Supply & maintenance of bulk voice services & cucm upgrade – elidz tender (eastern cape)

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Returnable Documents: Eastern Cape Based suppliers Municipality Bill or Lease agreement of any valid, suppliers CSD report, owned suppliers. CSD report, persons with disabilities BBBEE Certificate/Affidavit/CSD report, misrepresentation of facts by a service provider may lead to disqualification. Should such misrepresentation be uncovered, documentation (Tax clearance etc.), CSD Registration Certificate, Valid Tax Clearance Certificate or SARS PIN, Please Note: All the above documents must be submitted with Envelope A - Technical Proposal.,

• Tenderers must be registered on CSD database from Treasury.

Preference is given to: (a) 51% Black-owned companies, (b) 51% Black Women-owned companies, (c) persons with 51% disability-owned companies, (d) SMMEs, (e) service providers located in Eastern Cape Province, (f) Youth-owned companies. Bidders must submit a valid B-BBEE certificate (SANAS accredited) or sworn affidavit for EMEs. Joint ventures must provide a consolidated B-BBEE certificate. Companies must be registered on the CSD database. Failure to meet specific goals may result in zero preference points.

The objective of this bid is to appoint a suitable service provider to supply ELIDZ with bulk voice services for

ELIDZ and its customers. The required solution must support highly available voice services, with a target

uptime of 99.999%, through redundant services delivered to both ELIDZ data centres.

Section B sets out the technical, functional, commercial and response requirements for the provision of

redundant bulk voice services to the ELIDZ and ELIDZ customers. The successful bidder must provide fibre-

based voice connectivity to both ELIDZ data centres, support migration from the existing PRI-based handoff to

SIP trunks, complete number porting, upgrade the existing Cisco Unified Communications Manager

environment, provide compatible handsets where required, and submit all required project management,

reporting and reference documentation.

2.1 The scope of this RFP includes the following:

The preferred service providers will work with the ELIDZ and supply and install all elements required to provide

the below listed solutions.

This RFP will include all components required for voice solutions as part of this RFP.

High level project deliverables are as below:

• Provide Voice services over fiber to both the East London IDZ datacenters for redundancy.

• Voice services to the East London IDZ needs to be redundant.

• Fiber services will need to be installed before the contract start date.

2.2 Considerations

2.2.1 Requirements Considerations

The score achieved for quality functionality will be assessed using the criteria below, with each criterion scored

up to the maximum points indicated. Failure to submit the required information for a criterion will result in a

score of zero for that criterion. All technical requirements listed under Section B, item 3, Detailed

Requirements, are mandatory; failure to provide any required service or deliverable will render the submission

non-responsive.

2.2.2 Functionality Evaluation Matrix

Item

Total Max

Evaluation Areas Evaluation Criteria Max Evaluation Description

Points

Points

Complete proposed solution

addressing all mandatory

requirements, including voice

services over dedicated fibre to

Technical solution and both ELIDZ data centres,

Proposed Solution 45 45

mandatory compliance redundancy, number porting,

CUCM upgrade requirements,

handset replacement where

applicable, reporting, billing

and all required deliverables.

Partial, incomplete or non-

compliant proposed solutions

Clear implementation

approach, including project

timelines, migration plan,

Project plan, migration,

Implementation testing and acceptance plan,

testing and risk 20 20

Approach risk management,

management

dependencies, assumptions

and service continuity

measures.

Relevant project team, skills

Service Provider Project team skills, matrix, certifications,

Expertise and competency and 20 20 qualifications, years of relevant

Resources relevant experience experience and evidence of

similar project experience.

A maximum of 15 points will be

awarded for references. The

reference score will be

calculated proportionally based

Completed reference on the number of valid

References 15 15

letters reference letters submitted and

the average rating achieved

across those reference letters,

using the following formula:

Reference Score = (Number of

Item

Total Max

Evaluation Areas Evaluation Criteria Max Evaluation Description

Points

Points

valid reference letters

submitted ÷ 3) × (Average

Reference Rating of valid

letters submited ÷ 10) × 15.

Scores will be rounded to two

decimal places. Reference

letters must be completed on

the required ELIDZ template,

signed, stamped and dated by

the referee. Incomplete,

unsigned, unstamped, undated,

non-template or unverifiable

reference letters may be

excluded from the calculation

or scored as zero.

Total Functionality Score 100

NB: The minimum score required to proceed to the next evaluation phase is 70 out of 100.

