Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (B-BBEE Act)
Act 53 of 2003
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Tender Type
Request for Quotation
Delivery Location
32 Jones Road, Airways Park, Johannesburg (Head Office) - Kempton Park - Isando - 1627
Organization Type
GOVERNMENT
Published
30 Sept 2026
OCDS Reference
ocds-9t57fa-172221
South african airways requires the supply and delivery of two-piece unisex coveralls (jackets and trousers) in dark blue and light blue, available in flame retardant (fr) or acid resistant (ar) fabric variants, for its personnel. The garments must be manufactured to a detailed private specification covering materials, construction, sizing, and workmanship, with all components produced in south africa unless DTI exemption certificates are obtained. Bidders must ensure full compliance with the specified SANS standards and submit required certificates, as non-compliance will affect acceptance.
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Date & Time
Friday, 02 October 2026 - 12:00
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Request for Quotation
32 Jones Road, Airways Park, Johannesburg (Head Office) - Kempton Park - Isando - 1627
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Description
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf30 Sept
2026
Tender Published
Tender was published
02 Oct
2026
Closing Date
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Act 53 of 2003
Provides the empowerment-compliance context often used in public-sector supplier evaluation.
Relevant because this is a South African public-sector procurement opportunity.
Act 108 of 1996 (s217)
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SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf
Recertification of aircraft jacks and stackers for South African Airways (Pty) Limited, procured under the designated-sector local production and content regime. Bidders must declare local content on SBD 6.2, supported by Annex C submitted with the bid and Annexes D and E retained for verification, against a stipulated minimum threshold of 100% local content for the listed designated products.
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Recertification of aircraft jacks and stackers, procured by South African Airways (Pty) Limited. The work covers the recertification of this aircraft ground-support equipment, with bids closing on 2 October 2026 at 12:00.
SBD 4 - Declaration of Interest.pdf
South African Airways (Pty) Limited requires the recertification of aircraft jacks and stackers. The work is procured from Gauteng and bids close on 2 October 2026 at 12:00.
RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf
Supply and delivery of overalls (jackets and trousers) to South African Airways Technical (SAAT) over a one-year period. The scope covers blue unisex overall jackets and men's and women's overall trousers across sizes Small to 5XL, with colours, sizes and quantities confirmed on award. Dark blue is for staff and light blue for training.
Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf
Supply and manufacture of two-piece workwear coveralls for South African Airways personnel — unisex jackets and men's trousers, ordered as separates, in dark blue and light blue. Garments are made in either a flame retardant or an acid resistant fabric, with the fabric type specified in the order or contract.
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The tender is for the recertification of aircraft jacks and stackers. The document provided is the SBD 6.2 local content declaration and annexures, which list designated products with a minimum local content threshold of 100% for steel construction materials and related components.
Submission Guidelines
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Returnable documents — all must be completed, signed and submitted with the quotation:
Disqualification risks:
Returnable Documents
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Bidders must submit the completed SBD 6.2 Declaration Certificate, along with Annex C (Local Content Declaration: Summary Schedule), Annex D (Imported Content Declaration: Supporting Schedule), and Annex E (Local Content Declaration: Supporting Schedule) as part of the bid documentation. Declarations D and E should be kept by the bidder for verification purposes for a specified period, and the successful bidder must continuously update these declarations with actual values during the contract.
Evaluation Criteria
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Evaluation stages:
Local content calculation:
Technical Specifications
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Designated products and minimum local content thresholds (all 100%):
Pricing Schedule
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdfThe tender includes a pricing schedule for local content calculation, with tables for tender item numbers, descriptions, quantities, rates, local value, imported content, freight costs, landing costs, and total imported value. The schedule includes sections for imported content directly by the tenderer and imported content by a third party, with totals for exempted imported content, total imported value, and total local content.
Financial Requirements
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Pricing schedule for local content calculation:
Compliance Requirements
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdf (TENDER)Local content compliance:
Contractual Terms
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdfLocal content must be calculated using the formula LC = [1 - x/y]
Section
Source: SBD 6.2 - Local Content and Annexures.pdfA two-stage bidding process may be followed: the first stage checks the minimum local content threshold, and the second stage evaluates price and B-BBEE.
Description
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfSupply and delivery of overalls for SAAT for a 1-year period. Includes jackets and trousers in blue, sizes Small to 5XLarge. Colours, sizes, and quantities confirmed upon award/order.
Important Dates
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)RFQ publishing date: 14 January 2026
Closing date and time: 20 January 2026 at 11:00 am (South Africa time, GMT +2)
No briefing or site visit mentioned.
Contact Information
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Contact: Fisani Mthembu
Role: Compiled by
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +27 11 978 9254
Submission email: [email protected]
Copy email: [email protected]
Submission Guidelines
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Submission method: email or fax before closing time/date.
Evaluation Criteria
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Evaluation under PPPFA Regulations of 2022, in three phases:
Technical Specifications
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Supply and delivery of overalls for SAAT for a 1-year period.
Items:
Colours: Dark blue for staff, light blue for training. Colours, sizes, and quantities confirmed upon award/order.
Bidders must supply part number, description, availability/quantity, lead-time, and condition.
Exchange rate for local content calculation: SARB rate at 12:00 pm on advertisement date.
Experience & Qualifications
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfNo specific experience or qualification requirements mentioned. Conflict of interest disclosure required: bidders must disclose if owners, part-owners, directors, controlling shareholders, or key personnel are family members of SAAT staff.
Quality Management
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfPayment release subject to passing inspection and testing as specified; completion of service delivery. No specific quality standards mentioned.
