted to the time frames as agreed with CIPC for the various phases that will be agreed to
on signing of the Service Level Agreement.
23. CIPC will enter into Service Level Agreement with the successful Service Provider.
24. CIPC reserves the right not to award this bid to any prospective bidder or to split the award.
25. Fraud and Corruption:
The Service Provider selected through this Terms of Reference must observe the highest standards of ethics during the
performance and execution of such contract. In pursuance of this policy, CIPC Defines, that for such purposes, the terms set forth
will be as follows:
i. "Corrupt practice" means the offering, giving, receiving or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of CIPC or any
personnel of Service Provider(s) in contract executions.
ii. "Fraudulent practice" means a misrepresentation of facts, in order to influence a procurement process or the execution of a
contract, to CIPC, and includes collusive practice among bidders (prior to or after Proposal submission) designed to establish
Proposal prices at artificially high or non-competitive levels and to deprive CIPC of the benefits of free and open competition;
iii. “Unfair trade practices” means supply of services different from what is ordered on, or change in the Scope of Work;
iv. ” Coercive practices” means harming or threatening to harm, directly or indirectly, persons or their property to influence their
participation in the execution of contract;
v. CIPC shall reject a proposal for award, if it determines that the bidder recommended for award, has been engaged in corrupt,
fraudulent or unfair trade practices;
vi. CIPC also reserves the right to terminate this Agreement by giving 10 (ten) business days written notice to the
service provider due to any perceived (by CIPC) undue reputational risk to CIPC which CIPC can be exposed to
resulting from the service provider or its management/directors being found to be involved in unethical behaviour,
whether in its dealings with CIPC or any other business dealings.
Note: “Unethical behaviour” includes but not limited to an action that falls outside of what is considered morally
right or proper for a person, a profession or an industry
vii. CIPC shall declare a Service Provider ineligible, either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, for awarding the contract, if
at any time it determines that the Service Provider has been engaged in corrupt, fraudulent and unfair trade practice including
but not limited to the above in competing for, or in executing, the contract.
viii. The service provider will sign a confidentiality agreement regarding the protection of CIPC information that is not in the public
domain.
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2. Complusory bid requirements (failure to comply with all requirements below will immediately disqualify
The proposal
Instructions for the submissions of a proposals
Submission of original hard copy
a) Bidder’s must submit One (1) original copy (hard printed copy of the technical proposal), this is for record keeping
purposes and the USB Only will be used for bids evaluation.
b) The Bid Document must be marked with the Bidder’s Name
c) The Bid documents must be signed by an authorized employee, agent or representative of the bidder and each and every
page of the proposal shall contain the initials of same signatories
d) All pages of the submitted proposal must be numbered.
Submission of USB
a) NO DISC WILL BE ALLOWED
b) ONE (1) USB must be submitted, including technical proposal as well as price proposal saved in separate folders;
c) The USB must be marked with the bidder’s name.
d) The USB must have an index page/ table of contents listed all documents included in the proposal for easy referencing
during evaluation (group information in separate folders)
e) The USB must contain the exact documents/ information submitted in the original copy
f) Bidders to ensure that the information is properly copied in the USB prior submitting to CIPC and that there are no missing
pages.
g) THE USB WILL BE USED FOR EVALUATION HENCE THE BIDDER IS REQUIRED TO ENSURE THAT THE USB
Contains all information.
h) CIPC WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR INCOMPLETE PROPOSALS/ INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN THE USB’S
i) All pages must be signed; numbered and initial as per the Original copy
j) The USB must be submitted in PDF format ONLY and must be read ONLY; NO Passwords Protection
k) BIDDERS TO ENSURE THAT USB’S ARE WORKING PRIOR SUBMISSION
l) Bidders to ensure that USB ‘s are not password protected
m) IT IS THE BIDDERS RESPONSIBILITY TO VERIFY IF THE USB IS WORKING BEFORE
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), herewith referred to as ‘the Commission’ was formed by the amalgamation of
the Office of Companies and Intellectual Property Enforcement (OCIPE) and the Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office
(CIPRO), and is mandated by the Companies Act, 2008 (Act ). CIPC is an organ of state, outside the public service but within the
public administration.
Main functions of Commission:
Reporting Standards Council (FRSC);
The CIPC is in the process of reviewing the implementation of business services it employs for its various business pursuits using the K2 system
as one of the technological component. CIPC needs to procure the K2 licenses.
3. Objectives and scope
The main objective of this procurement is to extent the current CIPC K2 licences(200) for a period of 3 years.
a. Deliverables
Licences for the CIPC K2 features for a period of 3 years.
b. Vendor Eligibility
Upgrade of the K2 application in the CIPCs development, quality assurance and production environments
c. Upgrade to be facilitated by OEM.
The prospective vendor should fulfil the respective pre-qualifications mentioned below and should be able to provide both practical and
documented evidences for eligibility proof.
1. K2 certified Partner for provisioning of licenses
2. Upgrade to be facilitated by OEM
4 duration of contract
Licences for the CIPC K2 features for a period of 3 years.
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5 costing
Prospective bidders must submit a bill of quantities clearly indicating the unit costs and any other costs applicable. The onus is
upon the prospective bidders to take into account all costs for the duration of the contract period and to CLEARLY indicate
the price
Note: Service providers will be responsible for all costs e.g. Transportation for ALL activities associated with this bid.
PLEASE NOTE: CIPC reserves the right to procure only selected components, firewall layers or services based on the solution
proposed.