2.2.3 Financial Considerations

• Payments will be monthly for services and once off for the upgrade. This is a rates base tender; the

focus will be on the rates per minute for each call type.

• It is expected that rate adjustments during the tender period will be passed on to ELIDZ so that it will

remain competitive in the market. Annual rate review will be scheduled as part of the project.

2.2.4 Time Constraints

• The East London Industrial Development Zone would like this project to commence on the 01

February 2027.

• Signing of the service level agreement is a requirement before the project commences.

• Fiber services will need to be installed by 16th of January 2027 to ensure we have time to install,

configure, test and port ELIDZ number range.

2.2.5 Area of Service and Facilities

• The delivery of services will be required at the East London IDZ offices, Lower Chester Road,

Sunnyridge, East London or anywhere the service is required.

• Targeted locations are the Daralan and IronForge datacenters.

3 Detailed Requirements

This section will aim to unpack all elements required for this project.

Before go-live, the successful bidder must complete testing and acceptance activities with ELIDZ. At minimum,

this must include confirmation of connectivity at both data centres, SIP trunk registration and failover testing,

inbound and outbound call testing, number porting validation, emergency and geographic call routing

validation where applicable, test calls across the main call types, and confirmation that reporting and billing

outputs reflect the agreed rates. Final acceptance will be subject to ELIDZ sign-off.

To support objective functionality scoring, bidders must provide sufficient detail and supporting evidence for

each evaluation area in the functionality matrix. The technical proposal must therefore include a complete

proposed solution, implementation methodology, project plan, migration approach, testing and acceptance

plan, risk register, service continuity measures, project team skills matrix, relevant certifications, evidence of

an average of at least five (5) years’ relevant experience across the required disciplines, relevant project

experience, and completed reference letters. CVs are not required unless specifically requested by ELIDZ

during clarification.

The proposed solution must clearly confirm compliance with all mandatory requirements, including dedicated

fibre-based voice services to both ELIDZ data centres, redundancy and failover design, SIP trunk integration,

number porting, call capacity, CUCM upgrade, licensing, handset replacement where applicable, reporting,

billing integration, implementation timelines and required project deliverables. Failure to address any

mandatory requirement may result in the proposal being deemed non-responsive.

Bidders must also provide a clear delivery approach that demonstrates how the solution will be implemented,

tested, accepted and transitioned into service without unacceptable disruption to ELIDZ operations. This must

include key milestones, dependencies, assumptions, resource allocation, outage or change-window

requirements, escalation arrangements, risk mitigation measures and post-implementation support

arrangements.

3.1 Detailed solution

3.1.1 Reference Material

Google Earth overview:

Head Office Building:

IronForge Data Center:

3.2 Voice Configuration Details

We are currently running two (2) Cisco Call managers on version 11.5 in a Publisher/Subscriber configuration.

We have two (2) voice gateways as per diagram 1, each connected to a router providing voice over IP solution

with our current service providers. Our Call Manager can accept SIP Trunks instead of the PRI’s. We currently

use the router-to-router handoff via PRI but would like to migrate to a Sip trunk as our desired configuration.

We currently have Openserve, and Dark Fiber Africa (DFA) located in IronForge DC, the primary DC and only

DFA is in the secondary DC (Daralan) as fiber service providers. You are, however, allowed to install your own

fiber services to the directed data centers provided they are in place as per the time frames stipulated above

to ensure the project will have service continuity. Do not propose a wireless solution as an interim measure

while you install your fiber, we will not accept this as a proposal.

Diagram 1

3.2.1 Voice Call Details

Our current Monthly Call Volume is -+6 500 minutes per month. We will require your proposal to include

growth up to 100 000 minutes per month. With a destination profile as per diagram 2.

Diagram 2

3.2.2 Proposed Voice Solution

a) We require voice service delivered at both data centers over fiber connectivity.

b) The current call capacity required is for maximum of 60 concurrent calls. This capacity will need

to be adjusted as more clients are connected and call volumes increase. Current call density is 2.5

between 9am and 2pm but this can change drastically on a new customer with a different call

profile like a call center.

c) We require our existing number ranges to be ported to the successful bidder. Our Current

number ranges are 043702 8200 - 8299, 08737 30700 - 31199, 04310 10149 – 10948.

d) We require additional geographic (043) number range once the current block is filled. This will be

requested once we reach 80% of the current number range. We currently only have about 250

active numbers.

