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13.1. A Service Level Agreement must be signed with the successful bidder before work commences. A contractual relationship will only commence once a Service Level Agreement is signed between the parties; 13.2. Proposed key staff members must participate actively and be available to perform services in accordance with the contract. In instances where a proposed key staff member is not available to perform services at a specific period in time, the bidder will be responsible to provide a replacement with similar qualifications and experience in order to guarantee the same standard of work to the dtic. Each key team member’s role must be clearly outlined in the project plan; 13.3. A project plan detailing the tasks, activities and target dates for the work to be undertaken should be submitted to the dtic within 10 working days after appointment of the successful Service Provider. Each key team member’s role must be clearly outlined in the project plan; 13.4. As previously indicated the dtic reserves the right to vet all qualifications and other documentation provided by bidders to prove relevant qualifications, experience and expertise prior to the appointment of a Service Provider; 13.5. Copyright and intellectual property rights to all documentation, reports etc. that emanate from this assignment will vest with the dtic; 13.6. This bid and all contracts emanating there from will be subject to the General Conditions of Contract issued in accordance with Treasury Regulation 16A published in terms of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act ). Special Conditions of Contract are supplementary to that of the General Conditions of Contract. Not all bids will contain special conditions of contract. Where, however, the Special Conditions of Contract are in conflict with the General Conditions of Contract, the Special Conditions of Contract prevail; 13.7. Bids received after the closing date and time, at the address indicated in the bid documents, will not be accepted for consideration and where possible, be returned unopened to the bidder; 13.8. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the fact that amendments to any of the Bid Conditions or setting of counter conditions by bidders may result in the invalidation of such bids; 13.9. The State reserves the right to conduct supplier due diligence prior to final award or at any time during the contract period. This may include site visits; 13.10. The contact Officials of the dtic may communicate with bidders where clarity is sought after the closing date of the bid and prior to the award of the contract, or to extend the validity period of the bid, if necessary; 13.11. All communication between the bidder and the contact Officials of the dtic must be done in writing; 13.12. Bidders must ensure that they are registered on the Central Supplier Database of the National Treasury as this is compulsory in order for bidders to be considered for bids; 13.13. Bidders must ensure that their tax matters are in order in line with the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act and the Treasury Regulations; 13.14. Bidders’ whose tax matters are not declared to be in order will be disqualified; 13.15. Bidders’ attention is drawn to the tax requirements stated on the SBD 1 form; 13.16. Where applicable acceptance of a bid will be subject to the condition that both the contracting firm and its personnel providing the service must be cleared by the appropriate authorities to the level of CONFIDENTIAL/SECRET/TOP SECRET (whichever one is stipulated in the relevant specification / ToR). Obtaining a positive recommendation is the responsibility of the contracting firm concerned. If the principal contractor appoints a subcontractor, the same provisions and measures will apply to the subcontractor. Acceptance of the tender is also subject to the condition that the contractor will implement all such security measures as the safe performance of the contract may require.” (Minimum Information Security Standards. Chapter 5); 13.17. The points scored for functionality, price and preferential procurement points will be rounded off to the nearest 2 decimals; 13.18. In cases where the tenderer uses sub-contracting, then it is the responsibility of the tenderer to select competent sub-contractors that meet all the requirements of the r in order to ensure that the bidders tender is not jeopardized by the subcontractor during evaluation. Bidders are responsible for all due diligence on their subcontractors; 13.19. In cases where above market related prices are quoted the right is reserved to negotiate with the three preferred bidders (three highest on final points for price and preferential procurement points); 13.20. Bidders to take note that the award of the tender may be subject to price negotiation with the preferred bidder; 13.21. This is subject to the PPPFA and its Regulations and the dtic’s SCM Policy; 13.22. Bidders must submit concrete proof of the existence of joint ventures and/or consortium arrangements. the dtic will accept signed agreements as acceptable proof of the existence of a joint venture and/or consortium arrangement; 13.23. The joint venture and/or consortium agreements must clearly set out the roles and responsibilities of the Lead Partner and the joint venture and/or consortium party. The agreement must also clearly identify the Lead Partner, who shall be given the power of attorney to bind the other party/parties in respect of matters pertaining to the joint venture and/or consortium arrangement; 13.24. Regulation 13 (c) of the Public Service Regulations 2016 determines that an employee shall not conduct business with an organ of state or be a director of a public or private company conducting business with an organ of state unless such employee is in an official capacity a director of a company listed in schedule 2 and 3 of the Public Finance Management Act. As this regulation prohibits public service employees from conducting business with an organ of state; either in a personal capacity or as a director of a private or public company, non-compliance with this regulation will lead to automatic disqualification of a bid; the dtic reserves the right: 13.25. To award this tender to a bidder that did not score the highest total number of points, only in accordance with section 2(1)(f) of the PPPFA (Act ); 13.26. To negotiate with one or more preferred bidder(s) identified in the evaluation process, regarding any terms and conditions, including price without offering the same opportunity to any other bidder(s) who has not been awarded the status of the preferred bidder(s); 13.27. To accept part of a tender rather than the whole; 13.28. To carry out site inspections, product evaluations or explanatory meetings in order to verify the nature and quality of the services offered by the bidder(s), whether before or after adjudication of the Bid; 13.29. To correct any mistakes at any stage of the tender that may have been in the documents or occurred at any stage of the tender process; 13.30. To cancel and/or terminate the process at any stage, including after the Closing Date and/or after presentations have been made, and/or after tenders have been evaluated and/or after the preferred bidder(s) have been notified of their status as such; 13.31. Award to multiple bidders based either on size or geographic considerations; 13.32. Bidders will be afforded an opportunity to pose questions relating to this RFQ/ToR up to 5 calendar days before closing date of the RFQ. Thereafter no queries/clarification requests will be responded to. Questions raised will be responded to one by one as received from potential bidders to assist in compilation of proposals. During the final