Note to bidders
Licences for the CIPC K2 features for a period of 3 years.
NB The total price must be carried over to the pricing schedule and will be used to evaluate the bids. Prices must be firm
for the duration of the project. PRICE CARRIED OVER TO SBD FORM 3.3 AND SBD FORM 1 MUST INCLUDE ALL COSTS
For the duration of all period stated above under pricing. Failure to comply with this
Requirement shall immediately invalidate the bid.
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8.1 Purpose of bid.
8.1.1 The purpose of this RFB (request for bid) (is an invitation to potential suppliers (hereinafter referred to as “Bidders”) to
submit Bids for the items/products/solutions or services as detailed under Technical/solution specification or Terms of
Reference.
8.2 Objectives.
8.2.1 Compliance with all relevant legislations and regulations.
8.2.2 Based on the Bids submitted and the outcome of the evaluation process according to the set evaluation criteria CIPC
intends to select a preferred bidder/s with the view of concluding a service a service level agreement (SLA) with such
successful bidder. The Bid will be evaluated in terms of the PPPFA 80/20 preferential points system.
8.3 Enquiries
8.3.1 Should it be necessary for a bidder to obtain clarity on any matter arising from or referred to in this RFB document,
please refer queries, in writing, to the contact person(s) listed below under no circumstances may any other
employee within CIPC be approached for any information. Any such action might result in a disqualification of a
response submitted in competition to the RFB. CIPC reserves the right to place responses to such queries on the
website.
Mr. Hans Mmako Telephone 087 743 7105
E-mail [email protected]
9. Definitions
9.1 The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission [hereinafter referred to as “CIPC”] was in terms of the provisions
of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), established as a trading entity on 4 March 2002. Its formulation brought
together the South African Companies Registration Office (SACRO) and the South African Patents and Trademarks
Office (SAPTO), both former directorates of the dti.
9.2 CIPC, a trading entity within the Department of Trade and Industry, exists to register businesses and intellectual property
rights, maintain related registers and develop information for disclosure to stakeholders.
9.3 “Acceptable Bid”-means any bid, which, in all respects complies with the specifications and conditions of the Request
for bid as set out in this document.
9.4 “Acts” – Means the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act. (Act No ).
9.5 “Agent” ” – means a person mandated by another person (“the principal”) to do business for and on behalf of or to
represent in business transaction the principal, and thereby acquire rights for the principal against an organ of state and
incur obligations binding the principal in favour of an organ of state.
9.6 “Bid” ” - means a written offer in a prescribed or stipulated form in response to an invitation by an organ of state for the
provision of services or goods.
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9.7 “Bidders” - means any enterprise, consortium or person, partnership, company, close corporation, firm or any other
form of enterprise or person, legal or natural, which has been invited by CIPC to submit a bid in response to this bid
invitation.
9.8 “Client” - means internal and external customers that participate in CIPC registration processes.
9.9 “Comparative Price” -- means the price after deduction or addition of non-firm price factors, unconditional discounts,
etc.
9.10 “Consortium” - means several entities joining forces as an umbrella entity to gain strategic collaborative advantage by
combining their expertise, capital, efforts, skills and knowledge for the purpose of executing this tender.
9.11 “Firm Price” -means the price that is only subject to adjustments in accordance with the actual increase or decrease
resulting from the change, imposition or abolition of customs or excise duty and any other duty, levy or tax which, in
terms of a law or regulation is binding on the contractor and demonstrably has influence on the price of any supplies or
the rendering cost of any service, for the execution of a contract.
9.12 “Goods” – means any work, equipment, machinery, tools, materials or anything of whatever nature to be rendered to
CIPRO or CIPC’s delegate by the successful vendor in terms of this bid.
9.13 provided that a person who obtained South African citizenship on or after the coming to effect of the Interim Constitution
is deemed not to be an HDI.
9.14 “Hosting Partners” - means companies who entered into an agreement with CIPC in the areas of application
management; application hosting, application service provision, and marketplace hosting are incorporated in this
category.
9.15 “Internal Collaboration” - means collaborative arrangements within a group of companies or within various strategic
business. units/subsidiaries/operating divisions in order to gain a strategic position whilst sharing resources, profits and
losses as well as risks
9.16 “Joint Ownership” - (also known as equity JVs) means the establishment by two parent companies of a child company
for a specific task within which both parent companies invest in order to overcome the limited capabilities vested within
them in order that they can both benefit from the combined investment.
9.17 “Joint Venture” - (Project) means two or more businesses joining together under a contractual agreement to conduct
a specific business enterprise with both parties sharing profit and losses. The venture is for one specific project only,
rather than for a continuing business relationship as in a strategic alliance. It is about sharing risk with others and
providing one or more missing and needed assets and competencies.
9.18 “Licenses” - means conditional use of another party’s intellectual property rights.
9.19 “Management” - in relation to an enterprise or business, means an activity inclusive of control, and performed on a daily
basis, by any person who is a principal executive officer of the company, by whatever name that person may be
designated, and whether or not that person is a director.
9.20 “Non-firm Price(s)”- means all price(s) other than “firm” price(s).
9.21 “Organ of State” ” - means a constitutional institution defined in the Public Finance Management Act, Act .
9.22 “Person(s)” -)” - refers to a natural and/or juristic person(s).
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
9.23 “Rand Value” - means the total estimated value of a contract in Rand denomination, which is calculated at the time of
proposal invitations and includes all applicable taxes and excise duties.