3.3 Proposed Cisco Unified Call Manger (CUCM) Upgrade

a) We need our current CUCM upgraded to the latest software version, current version at the time of

this document is v15, but if a new version is released before the close of submissions we will need to

pivot to that version.

b) We currently have two (2) CUCM virtual servers a publisher and subscriber. Publisher deals with call

routing and subscriber with device registrations. Both will need to be upgraded to the latest version.

c) The upgrade of the call managers can be completed once the voice service is deployed and live as this

is the top priority, but cannot be delayed by more then 3-6 months of the project start date.

d) We need our current licenses migrated / upgraded to the latest software version.

a. Our current license compliment is:

i. Enhanced 346 installed 167 consumed.

ii. Basic 170 installed 134 consumed

iii. Essential 65 installed 29 consumed

iv. Unity 334 installed 214 consumed

b. Current Total voice licenses count 581 installed consumed 330.

c. Cater for 250 licenses with the latest version of CUCM software upgrade. If some of our

current licenses can be migrated, please plan for this as a cost saving.

e) Device Counts:

Device Protocol Count

CTI Port SCCP 1

Cisco 6921 SCCP 2

Cisco 6945 SCCP 4

Cisco 7811 SIP 19

Cisco 7821 SIP 81

Cisco 7940 SCCP 1

Cisco 7942 SCCP 111

Cisco 7962 SCCP 4

Cisco 7975 SCCP 2

Cisco 8851 SIP 6

f) Devices in the above list that are not completable with the latest version will need to be replaced with

a basic handset like 7821 or appropriate xx21 type. Your proposal needs to include these handsets.

g) Services that are open to remote work like the call manager upgrade and be completed remotely if

this can be done with minimal impact and risk to the customers, if this is required VPN connection will

be provided to complete this step.

3.4 Additional requirements

The ELIDZ have Imagicle Billy Blues 4 (https://www.imagicle.com/) as our TMS. Please include the cost for Call

Cost Customization for South Africa as part of your proposal. This is required to update our current billing rates

to the new rates provided as part of this RFP.

3.5 Project Management

The following minimum project management deliverables are required as part of this project:

• Project Initiation Document

• Project Kick-off Meeting

• Monthly Consumption and Performance Report

• Monthly Project Report Meeting Presented to the Project Team with Minutes

• Risk Register

• Project Close-out Report

The duration of this project will be 3 years.

As part of the technical proposal, bidders must submit sufficient project management and delivery information

to allow ELIDZ to score the implementation approach. This must include a proposed project plan with

milestones and target dates, migration plan, number porting plan, testing and acceptance plan, risk register,

service continuity plan, communication and escalation process, and close-out approach.

The bidder must also identify the proposed project manager, technical lead, Cisco voice specialist,

implementation resources and support or escalation resources, including their roles, responsibilities, relevant

qualifications, certifications, years of relevant experience and similar projects completed. The project team

must include at least one resource with a relevant Cisco voice certification applicable to the CUCM upgrade.

The skills matrix must demonstrate an average of at least five (5) years’ relevant experience across the

required disciplines. Where subcontractors or third-party carriers will be used, their roles and responsibilities

must be clearly stated.

4 Response Format

4.1 Company profile

• Provide an overview of your company profile.

• Provide information on your operation office locations. Do you have local offices in the BCM

Metropolitan Area \ Eastern Cape Province \ National or International?

• Provide a Municipal Clearance Certificate

• Provide an organogram for team allocated to this project in terms of roles and responsibilities

4.2 Service provider skills competency

• Provide a project team skills matrix listing all personnel who will form part of the project team,

including their proposed role, responsibilities, relevant qualifications, certifications, years of

relevant experience, similar projects completed, and whether they are internal resources,

subcontractors or third-party carrier resources. CVs are not required at submission stage;

however, bidders must provide sufficient summary information for ELIDZ to assess team

capability.

• The proposed team must include at least one resource with a relevant Cisco voice certification

applicable to the Cisco Unified Communications Manager upgrade. Proof of certification must

be submitted as part of the technical proposal.

• The skills matrix must demonstrate an average of at least five (5) years’ relevant experience

across the required disciplines, including voice services, SIP trunking, Cisco CUCM, number

porting, fibre connectivity, implementation, testing, project management and operational

support.

4.3 Detailed Proposed Solution

• Describe your understanding of the requirements in this tender and provide a complete

proposed solution that addresses all mandatory technical requirements.

