Multi-disciplinary consultancy for eskom's traderco and edx change establishment

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• Failure to fully complete and submit the form to Eskom within the prescribed period will render your tender non-responsive and you will be disqualified.

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• The form must be fully completed with: Business name/JV, Contact Person, Tel (landline), Cellphone, and E-mail address.
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Suitably qualified suppliers capable of providing multi-disciplinary consultancy services. Must be registered on Eskom's e-tendering system and complete mandatory e-tendering training acknowledgement.

• This document is an E-Tendering Training Acknowledgement Form (Template ID: 240-9722574 Rev 1).
• Bidders must complete the form, acknowledging they have undergone self-training via the e-Tendering Noddy Guide, video, or a clarification meeting.
• The form requires details including business name/JV, contact person, telephone numbers, and email address.
• An authorized signature, designation, and date are required.

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• EOI/RFI Number: E3276DXGOU.
• Works/goods/services: Multi-disciplinary consultancy.

• Closing date: 07 August 2026.
• Closing time: 10h00 (South African Standard Time).
• No other dates (e.g., briefings, site visits, clarification deadlines) are stated.

• Contact person: Bridget Seroka.
• Designation: Assistant officer Procurement.
• Telephone: 011 800 6223.
• Email: [email protected].
• No physical address is provided.

• Submit electronically via Eskom E-tendering at https://eTendering.eskom.co.za.
• Upload via Eskom Tender bulletin site on the Eskom E-tendering page and the National Treasury Tender Portal.
• Submission deadline: 07 August 2026 at 10h00 (South African Standard Time).
• Submit documents in PDF and Excel format.
• Maximum upload size per document is 500 MB; total submission restricted to 4 GB.
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• No hard copies will be accepted.
• If you resubmit, only the latest version will be accepted; previous submissions become null and void.
• Ensure the submission status is indicated as complete.
• Refer to the Supplier Help Manual guide and video on the Eskom E-Tendering page (Annexure E).

• If resubmitting, only the latest version is accepted; previous submissions become null and void.
• Supplier Help Manual available for guidance.

Suppliers must have proven experience in establishing or supporting electricity trading businesses, wholesale electricity markets, market reform programs, and similar strategic transformations. A deep understanding of the South African electricity sector, the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act, SAWEM, and the regulatory environment is essential. The ability to form consortia or strategic partnerships is implied. Financial and technical capability to deliver a complex, multi-year consultancy is required.

• Scope: Provide multi-disciplinary consultancy to support establishment and operationalisation of TraderCo (unregulated trading entity) and EDx Change (regulated trading entity) interface.
• Key deliverables include:

• TraderCo and EDx Change establishment, business models, target operating models, organisational design, governance, capacitating plans, processes, and risk frameworks.
• Interface and ring-fencing framework defining boundaries, roles, responsibilities, interactions, customer ownership, shared services, transfer pricing, information sharing, governance controls, and regulatory ring-fencing.
• Commercial and contracting framework including transaction structures, contracting models, standard agreements, pricing methodologies, valuation frameworks, hedging approaches, and risk allocation.
• Governance framework for Board, committees, management, decision-making authorities, procurement procedures, oversight mechanisms, and Eskom parenting arrangements.
• Trading and risk handbooks covering mandates, approved products, risk appetite, limits, measurement methodologies, reporting, and breach management.
• Financing, treasury, credit, and bankability framework determining capital, funding, liquidity, collateral requirements, and financial sustainability.
• PFMA Section 54 and shareholder approval documentation including business cases, assessments, approval submissions.
• Regulatory, licensing, and market participation framework for operating within the South African Wholesale Electricity Market.
• End-to-end process and workflow design linked to Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) system, covering customer onboarding, trading, forecasting, optimisation, scheduling, settlement, invoicing, reporting, and internal controls.
• Route-to-market and product strategy for market entry, including green energy products, wheeling solutions, trading products, customer risk management solutions, aggregation offerings, and stakeholder engagement.
• Implementation roadmap, delivery model, partnership, joint venture, and investment strategy integrating workstreams, identifying delivery partners, evaluating opportunities.

• Respondents must demonstrate experience in electricity trading, wholesale markets, market reforms, route-to-market strategies, regulated/unregulated business models, and transformation initiatives.
• Provide details of comparable projects, proposed methodology, project team, understanding of the South African electricity sector, delivery plan, knowledge transfer approach, strategic partnerships, and ability to support regulatory approvals and implementation.

• Develop interface and ring-fencing framework defining boundaries, roles, responsibilities, interactions, customer ownership, shared services, transfer pricing, information sharing, governance controls, and regulatory ring-fencing.
• Design commercial and contracting framework including transaction structures, contracting models, standard agreements, pricing methodologies, valuation frameworks, hedging approaches, and risk allocation.
• Establish governance framework for TraderCo and EDx Change.
• Define regulatory, licensing, and market participation requirements for operating within the South African Wholesale Electricity Market.
• Design end-to-end processes and workflows linked to ETRM system, covering customer onboarding, trading, forecasting, optimisation, scheduling, settlement, invoicing, reporting, and internal controls.
• Develop route-to-market and product strategy for market entry, including green energy products, wheeling solutions, trading products, customer risk management solutions, aggregation offerings, and stakeholder engagement.
• Create implementation roadmap integrating workstreams, identifying delivery partners and resources, evaluating partnership and investment opportunities.
• Proposed methodology should include key assumptions, delivery approach, quality assurance processes, delivery plan with timelines, knowledge transfer approach, strategic partnerships, and ability to support regulatory approvals, governance processes, commercial frameworks, risk management, and implementation.

• Describe your organisation's experience in establishing or supporting electricity trading businesses, wholesale electricity markets, market reforms, or similar strategic transformation initiatives.
• Provide examples of comparable projects and outcomes achieved.

• Provide indicative prices.
• Note: Any prices provided are non-binding and non-committal.

• Provide an indicative commercial proposal including resource assumptions, pricing approach, billing structure, and validity period.
• Note: Any prices provided are non-binding and non-committal.
• No other financial requirements (e.g., bonds, guarantees, payment terms) are stated.

• No specific compliance requirements (e.g., CSD, tax, B-BBEE, CIDB, CIPC, professional registrations, local content) are stated.
• The scope includes developing frameworks for regulatory, licensing, and market participation compliance.

• Scope includes developing governance frameworks with decision-making authorities, procurement procedures, oversight mechanisms, and Eskom parenting arrangements.
• Develop trading and risk handbooks covering mandates, approved products, risk appetite, limits, measurement methodologies, reporting, and breach management.
• Establish financing, treasury, credit, and bankability frameworks for capital, funding, liquidity, collateral, and financial sustainability.
• Prepare PFMA Section 54 and shareholder approval documentation.

• EOI/RFI Number: E3276DXGOU.
• Focus on electricity trading and provision of professional consulting services to capacitate market participants in trading and risk management.

• No formal evaluation criteria are provided; the EOI focuses on gathering information on experience, methodology, team, understanding, delivery plan, partnerships, and support capabilities.