Supply and delivery of branded personal protective equipment for aidc at automotive supplier park

Agreement and purpose

• The integrity pact forms part of the tender pack and must be signed and submitted with the bid.
• The bidder's CEO or authorised representative signs the pact; failure to sign it during submission disqualifies the winning bidder.
• The pact establishes a shared commitment to transparent, competitive and corruption-free procurement before, during and after the contract.

Governing principles

• Both parties must observe applicable fair-competition and anti-corruption law.
• Both parties must protect confidential information, maintain ethical conduct and protect the government's reputation.
• Officials must not solicit or accept benefits connected to the procurement process, and bidders must receive equal and impartial treatment.

Closing: 27 October 2026 at 11:00

Service delivery address

Automotive Supplier Park

30 Helium Road

Rosslyn

Pretoria

Returnable document

• Integrity Pact for Businesses: the bidder's CEO or authorised representative must sign it, and the signed pact must accompany the tender submission.

Disqualification risk

• A winning bidder that did not sign the pact during submission is disqualified.

Bid disclosure

• The bidder must disclose all payments made, committed or intended in connection with the award, including payments to agents, brokers and other intermediaries.

Pass/fail award condition

• Award is conditional on the bidder having signed the Integrity Pact during submission; failure to do so disqualifies the winning bidder.

Supply and delivery

• Branded personal protective equipment for AIDC.

Delivery location

• Automotive Supplier Park, 30 Helium Road, Rosslyn, Pretoria.

Eligibility declarations

• The bidder, or anyone acting on its behalf, must confirm no court conviction for fraud or corruption involving procurement or tendering.
• The bidder must also confirm no conviction for theft or extortion.
• The bidder must confirm that it is not listed on the National Treasury Restricted Suppliers database or the Register of Tender Defaulters.

Anti-corruption and fair competition

• Bidders must not give or promise bribes, gifts, rewards, benefits, commissions, fees, brokerage or other inducements to officials or connected third parties in return for an advantage.
• Bidders must not collude, make undisclosed agreements, fix prices, cartelise or otherwise restrict competition.
• The bidder and Gauteng Provincial Government must observe applicable provincial, national, continental and international fair-competition and anti-corruption law.
• All payments to agents, brokers and other intermediaries connected to the award must be disclosed.

Reporting and subcontracting

• The bidder must report attempted or completed violations and alleged unethical conduct to the Gauteng Ethics Hotline.
• A principal bidder is responsible for ensuring that each subcontractor adopts the integrity pact.

Conflicts and conduct

• No money may be lent or borrowed, and no monetary dealings or transactions may take place, with tender-committee members or Gauteng Provincial Government officials.
• Tender-committee conflicts of interest must be declared on the prescribed form.
• Both parties must protect confidential information unless disclosure is authorised.
• The bidder, its partners and its subcontractors must maintain ethical conduct and avoid conduct that could damage the government's reputation.

Environmental, health and safety

• Applicable environmental, health and safety regulations must be followed.

Ethics reporting channels

• Gauteng Ethics Hotline: toll-free 080 1111 633; SMS call-back 49017; email [email protected]; fax 086 726 1681; website www.thehotline.co.za.
• National Anti-Corruption Hotline: toll-free 0800 701 701; email [email protected]; fax 0800 204 965; website www.publicservicecorruptionhotline.org.za.
• Gauteng Provincial Office walk-in address: Office of the Premier, 55 Marshall Street, Marshalltown, 2001.
• Chief Directorate: Integrity address: Private Bag X121, Pretoria, 0001.
• Public Service Commission address: Schreiner Chambers, 6th Floor, 94 Pritchard Street, Johannesburg, 2001.

Environmental, health and safety

• Both parties must comply with every applicable environmental, health and safety requirement.

Bidder integrity duties

• The bidder must prevent corrupt, unfair and unlawful conduct during bidding, the pre-contract stage and contract performance.
• The bidder must avoid inducements, collusion and undisclosed agreements, disclose intermediary payments, secure subcontractor adoption of the pact and report unethical conduct.
• The bidder must provide the required declarations on convictions and restricted-supplier or tender-defaulter status.
• The bidder must avoid monetary dealings with procurement decision-makers and ensure that conflicts of interest are declared on the prescribed form.

Confidentiality

• Each party must keep information received through the business relationship confidential unless authorised to disclose it.

Breach and remedies

• Breach or false information may attract administrative charges and penalties under applicable rules and laws, and may be dealt with under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act.
• The government may end negotiations without compensation; cancel an awarded contract without compensation; recover amounts already paid; cancel other contracts with the bidder and claim liquidated damages equal to the contract value; and submit the bidder's details to National Treasury for registration as a tender defaulter.
• These remedies do not prevent subsequent civil or criminal proceedings.

Conflict-related termination

• Lending or borrowing money, or conducting monetary dealings with tender-committee members or government officials, may result in rescission of the contract and all other contracts with the bidder.

Duration

• The pact applies throughout the tender process and remains effective until the contract has been completed to the satisfaction of both parties.