• Provide sufficient technical detail to allow ELIDZ to confirm that the proposed solution is

complete, compliant and fit for purpose, including dedicated fibre services to both ELIDZ data

centres, redundancy, failover design, SIP trunk integration, call routing, call capacity, number

porting, geographic number range requirements, CUCM upgrade, licensing, handset

replacement where applicable, reporting and billing integration.

• Submit a compliance response against each mandatory deliverable and requirement in Section

B. The response must clearly indicate whether the bidder is compliant, partially compliant or

non-compliant, and must include explanatory comments where required. Partial or incomplete

proposed solutions may be deemed non-responsive.

• Provide an implementation approach that includes a project plan, key milestones, proposed

timelines, migration approach, number porting approach, testing and acceptance plan, service

continuity measures, change-window or outage requirements, and post-implementation

support arrangements.

• Provide a risk register identifying key implementation, technical, operational and third-party

risks, together with proposed mitigation measures, responsible parties and escalation

arrangements.

• Clearly state all assumptions, dependencies, exclusions and prerequisites that apply to the

proposal. This must include dependencies on existing ELIDZ infrastructure, required access to

data centres, firewall or routing requirements, licensing assumptions, porting dependencies,

third-party carrier dependencies, lead times for fibre installation, and any items excluded from

the proposed pricing.

4.4 References

• Provide up to three (3) completed reference letters relevant to this tender, stamped, signed and

dated by the referee. The reference letters must be completed on the ELIDZ template provided in

Annexure 2.

• Provide details of the relevant services delivered to each reference client, including the nature of

the service, project scope, implementation period, contract period where applicable, and contact

details of the referee.

• Reference scoring will be calculated proportionally based on the number of valid reference

letters submitted and the average rating provided by the referees, in line with the functionality

evaluation matrix.

• Only three (3) valid references will be scored

4.5 Monthly report sample.

Please provide a sample report. Proposed reporting tools and programs that you will be utilized.

Please forward any queries to: Zandile Mtebele at the following contact details:

E-mail: [email protected]

Tel: (043) 702 8200

Fax: (043) 702 8251

Annexure 1

JV Participation Documentation (If applicable)

Please Note: All the above documents must be submitted with Envelope A - Technical Proposal.

The price schedule and proposed solution costing must be submitted with Envelope B – Financial Proposal.

tenderer shall ensure that the rates and prices it has stated in the schedules cover all the obligations included in the

tender and sufficient for the proper completion of the project.

1.11 Tenderer’s condition

All tenderer’s shall be deemed to have waived, renounced and abandoned any terms and conditions printed or written

upon any stationery used by the tenderer for the purpose of, or in connection with the submission of this tender.

1.12 Disqualification

decimal places. Reference

letters must be completed on

the required ELIDZ template,

signed, stamped and dated by

the referee. Incomplete,

unsigned, unstamped, undated,

non-template or unverifiable

reference letters may be

excluded from the calculation

or scored as zero.

Total Functionality Score 100

NB: The minimum score required to proceed to the next evaluation phase is 70 out of 100.

2.2.3 Financial Considerations

• Payments will be monthly for services and once off for the upgrade. This is a rates base tender; the

focus will be on the rates per minute for each call type.

• It is expected that rate adjustments during the tender period will be passed on to ELIDZ so that it will

remain competitive in the market. Annual rate review will be scheduled as part of the project.

2.2.4 Time Constraints

• The East London Industrial Development Zone would like this project to commence on the 01

February 2027.

• Signing of the service level agreement is a requirement before the project commences.

• Fiber services will need to be installed by 16th of January 2027 to ensure we have time to install,

configure, test and port ELIDZ number range.

2.2.5 Area of Service and Facilities

• The delivery of services will be required at the East London IDZ offices, Lower Chester Road,

to the new rates provided as part of this RFP.

3.5 Project Management

Payment Terms: PAYMENT TERMS

A maximum payment processing period of thirty (30) days will be enforced. The thirty-day period is effective from the

date a complete claim is received. A complete claim requires the following to be processed:

• Original invoices;
• Original covering letter of approval by the consultant where applicable;
• Original covering letter of appro

Valid Tax Clearance Certificate or SARS PIN

CSD Registration Certificate

CSD report

tender. Failing to submit the compulsory documentation will lead to disqualification due to non-responsiveness.

(Tax clearance etc.)