9.24 “Successful Vendor” - means the organization or person with whom the order is placed or who is contracted to execute
the work as detailed in the bid.
9.25 “Prime Vendor” – means any person (natural or juristic) who forwards an acceptable proposal in response to this RFB
with the intention of being the main contractor should the proposal be awarded to him/her.
9.26 “Vendor Agent” - means any person mandated by a prime vendor or consortium/joint venture to do business for and
on behalf of, or to represent in a business transaction, the prime vendor and thereby acquire rights for the prime vendor
or consortium/joint venture against CIPC or an organ of state and incur obligations binding the prime vendor or
consortium/joint venture in favour of CIPC or an organ of state.
9.27 “SMME” – bears the same meaning assigned to this expression in the National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act No. ).
9.28 “Service Partners” - means any successful vendor who is awarded the proposal or who entered into an agreement with
CIPC and/or its clients to offer consulting services in areas such as but not limited to, strategic e-business consulting,
evaluation, implementation and continuous improvement or system integration.
9.29 “Support Partners” – means any successful vendor who entered into partnership agreement with CIPC and/or its clients
for the provision of support services to a specific solution.
9.30 “Sub-Contracting” - means the primary contractor’s assigning or leasing or making out work to, or employing another
person to support such primary contractor in executing part of a project in terms of a contract.
9.31 “Trust” - means the arrangement through which the property of one person is made over or bequeathed to a trustee to
administer such property for the benefit of another person.
9.32 “Trustee” - means any person, including the founder of a trust, to whom property is bequeathed in order for such
property to be administered for the benefit of another person.
9.33 “Contract” means the agreement that results from the acceptance of a bid by an organ of state.
9.34 “Specific contract participation goals” means the goals as stipulated in the Preferential Procurement Regulations 2001.
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10. Acronyms and abbreviations
I. The following acronyms and abbreviations are used in this proposal and must be similarly used in the proposal submitted in
response and shall have the meaning ascribed thereto below.
Abbreviations/Acronyms Description
CPI Consumer Price Index.
COTS Commercial of the shelf system
DTI Department of Trade and Industry
HDI Historically Disadvantaged Individuals
EDMS Electronic Document Management System
IS Information Systems
ISO International Standard Organization
IT Information Technology
LAN Local Area Network
NIA National Intelligence Agency
OCR/ICR Optical Character Recognition/Intellectual Character Recognition
OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer
PPPFA Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act
RFB Request for Bid
RFP Request for Proposal
RSA Republic of South Africa
SITA State Information Technology Agency
SLA Service Level Agreement
SW Software
WAN Wide Area Network
WF Weighing factor
11. General rules and instructions.
11.1 Confidentiality.
11.1.1 The information contained in this document is of a confidential nature, and must only be used for purposes of
responding to this RFB. This confidentiality clause extends to Bidder partners and/or implementation agents, whom
the Bidder may decide to involve in preparing a response to this RFB.
11.1.2 For purposes of this process, the term “Confidential Information” shall include all technical and business information,
including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all secret knowledge and information (including any and all
financial, commercial, market, technical, functional and scientific information, and information relating to a party’s
strategic objectives and planning and its past, present and future research and development), technical, functional
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
and scientific requirements and specifications, data concerning business relationships, demonstrations, processes,
machinery, know-how, architectural information, information contained in a party’s software and associated material
and documentation, plans, designs and drawings and all material of whatever description, whether subject to or
protected by copyright, patent or trademark, registered or un-registered, or otherwise disclosed or communicated
before or after the date of this process.
11.1.3 The receiving party shall not, during the period of validity of this process, or at any time thereafter, use or disclose,
directly or indirectly, the confidential information of CIPC (even if received before the date of this process) to any
person whether in the employment of the receiving party or not, who does not take part in the performance of this
process.
11.1.4 The receiving party shall take all such steps as may be reasonably necessary to prevent CIPC’s confidential
information coming into the possession of unauthorised third parties. In protecting the receiving party’s confidential
information, CIPC shall use the same degree of care, which does not amount to less than a reasonable degree of
care, to prevent the unauthorised use or disclosure of the confidential information as the receiving party uses to
protect its own confidential information.
11.1.5 Any documentation, software or records relating to confidential information of CIPC, which comes into the possession
of the receiving party during the period of validity of this process or at any time thereafter or which has so come into
its possession before the period of validity of this process:
➢ Shall be deemed to form part of the confidential information of CIPC.
➢ Shall be deemed to be the property of CIPC.
➢ shall not be copied, reproduced, published or circulated by the receiving party unless and to the extent that
such copying is necessary for the performance of this process and all other processes as contemplated in; and
➢ Shall be surrendered to CIPC on demand, and in any event on the termination of the investigations and
negotiations, and the receiving party shall not retain any extracts.
11.2 News and press releases.
11.2.1 Bidders or their agents shall not make any news releases concerning this RFB or the awarding of the same or any
resulting agreement(s) without the consent of, and then only in co-ordination with CIPC.
11.3 Precedence of documents.
11.3.1 This RFB consists of a number of sections (see list). Where there is a contradiction in terms between the clauses, phrases,
words, stipulations or terms and herein referred to generally as stipulations in this RFB and the stipulations in any other
document attached hereto, or the RFB submitted hereto, the relevant stipulations in this RFB shall take precedence.
