SABC enterprise supplier development incubation programme – ICT sector beneficiaries (all provinces)

Advertisement date: 2 September 2026. Closing date and time: 14 October 2026 at 12:00 noon. Compulsory briefing sessions (virtual and physical) at 11:00am on the following dates and venues: Gauteng — 9 October 2026, SABC Radio Park Building, Auckland Park; Western Cape — 9 September 2026, SABC Offices, 209 Beach Road, Sea Point; Eastern Cape (Gqeberha) — 15 September 2026, Conyngham Road, Parsons Hill, Gqeberha; Eastern Cape (East London) — 9 September 2026, venue to be advised via addendum; Eastern Cape (Umtata) — 15 September 2026, 96 Sutherland Street, PRD Building, Umtata; Limpopo — 29 September 2026, SABC Offices, 19 Hospital Street, Polokwane; North West — 18 September 2026, Cnr Albert Luthuli Drive & James Moroka, Mmabatho; Limpopo (Thohoyandou) — 1 October 2026, SABC Offices, Mphephu Street, next to Vhembe District Municipality; Free State — 6 October 2026, Cnr Kellner and Markgraaf Streets, Westdene, Bloemfontein; KwaZulu-Natal — 18 September 2026, SABC Offices, 100 KE Masing Road, Durban; Mpumalanga — 22 September 2026, City Centre Complex, Cnr Andrew & Madiba Roads, Nelspruit (Mbombela). Virtual Teams links are provided for each session.

Enquiries: [email protected]. Submissions: [email protected]. Telephone: 060 886 0276 (appears in virtual meeting link for Gauteng briefing).

Submission method: email to [email protected]. WeTransfer or Google Drive links must remain valid for 30 days after submission. Closing date and time: 14 October 2026 at 12:00 noon. Late submissions are disqualified. Returnable documents (all must be completed, signed and submitted): B-BBEE Certificate or Sworn Affidavit; SARS PIN or Letter of Good Standing; CIPC Registration document and Letter of Good Standing; Financial Statements, Management Accounts or Company Bank Statement for the last 12 months. Completed beneficiary information table including company name, trading name, CSD number, selected province with proof of residence (failure to tick province and provide proof of residence leads to disqualification), email address, telephone number, VAT registration number (if any), and authorised signature. Conditions of participation: willingness to attend an interview; willingness to sign the Enterprise Development Agreement with SABC; provision of any additional documents SABC may require; SABC reserves the right to conduct site visits at its discretion.

Mandatory criterion: EME must operate in the ICT sector within the SABC regional office (province) applied for. Non-compliance results in automatic disqualification. Only bidders meeting the mandatory criterion proceed to functionality evaluation. Functionality evaluation: scored out of 60 points; bidders scoring less than 60 points are declared non-responsive and eliminated. Evaluation criteria and points (each 10 points, total 60): Business Turnover — turnover between R30 000 and R1 000 000 per annum with at least one client in the last 12 months; Tax Compliance — tax compliant relative to reported turnover; Black Ownership — at least 51% owned by black people; Youth/Women/Disabled Ownership — at least 51% owned by black youth, women or persons with disabilities; Designated Area Ownership — at least 51% owned by black people living in rural, underdeveloped areas or townships; Business Proposal — commercially viable business idea demonstrating innovation, financial projections and team capacity. Objective criteria: SABC may exclude beneficiaries in litigation with SABC, blacklisted or involved in fraud/misrepresentation; maximum of 10 beneficiaries may be appointed based on final ranking; beneficiaries previously appointed under the same programme are not eligible to apply.

Programme: Enterprise and Supplier Development Incubation for ICT sector beneficiaries. Objective: empower suppliers through monetary and non-monetary support based on a needs analysis per beneficiary. Key focus areas: coaching and mentoring; access to markets (supplier linkages); business and technical training; monthly engagement sessions and workshops; platform for emerging suppliers to understand SABC tendering requirements to increase supplier pipeline and improve tender success rate. Monitoring requirements: signed ESD agreement; reporting on individual business unit performance; signed daily attendance register by each beneficiary; reporting on strategic alliances with external stakeholders and their value-add; documented employee time allocated to qualifying businesses signed off by supplier (minimum 12 days); supplier feedback forms to assess programme impact and gaps; collection of supplier performance data post-incubation.

Beneficiary must be an EME with annual turnover less than R1 000 000. Turnover for evaluation purposes must be more than R30 000 and less than R1 000 000 per annum. Total net asset value less than R200 000 or R500 000 (document states both figures). Tax matters must be in order (tax compliant). Financial statements, management accounts or company bank statements for the last 12 months required as returnable documents.

Central Supplier Database (CSD) registration mandatory (CSD number required). Tax compliance: SARS PIN or Letter of Good Standing required. B-BBEE: Certificate or Sworn Affidavit required; minimum 51% black ownership; additional ownership targets for black youth, black women, black persons with disabilities, and black persons in rural/underdeveloped areas/townships. CIPC: Registration document and Letter of Good Standing required. Enterprise must be registered from 2020 to present. Must operate in ICT sector (Technology/Broadcasting). Staff complement less than 10 permanent employees. Directors/owners must hold an ICT-relevant qualification. Not previously appointed under the same programme. No current litigation with SABC. Not blacklisted for fraud or misrepresentation. Proof of residence in the province applied for mandatory.

Evaluation is conducted in two stages. Stage 1: Mandatory criterion — EME must be in the ICT sector within the SABC regional office (province) applied for. Non-compliance results in automatic disqualification. Stage 2: Functionality evaluation for bidders passing Stage 1. Scored out of 60 points; bidders scoring less than 60 points are declared non-responsive and eliminated. Six criteria, each worth 10 points: Business Turnover (turnover between R30 000 and R1 000 000 per annum with at least one client in the last 12 months); Tax Compliance (tax compliant relative to reported turnover); Black Ownership (at least 51% owned by black people); Youth/Women/Disabled Ownership (at least 51% owned by black youth, women or persons with disabilities); Designated Area Ownership (at least 51% owned by black people in rural, underdeveloped areas or townships); Business Proposal (commercially viable idea showing innovation, financial projections and team capacity). Objective criteria allow SABC to exclude beneficiaries in litigation with SABC, blacklisted or involved in fraud/misrepresentation; maximum of 10 beneficiaries may be appointed based on final ranking; previous appointees under the same programme are ineligible.