Eastern Cape Based suppliers Municipality Bill or Lease agreement of any valid

suppliers CSD report

owned suppliers. CSD report

persons with disabilities BBBEE Certificate/Affidavit/CSD report

experience, and completed reference letters. CVs are not required unless specifically requested by ELIDZ

• Tenderers must be registered on CSD database from Treasury.

documentation (Tax clearance etc.)

Please Note: All the above documents must be submitted with Envelope A - Technical Proposal.

B-BBEE Minimum Level: 4

Points Allocation: 20 points

B-BBEE Details: OJ-ICT-134

Request for proposal (RFP) pack

Supply and maintenance of bulk voice services 2027-2030 and

Cucm upgrade for the

East london industrial development zone soc lt

START DATE: 7th August 2026

CLOSING DATE: 4th September 2026 (12h00)

Name of tenderer: ______________________________

Tenderer’s address:

Signed By: Mr M Nontshinga PM/ELIDZ

Checklist for submissions

Item tick

Supporting Documentation To Be Submitted

Accredited Valid Original or Certified B-BBEE Certificate or Letter from an Accountant

confirming Annual Turnover for EMES - Sworn Affidavit confirming annual turnover and

B-BEE management split of company

Company Profile

Valid Proof of Office Location (Municipality Bill or Lease agreement) or any proof of adress

Three (3) Completed Reference Letters (Annexure 2)

Proposed Solution, Implementation Approach, Project Plan, Risk Register, Testing and

Acceptance Plan

Project Team Skills Matrix, Cisco Voice Certification and Relevant Experience Summary

Compulsory Documentation To Be Submitted

Completed and Signed ELIDZ Procurement Handbook with all relevant supporting

documentation (Tax clearance etc.)

CSD Registration Certificate

Valid Tax Clearance Certificate or SARS PIN

JV Participation Documentation (If applicable)

Please Note: All the above documents must be submitted with Envelope A - Technical Proposal.

The price schedule and proposed solution costing must be submitted with Envelope B – Financial Proposal.

RFP pack contents

1. Section A: General Guidelines
2. Section B: Requirements Specification
3. Annexure 1: Procurement Handbook
4. Annexure 2: Reference Letter

Section a: gene

HDI Requirement: 51%

lead to disqualification from consideration for selection. The ELIDZ cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy of any

information obtained outside the formal communication process as stipulated.

Any misrepresentation, in particular as it relates to the truthfulness of involvement of HDI’s at both ownership level,

management and operational level will also result in immediate disqualification.

1.13 Sheq compliance

1. Project specific Safety, Health & Environmental (SHE) Risk assessments,

a. SHE Risk assessments to include activity specific risks, service providers risk to the ELIDZ and the ELIDZ

risk to them;

identified risks: for example (waste management plans, fall protection plans etc.);

3. List of applicable PPE required;

4. Letters of Good standing with workman’s compensation where applicable;

5. Applicable legal appointments - as required;

6. List of chemicals and related Material Safety Data Sheets;

7. Copy of scope of work;

8. Copy of appointment;

9. PPE issue register;

10. Requisite training / competency certificates where applicable;

11. Medicals as applicable to the nature of the work (for example, there must be medicals for employees who will be

working at heights to confirm that they are fit to work at heights);

1.14 Acceptance of tender in whole or in part

Section a: general guidelines .................................................................................... 4

1.1 Evaluation criteria and commercial equity goals..................................................................... 5

1.2 Conditions of tendering .................................................................................................................... 8

1.3 Signatures on tenders ....................................................................................................................... 9

1.4 Area of service/point of delivery .................................................................................................... 9

1.5 Special conditions applicable to this contract ........................................................................... 9

1.6 Company profile................................................................................................................................. 10

1.7 Inadequate service levels and performance .............................................................................. 10

1.8 Service level agreement................................................................................................................... 10

1.9 Price basis ............................................................................................................................................ 11

1.10 Payment terms ............................................................................................................................... 11

1.11 Sufficiency of tender ................................................................................................................... 11

1.12 Tenderer’s condition ................................................................................................................... 11

1.13 Disqualification ............................................................................................................................ 12

1.14 Sheq compliance ........................................................................................................................... 12

1.15 Acceptance of tender in whole or in part ............................................................................. 13

1.16 Supporting documentation to be submitted ........................................................................ 13

1.17 Compulsory documentation to be submitted ....................................................................... 13

1.18 Popia ................................................................................................................................................. 14

1.19 Method of submission ................................................................................................................. 14

SECTION B: REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION .................................................................. xvi

3.2 Voice Configuration Details

We are currently running two (2) Cisco Call managers on version 11.5 in a Publisher/Subscriber configuration.