11.3.2 Where this RFB is silent on any matter, the relevant stipulations addressing such matter and which appears in the PPPFA
shall take precedence. Vendors shall refrain from incorporating any additional stipulations in its proposal submitted in
terms hereof other than in the form of a clearly marked recommendation that CIPC may in its sole discretion elect to
import or to ignore. Any such inclusion shall not be used for any purpose of interpretation unless it has been so imported
or acknowledged by CIPC.
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11.3.3 It is acknowledged that all stipulations in the PPPFA are not equally applicable to all matters addressed in this RFB. It
however remains the exclusive domain and election of CIPC as to which of these stipulations are applicable and to what
extent. Vendors are hereby acknowledging that the decision of CIPC in this regard is final and binding. The onus to
enquire and obtain clarity in this regard rests with the vendor(s). The vendor(s) shall take care to restrict its enquiries in
this regard to the most reasonable interpretations required to ensure the necessary consensus.
11.4 Preferential procurement reform.
11.4.1 CIPC supports Black Economic Empowerment as an essential ingredient of its business. In accordance with
government policy, CIPC insists that the private sector demonstrates its commitment and track record to Black
Economic Empowerment in the areas of ownership (shareholding), skills transfer, employment equity and
procurement practices (SMME Development) etc.
11.4.2 CIPC will apply the principles of the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act ) as
amended together with Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2022 to this proposal.
11.1.1 Vendors shall complete the preference certificate attached to this proposal. In the case of a consortium and sub-
contractors, the preference certificate must be completed for each legal.
11.2 National industrial participation programme.
11.2.1 The Industrial Participation (IP) policy, which was endorsed by Cabinet on 30 April 1997, is applicable to contracts that
have an imported content. This programme is intended to enable the DTI to negotiate obligation agreements, such as
investments, joint ventures, sub-contracting, licensee production, export promotion, sourcing arrangements and research
and development collaboration, with service that have imported content. Clearance must be obtained from the DTI prior
the award of any bid that has imported content in excess of R10 million (ten million rands).
11.3 Language
11.6.1 Bids shall be submitted in English.
11.4 Gender
11.7.1 Any word implying any gender shall be interpreted to imply all other genders.
11.5 Headings
11.8.1 Headings are incorporated into this proposal and submitted in response thereto, for ease of reference only and shall
not form part thereof for any purpose of interpretation or for any other purpose.
11.6 Security clearances.
11.6.1 Employees and sub-contractors of the vendors may be required to be in possession of valid security clearances to the
level determined by NIA and/or CIPC commensurate with the nature of the project activities they are involved in. The cost
of obtaining suitable clearances is for the account of the bidders. The vendors shall supply and maintain a list of personnel
involved on the project indicating their clearance status.
11.7 Formal contract
11.7.1 This RFB, all the appended documentation and the proposal in response thereto read together, forms the basis for a
formal contract to be negotiated and finalized between CIPC and the enterprise(s) to whom CIPC awards the bid in whole
or in part.
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
11.7.2 a mere offer and acceptance shall not constitute a formal contract of any nature for any purpose between CIPC and any
vendor.
11.8 Instructions for the submissions of a proposal.
11.8.1 One (1) original hard copy and a USB, NO CDS in PDF marked with the bidder’s Name shall be submitted on the
date of closure of the Bid. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL IMMIDIATELY INVALIDATE THE
Proposal: please refer to terms of reference on for further details. NO cds allowed only
Usb’s. NO password protection allowed.
O nb: pricing/ costing schedule must be submitted in a separate sealed envelope.
o The original copy MUST BE SIGNED by an authorized employee, agent or representative of the bidder and each
and every page of the proposal shall contain the initials of same signatories.(Electronic signatures accepted )
o Bidders shall submit proposal responses in accordance with the prescribed manner of submissions as specified
above.
o Bids must be submitted in a prescribed response format herewith reflected as Response Format, and be sealed
in an envelope.
11.8.1.1 Bidders shall submit proposal responses in accordance with the prescribed manner of submissions as specified
above.
11.8.1.2 Bids must be submitted in a prescribed response format herewith reflected as Response Format, and be
sealed in an envelope.
11.8.1.3 Bids must be deposited into CIPC’s Bid Box on or before 27 MAY 2025 not later than 11h00am. THE
Bid box is situated at: at the west gate on 77 meintjies street, close to
Entfutfukweni building (block “f”), 77 meintjies street, sunnyside, “the DTI” campus,
PRETORIA. The DTI Campus.
11.8.1.4 The physical size of the envelope must be limited to Depth = 750mm x Width = 380mm x Height = 140mm as
the bid box aperture cannot accommodate larger sizes.
11.8.1.5 All Bids in this regard shall only be accepted if they have been placed in the bid box before or on the closing
date and stipulated time.
11.8.1.6 Bids received after the time stipulated will not be considered.
11.8.1.7 Bid responses sent by post or courier must reach this office at least 36 hours before the closing date to be
deposited into the proposal box. Failure to comply with this requirement will result in your proposal being treated
as a “late proposal” and will not be entertained. Such proposal will be returned to the respective vendors.
11.8.1.8 No proposal shall be accepted by CIPC if submitted in any manner other than as prescribed above
12. Response format
12.1 Bidders shall submit response in accordance with the response format specified below. Failure to do so will result in rejecting
vendor’s response. No referrals may be made to comment. Failure to comply will result in the bidder being penalized
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12.2.1. Mandatory documents.
12.2.1.1 Valid tax clearance PIN, If a Consortium or Joint Venture. Tax Clearance PIN must be submitted for each member.
1.2.2.1.2 Proof of registration with National Treasury Supplier Database must be attached upon submission of the document.
12.2.2 Executive Summary
12.2.2.1 The executive summary must cover the following:
partnership and list the parties concerned
employee name and surname to act on our behalf for the consortium, joint venture, partnership or Prime contractor.
provide us with contact details as references.
12.2.3 Bidder profile
include Memorandum of Understanding governing the partnership. Whereas in the consortium, partners must
submit resolutions and documentation substantiating the latter.
12.2 Bidder background information materials:
12.3.1 Bidder Operating Organisation – Provide an overview of the operating structure and geographical locations of the firm
at the national, regional, and local levels.
12.3.2 Standards – Include information regarding your firm’s utilization of widely known Industry Standards and guidelines, as
they apply to your firm, your firm’s proposal and proposed hardware assets.
12.3. Company Contact(s) – Provide the name, title, street address, city, state, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail of the
primary company’s contact person, and for any sub-Contractors.
12.3.4 Corporate Financial Status - Audited financial statements from the most recent financial year, and the preceding two
financial years:
12.3.4.1 Indicate the percentage of total annual revenue that the proposed service generated for the most recent and the
preceding two financial years.
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
12.4. List of personnel
12.4.1 List of all personnel to be assigned to this project, by employer, identifying their qualifications to perform the tasks or
functions to be assigned (include CV’s).
12.4.2 Identify key personnel, by employer (include Sub-Contractor(s)), and provide contact information.
13. Special conditions/ requirements
organization, including any other disbursements.
instances. The general conditions are available on the National Treasury website (www.treasury.gov.za).
service provider. Invoices shall be entertained in terms of the PFMA and therefore paid within (30) days on receipt of an
invoice
the condition will invalidate the prospective bidder’s bid.
confidentiality of information. Failing to comply with the condition will invalidate the prospective bidder’s bid.
Bid.
NIA (National Intelligence Agency).
clearance process. In the event of the employee not being security competent the company shall be requested to
immediately replace the employee with a security competent person. In addition, all persons directly involved in the
project shall be required to sign a “declaration of secrecy”.
receiving official confirmation of being awarded the Bid.
corporation shall under no circumstances be responsible or liable for any such costs, regardless of, without limitation, the
conduct or outcome of the bidding, evaluation, and selection process.
14. Reasons for disqualification
14.1 CIPC reserves the right to disqualify any bidder which does any one or more of the following, and such
disqualification may take place without prior notice to the offending bidder.
14.1.2 Bidders who do not submit a Tax Clearance PIN on the closing date and time of the bid;
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14.1.3 Bidders who submitted incomplete information and documentation according to the requirements of this
RFB;
14.1.4 Bidders who submitted information that is fraudulent, factually untrue or inaccurate, for example memberships that
do not exist, BEE credentials, experience, etc.
14.1.5 Bidders who received information not available to other vendors through fraudulent means; and/or
14.1.6 Bidders who do not comply with mandatory requirements as stipulated in this RFB.
14.1.7 Bidders who have been blacklisted as per the National treasury database
14.2 There will be NO PUBLIC OPENING of the Bids received; however, the list of bids received may be published
on the CIPC website. There will be no discussions with any enterprise until evaluation of the proposal has
been complete. Any subsequent discussions shall be at the discretion of CIPC. Unless specifically provided
for in the proposal document, bids submitted by means of telegram, telex, facsimile or similar means will not
be considered.
14.3 NO bids from any bidder will be accepted if sent via the internet or e-mail.
14.4 All questions in respect of this proposal must be addressed by emailed to: [email protected]
Bid preparation
15.1 All additions to the proposal documents i.e. annexes, supporting documentation pamphlets, photographs, technical
specifications and other support documentation covering the equipment and/or services offered etc. shall be neatly
bound as part of the schedule concerned.
15.2 All responses with regard to questions posed in the bid documents shall be answered in accordance with the prescribed
RFB Response Format.
15.3 Oral pressentation and briefing sessions
15.3.1 Bidders who submit Bids in response to this RFB may be required to give an oral presentation, which may include, but
is not limited to, an equipment/service demonstration of their proposal to CIPC. This provides an opportunity for the
vendor to clarify or elaborate on the proposal. This is a fact finding and explanation session only and does not include
negotiation. CIPC will schedule the time and location of these presentations. Oral presentations are an option of CIPC
and may or may not be conducted. THERE IS NO BRIEFING SESSION FOR THIS BID
15.3.2 All questions after the compulsory information/briefing session must be sent per e-mail to [email protected]
15.3.3 Any bidder who has reasons to believe that the tender specification is based on a specific brand must inform CIPC not
later than three (3) working days after the briefing session or seven (7) working days.
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
Bidders are required to respond to these conditions: failure to respond will disqualify the proposal
General conditions of contract/bid
Bidders shall provide full and accurate answers to all including mandatory questions posed in this document, and are required to
explicitly state either "Comply/Accept (with a)" or "Do not comply/Do not accept (with an X)" regarding compliance to the
requirements. Where necessary, the bidder shall substantiate their response to a specific question.
The laws of the Republic of South Africa shall govern this RFB and any agreement entered into. Bidders accept Accept Do not accept
hereby that the courts of the Republic of South Africa shall have jurisdiction.