We have two (2) voice gateways as per diagram 1, each connected to a router providing voice over IP solution

with our current service providers. Our Call Manager can accept SIP Trunks instead of the PRI’s. We currently

use the router-to-router handoff via PRI but would like to migrate to a Sip trunk as our desired configuration.

We currently have Openserve, and Dark Fiber Africa (DFA) located in IronForge DC, the primary DC and only

DFA is in the secondary DC (Daralan) as fiber service providers. You are, however, allowed to install your own

fiber services to the directed data centers provided they are in place as per the time frames stipulated above

to ensure the project will have service continuity. Do not propose a wireless solution as an interim measure

while you install your fiber, we will not accept this as a proposal.

Diagram 1

3.2.1 Voice Call Details

Our current Monthly Call Volume is -+6 500 minutes per month. We will require your proposal to include

growth up to 100 000 minutes per month. With a destination profile as per diagram 2.

Diagram 2

3.2.2 Proposed Voice Solution

a) We require voice service delivered at both data centers over fiber connectivity.

b) The current call capacity required is for maximum of 60 concurrent calls. This capacity will need

to be adjusted as more clients are connected and call volumes increase. Current call density is 2.5

between 9am and 2pm but this can change drastically on a new customer with a different call

profile like a call center.

c) We require our existing number ranges to be ported to the successful bidder. Our Current

number ranges are 043702 8200 - 8299, 08737 30700 - 31199, 04310 10149 – 10948.

d) We require additional geographic (043) number range once the current block is filled. This will be

requested once we reach 80% of the current number range. We currently only have about 250

active numbers.

3.3 Proposed Cisco Unified Call Manger (CUCM) Upgrade

a) We need our current CUCM upgraded to the latest software version, current version at the time of

this document is v15, but if a new version is released before the close of submissions we will need to

pivot to that version.

b) We currently have two (2) CUCM virtual servers a publisher and subscriber. Publisher deals with call

routing and subscriber with device registrations. Both will need to be upgraded to the latest version.

c) The upgrade of the call managers can be completed once the voice service is deployed and live as this

is the top priority, but cannot be delayed by more then 3-6 months of the project start date.

d) We need our current licenses migrated / upgraded to the latest software version.

a. Our current license compliment is:

i. Enhanced 346 installed 167 consumed.

ii. Basic 170 installed 134 consumed

iii. Essential 65 installed 29 consumed

iv. Unity 334 installed 214 consumed

b. Current Total voice licenses count 581 installed consumed 330.

c. Cater for 250 licenses with the latest version of CUCM software upgrade. If some of our

current licenses can be migrated, please plan for this as a cost saving.

e) Device Counts:

Evaluation criteria and commercial equity goals

preference will be given to companies with a better rating in terms of contributions towards Broad Based Black Economic

The “tender” will be evaluated in accordance with the ELIDZ Procurement Policy using the 80/20 rule i.e. 80 of evaluation points

will be based on price competitiveness and 20 will be based on Specific Goals scoring. The following formula is used

Calculation of the points for Price

Ps = Points scored for price of tender under consideration R = Percentage of the price

Score Breakdown

Price (R) = 80 points Specific goals = 20 points

A maximum of 20 points may be awarded to a tenderer for the specific goal specified for the tender. The points scored for the

specific goal must be added to the points scored for price and the total must be rounded off to the nearest two decimal places.

Subject to section 2(1)(f) of the Act, the contract must be awarded to the tenderer scoring the highest points.

Preferential and specific goals shall be as per below may include

(g) Any other RDP goal or preference points in favor of historically disadvantaged individuals, may be added

(a) the applicable preference point system as envisaged in regulations

points that will be awarded to each goal, and proof of the claim for such goal.

6. disqualify Proposals submitted that do not meet the necessary functionality where required;

1.1 Evaluation criteria and commercial equity goals..................................................................... 5

valid B-BBEE certificate and/or sworn affidavit may result in zero points being awarded for preference.

The following table shall be used to convert the Specific goals crit

The score achieved for quality functionality will be assessed using the criteria below, with each criterion scored

up to the maximum points indicated. Failure to submit the required information for a criterion will result in a

score of zero for that criterion. All technical requirements listed under Section B, item 3, Detailed

2.2.2 Functionality Evaluation Matrix

Evaluation Areas Evaluation Criteria Max Evaluation Description

A maximum of 15 points will be