CIPC shall not be liable for any costs incurred by the bidder in the preparation of response to this RFB. The Accept Do not accept
preparation of response will be made without obligation to acquire any of the items included in any bidder’s
proposal or to select any proposal, or to discuss the reasons why such bidder’s or any other proposal was
accepted or rejected.
CIPC may request written clarification or further information regarding any aspect of this proposal. The bidders Accept Do not accept
must supply the requested information in writing within two (2) days after the request has been made, otherwise
the proposal may be disqualified.
In the case of consortium, Joint Venture or subcontractors, bidders are required to provide copies of signed Accept Do not accept
agreements stipulating the work split and Rand value.
CIPC reserves the right to; cancel/reject any proposal and not to award the proposal to the lowest bidder or Accept Do not accept
award parts of the proposal to different bidders, or not to award the proposal at all.
Where applicable, bidders who are distributors, resellers and installers of network equipment are required to Accept Do not accept
submit back-to-back agreements and service level agreements with their principals.
By submitting a proposal in response to this RFB, the bidders accept the evaluation criteria as it stands. Accept Do not accept
Where applicable, CIPC reserves the right to run benchmarks on equipment during the evaluation and after the Accept Do not accept
evaluation.
CIPC reserves the right to conduct a pre-award survey during the source selection process to evaluate Accept Do not accept
contractors' capabilities to meet the requirements specified in the RFB and supporting documents.
The bidder should not qualify the proposal with own conditions. Accept Do not accept
Caution: If the bidder does not specifically withdraw its own conditions of proposal when called upon to do so,
the bid response may be disqualified.
Accept Do not accept
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Should the bidder withdraw the proposal before the proposal validity period expires, CIPC reserves the right to
recover any additional expense incurred by CIPC having to accept any less favorable proposal or the additional
expenditure incurred by CIPC in the preparation of a new RFB and by the subsequent acceptance of any less
favourable proposal.
Delivery of and acceptance of correspondence between CIPC and the bidder sent by prepaid registered post (by Accept Do not accept
air mail if appropriate) in a correctly addressed envelope to either party’s postal address or address for service
of legal documents will be deemed to have been received and accepted after (2) two days from the date of
postage to the South African Post Office Ltd.
Should the parties at any time before and or after the award of the proposal and prior to, and or after conclusion Accept Do not accept
of the contract fail to agree on any significant product price or service price adjustments, change in technical
specification, change in services, etc. CIPC shall be entitled within 14 (fourteen) days of such failure to agree, to
recall the letter of award and cancel the proposal by giving the bidder not less than 90 (ninety) days written notice
of such cancellation, in which event all fees on which the parties failed to agree increases or decreases shall, for
the duration of such notice period, remain fixed on those fee/price applicable prior to the negotiations.
Such cancellation shall mean that CIPC reserves the right to award the same proposal to next best bidders as it
deems fit.
In the case of a consortium or JV each of the authorized enterprise’s members and/or partners of the different Accept Do not accept
enterprises must co-sign this document.
Any amendment or change of any nature made to this RFB shall only be of force and effect if it is in writing, Accept Do not accept
signed by CIPC authorized signatory and added to this RFB as an addendum.
Failure or neglect by either party to (at any time) enforce any of the provisions of this proposal shall not, in any Accept Do not accept
manner, be construed to be a waiver of any of that party’s right in that regard and in terms of this proposal. Such
failure or neglect shall not, in any manner, affect the continued, unaltered validity of this proposal, or prejudice
the right of that party to institute subsequent action.
Bidders who make use of sub-contractors. Accept Do not accept
The proposal will however be awarded to the bidder as a primary contractor who will be responsible for the
management of the awarded proposal. No separate contract will be entered into between CIPC and any such
sub-contractors. Copies of the signed agreements between the relevant parties must be attached to the proposal
responses.
No interest shall be payable on accounts due to the successful bidder in an event of a dispute arising on any Accept Do not accept
stipulation in the contract.
Evaluation of Bids will be performed by an evaluation panel established by CIPC. Accept Do not accept
The dti Campus (Block F - Entfutfukweni), 77 Meintjies Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria l P O Box 429, Pretoria, 0001
Call Centre: 086 100 2472
Email: [email protected] Website: www.cipc.co.za
Bids will be evaluated on the basis of conformance to the required specifications as outlined in the RFB. Points
will be allocated to each bidder, on the basis that the maximum number of points that may be scored for a
combination of functionality and price is 80, and the maximum number of preference points that may be claimed
for claim points for specific goals (as per PPPFA)
CIPC will not be held liable for any expenses incurred by bidders, in preparing and submitting the proposal. Accept Do not accept
If the successful bidder disregards contractual specifications, this action may result in the termination of the Accept Do not accept
contract.
The bidders’ response to this bid or parts of the response may be included as a whole or by reference in the final Accept Do not accept
contract.
All bidders’ who are tertiary institutions or public companies cannot claim preferential points as per preference Accept Do not accept
point system contemplated in the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act ) as amended
together with Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2022
All bidders’ who do not sign the declaration forms will not be considered for preference points. Accept Do not accept
In the evaluation of proposal, the Authority reserves the right to conduct independent reference checks. Accept Do not accept
CIPC will not respond to any enquiries seventy-two (72) hours before the closing date of the bid Accept Do not accept
Should the bidder change any wording or phrase in this document, the bid will be evaluated as though no change Accept Do not accept
has been effected and the original wording or phrasing will be used.
Should the evaluation of this bid not be completed within the validity period of the bid, CIPC has discretion to Accept Do not accept
extend the validity period.
Upon receipt of the request to extend the validity period of the bid, the bidder must respond within the required Accept Do not accept
timeframes and in writing on whether or not s/he agrees to hold his/her original bid responses valid under the
same terms and conditions for a further period.
CIPC will not make any upfront/deposit payments to a successful service provider. Payments will only be made Accept Do not accept
in accordance to the deliverables that will be agreed upon by the both parties.
Respondents may not alter the wording of any criterion/question posed in this document. During the evaluation, Accept Do not accept
it shall be assumed that all criteria/questions are worded as they were in the original document and the answers
shall be evaluated on this basis
Failure to respond to the above will disqualify the proposal
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Pricing Schedule
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf1. 1 (one) original hard or printed copy
2. 1 (one) USB for technical proposal and price must be included in the same USB but saved in a separate folder (“marked
Price proposal”) bidders to ensure that usb’s are working prior submission
3. One sealed envelope for price proposal (inside there must be)
❖ Price schedule – sbd.33
❖ Sbd1 - invitation to bids
❖ Price breakdown preferable in the bidders letterhead signed by an authorised representative
Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the 80/20 preference point system contemplated in the Preferential Procurement Policy
Framework Act (Act ).
7.1. Evaluation (Phases)
The evaluation will be completed in 2 phases:
Phase 1: Compliance to minimum requirements
Phase 2: Pricing and Preferential Procurement policy
Phase 1: compliance to minimum requirements and mandatory requirements
During Phase 1 all bidders will be evaluated to ensure compliance to minimum document requirements. Without limiting the generality of the
CIPC‘s other critical requirements for this Bid, bidder(s) must submit the documents listed in the Table below. All documents must be completed
and signed by the duly authorized representative of the prospective bidder(s). During this phase Bidders’ response will be evaluated based on
compliance with the listed administration and mandatory bid requirements. All bidders that comply with the minimum requirements will advance to
Phase 2.
8. NB: Pricing Schedule:
Compliance to AND 10
FORM1: (Invitation for Bids). The Total Bid Amount (CEILING AMOUNT) will
be used for the evaluation of bids therefore it must be inclusive of all costs for REFER TO TO 6
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS REQUIREMENT SHALL the duration of the contract)
All bidders that comply with the minimum requirements will advance to phase 2.
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7.2 Phase 2 pricing and preferential procurement policy
The Bid will be evaluated based on price only 80/20 preference point system contemplated in the Preferential
Procurement Policy Framework Act (Act ).
Please Note: CIPC 6.1 Preference Points Claim Form in terms of the PPPFA is attached for claiming above mentioned points, if
not completed the company will automatically score 0 points.
Price 80
BBBEE 20
Total 100
Nb: price conditions and compliance please refer to pages 6,7 and 9
(CEILING AMOUNT) will be used for the evaluation of bids therefore it must be inclusive of all costs for the duration of the
contract)
1. Sbd 1: invitation to bid annexure a placed in price envelop with sbd3.3
2. Sbd 2: tax clearance requirements annexure b bidders to submit tax clearance pin
3. BEE certificate annexure b bidders to submit BEE certificate (compulsory)
4. Sbd 3.3: Pricing schedule annexure c must be printed and placed in a separate sealed
Envelop together with sbd form 1(stating total bid
Price) and placed in a separate price folder in the USB
5. Sbd 4: declaration of interest annexure d to be completed
6. Sbd 6.1: Preference points claim annexure e
7. Sbd 6: declaration certificate for local annexure ee
Compliance Requirements
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)valid Tax Clearance Certificate will result in the invalidation of this
Valid tax clearance PIN, If a Consortium or Joint Venture
tax compliance status a
TCS PIN will be used for the verification of tax compliance status a
CSD Report)
Central Supplier Database (CSD The Service Provider is encouraged to be registered as a service provider on
Central Supplier Database (CSD)
Central Supplier Database (CSD Report)
RFP. Certified copies of the Tax Clearance Certificate will not be acceptable.
c) Bidders to complete Pricing Schedule SBD 3.3 (APPENDIX “A”)- REFER TO ATTACHED SBD FORMS
d) The total Price (Ceiling price) must be carried over to BOTH SBD 3.3 (Pricing Schedule) and SBD FORM 1: (Invitation for
Please note that IT is compulsory that bidders submit proposal as per the following
12.2.1.1 Valid tax clearance PIN, If a Consortium or Joint Venture. Tax Clearance PIN must be submitted for each member.
Points Allocation: 0 points
B-BBEE Details: the minimum requirements will advance to
Phase 2.
Item Document that must be submitted Compliance Non-submission may result in disqualification
No provide
Answer:
Yes /No
1. Invitation to Bid – SBD 1 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
2. Tax Status – SBD1 a) Bidders must submit Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) PIN
b) The TCS PIN will be used for the verification of tax compliance status a
Bidder
3. Declaration of Interest –SBD 4 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
4. Preference Point Claim Form – SBD 6.1 Non-submission will lead to a zero (0) score on BBBEE
5. BEE Certificate Failure to submit the BEE Certificate shall immediately disqualify a bidder
5. OEM Certificate Failure to submit the OEM Certificate shall immediately disqualify a bidder
5. Declaration of Bidder’s Past Supply Chain Management Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
Practices – SBD 8
6. Certificate of Independent Bid Determination – SBD 9 Complete and sign the supplied pro forma document.
7. Registration on Central Supplier Database (CSD The Service Provider is encouraged to be registered as a service provider on
the Central Supplier Database (CSD). Visit https://secure.csd.gov.za/ to
obtain your. Vendor number.
Submit PROOF of registration on the Central Supplier Database (CSD Report)
Submit supplier number and unique reference number
8. NB: Pricing Schedule:
Compliance to AND 10
FORM1: (Invitation for Bids). The Total Bid Amount (CEILING AMOUNT) will
be used for the evaluation of bids therefore it must be inclusive of all costs for REFER TO TO 6
Failure to comply with this requirement
Health & Safety
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdfa) Prospective Bidders must submit a printed hard copy of the Price Proposal in a separate SEALED envelope. It is important to
separate price from the Technical proposal as Price is evaluated at the last phase of the Evaluation.
b) The price envelop must be marked with the bidder’s name
c) Bidders to complete Pricing Schedule SBD 3.3 (APPENDIX “A”)- REFER TO ATTACHED SBD FORMS
d) The total Price (Ceiling price) must be carried over to BOTH SBD 3.3 (Pricing Schedule) and SBD FORM 1: (Invitation for
Bids).
e) The Total Bid Amount will be used for the evaluation of bids therefore it must be inclusive of all costs for the duration of the contract.
f) All prices must be VAT inclusive and quoted in South African Rand (ZAR). Failure to comply with this requirement will
disqualify the bid.
g) All prices must be valid for 120 days
14.1 CIPC reserves the right to disqualify any bidder which does any one or more of the following, and such
disqualification may take place without prior notice to the offending bidder.
14.1.2 Bidders who do not submit a Tax Clearance PIN on the closing date and time of the bid;
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14.1.3 Bidders who submitted incomplete information and documentation according to the requirements of this
RFB;
14.1.4 Bidders who submitted information that is fraudulent, factually untrue or inaccurate, for example memberships that
do not exist, BEE credentials, experience, etc.
14.1.5 Bidders who received information not available to other vendors through fraudulent means; and/or
14.1.6 Bidders who do not comply with mandatory requirements as stipulated in this RFB.
14.1.7 Bidders who have been blacklisted as per the National treasury database
14.2 There will be NO PUBLIC OPENING of the Bids received; however, the list of bids received may be published
on the CIPC website. There will be no discussions with any enterprise until evaluation of the proposal has
been complete. Any subsequent discussions shall be at the discretion of CIPC. Unless specifically provided
for in the proposal document, bids submitted by means of telegram, telex, facsimile or similar means will not
be considered.
14.3 NO bids from any bidder will be accepted if sent via the internet or e-mail.
14.4 All questions in respect of this proposal must be addressed by emailed to: [email protected]
Contractual Terms
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)Contract period: three (3) years
Requirements
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf (TENDER)I, the undersigned (NAME) ..................................................................................................... certify that: ......................................... ............................................
Section
Source: CIPC BID NUMBER 02 -2026-2027.pdf7 EVALUATION PROCESS (Criteria) .................................................................................................................................................... 10
6. This RFP will be evaluated in terms of the 80/20 system prescribed by the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2001.
Evaluation of Bids will be performed by an evaluation panel established by CIPC. Accept Do not accept
Bids will be evaluated on the basis of conformance to the required specifications as outlined in the RFB. Points
will be allocated to each bidder, on the basis that the maximum number of points that may be scored for a
combination of functionality and price is 80, and the maximum number of preference points that may be claimed
for claim points for specific goals (as per PPPFA)
All bidders’ who are tertiary institutions or public companies cannot claim preferential points as per preference Accept Do not accept
All bidders’ who do not sign the declaration forms will not be considered for preference points. Accept Do not accept
In the evaluation of proposal, the Authority reserves the right to conduct independent reference checks. Accept Do not accept
Should the evaluation of this bid not be completed within the validity period of the bid, CIPC has discretion to Accept Do not accept
Upgrade of the K2 application in the CIPCs development, quality assurance and production environments
Respondents may not alter the wording of any criterion/question posed in this document. During the evaluation, Accept Do not accept
Tenders in this industry often require registration with these bodies.
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Having these can improve your winning chances: IITPSA Membership, ISO 27001 (Information Security Management), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management), CISSP
These rules commonly apply to South African public-sector procurement.
Act 53 of 2003
Provides the empowerment-compliance context often used in public-sector supplier evaluation.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 108 of 1996 (s217)
Sets the constitutional standard for fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective public procurement.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 5 of 2000
Covers preferential procurement and preference-point systems used in public tenders.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 12 of 2004
Supports anti-corruption controls and supplier integrity in procurement processes.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 28 of 2024
Provides the national framework for public procurement across government.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 2 of 2000
Supports access to tender records, award decisions and public-sector procurement information.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 3 of 2000
Supports lawful, reasonable and procedurally fair administrative tender decisions.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
This is general procurement context, not legal advice. Always verify requirements in the official tender documents and issuing authority notices.
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Organization
Companies and Intellectual Property CommissionContact Person
Hans Mmako
Phone
+27 86 100 2472
[email protected]
Website
www.cipc.co.za/
Address
Block F, the dtic Campus, 77 Meintjies St, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
Source confidence
High source confidence
Official source
eTenders.gov.za
Documents found
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Last checked
05 Jun 2026
AI status
Enhanced
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Block F, the dtic Campus, 77 Meintjies St, Sunnyside, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa
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