Pricing Schedule
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfPricing schedule for overalls: Item 1 – Overall Jacket Blue (unisex) sizes Small to 5XLarge, qty 1 each. Item 2 – Overall Trousers Blue (Men) sizes Small to 5XLarge, qty 1 each. Item 3 – Overall Trousers Blue (Women) sizes Small to 5XLarge, qty 1 each. Prices exclusive of VAT, VAT shown separately. Attach formal quotation to support pricing schedule.
Financial Requirements
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Payment terms: 100% within 15 days after receipt of goods and submission of payment documentation.
Conditions of release of payment: acceptance of goods/services based on full compliance with RFQ requirements, passing inspection/testing, completion of service delivery.
Type of contract: Purchase Order.
No bid security or guarantee mentioned.
Pricing: exclusive of VAT, VAT shown separately. Attach formal quotation to support pricing schedule.
Compliance Requirements
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Valid original Tax Clearance Certificate required.
Valid B-BBEE Certificate or Affidavit required.
CSD report required.
Company registration documents required.
SBD 6.2 (Local Content Declaration) must be completed.
SBD 4 (Declaration of Interest) must be completed and signed.
Conflict of interest disclosure: bidders must disclose if owners, part-owners, directors, controlling shareholders, or key personnel are family members of SAAT staff; bidders with conflict of interest disqualified.
No CIDB grading mentioned.
Health & Safety
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfNo specific health and safety requirements mentioned.
Contractual Terms
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfIndemnity: SAAT not responsible for service provider's staff wages; provider indemnifies SAAT against claims from staff and for breach of laws. Arbitration: disputes negotiated in good faith within 15 business days; if unresolved, expedited arbitration in Johannesburg under AFSA Rules, arbitrator appointed by agreement or by AFSA Secretariat if no agreement within 10 business days. Jurisdiction: governed by South African law.
Special Conditions
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)All purchases through official purchase order; no delivery before PO received. Quotation must be faxed/emailed before closing time/date. SAAT may withdraw tender at any time. Cover page and all pages signed. Lead time must be specified; SAAT may cancel order if lead time not adhered to (cancellation fees for bidder). Bidders may submit alternative bids. Conflict of interest disclosure required. Language: English. Validity: 1 year. No price variation. Payment: 100% within 15 days. Conditions of release: acceptance of goods/services based on full compliance, passing inspection/testing, completion of service delivery. Type of contract: Purchase Order.
Requirements
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdf (RFQ)Mandatory documents for local suppliers: valid company registration, B-BBEE certificate or affidavit, tax clearance certificate, CSD report, SBD 6.2 local content, SBD 4 declaration of interest. Bidders must supply part number, description, availability/quantity, lead-time, and condition. Quotation valid for 1 year. No price variation. Lead time must be specified. Partial quotes not permitted. Payment terms: 100% within 15 days.
Section
Source: RFQ SP005-26 - Overalls.pdfPhase 1 Critical: 100% specification compliance, local content documentation, meets all requirements. Phase 2 Functionality: lead time scoring (30 days=50 pts, 60 days=30 pts, 90 days=0 pts), min threshold 30 pts; price validation (valid 1 year=50 pts, +/-10% increase=30 pts, >10%=0 pts), min threshold 30 pts; required min 80 pts to proceed. Phase 3: Price 80 pts + B-BBEE 20 pts (Black ownership 10, disability 5, woman 5). Total 100 pts.
Submission Guidelines
Source: SBD 4 - Declaration of Interest.pdf (TENDER)Returnable documents:
Disqualification risks:
Evaluation Criteria
Source: SBD 4 - Declaration of Interest.pdf (TENDER)No evaluation criteria are stated in the document. The only evaluation-related content is the SBD 4 declaration, which is a compliance requirement rather than a scoring criterion.
Compliance Requirements
Source: SBD 4 - Declaration of Interest.pdf (TENDER)SBD 4 (Declaration of Interest): bidders must declare any state employment or relationship with persons involved in evaluating or adjudicating the bid, and list full details of all directors, trustees, members and shareholders. A false declaration may lead to rejection of the bid or action under the General Conditions of Contract.
Contact Information
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf (unknown)Email: [email protected]
Submission Guidelines
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf (unknown)Returnable documents: none specified beyond the bid itself. All components must be manufactured in the Republic of South Africa; where raw material or finished components are not available locally, the bidder must apply for exemption certificates from the DTI and submit them with the bid.
Evaluation Criteria
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf (unknown)All components must be manufactured in the Republic of South Africa; exemption certificates from the DTI must be applied for and submitted with each bid where raw material or finished components are not available locally.
A certificate for the relevant acid resistant product used must be submitted by the manufacturer where acid resistant garments are required.
Technical Specifications
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf (unknown)Supply and delivery of two-piece coveralls for South African Airways personnel.
Garment variations:
Fabrics: Flame retardant (FR) or Acid resistant (AR) as specified in the order or contract.
Style: unisex, jackets and trousers ordered as separates, each garment fitted with an identifying label (FR or AR).
Jacket: single breasted, concealed button fly, sports-type collar, two breast pockets with flaps (left with pen pocket and SAA logo embroidery), two side patch pockets with flaps, front facings, one-piece set-in sleeves with bound hind-arm opening, cuffs with touch and close fastener, pleated at cuff, retro-reflective tape, side slits, plain back.
Trousers: pleated fronts, front fly opening, two slanted side pockets, one fob pocket, left back panel with thigh pocket and tab, right back panel with rule pocket and hip pocket, retro-reflective tape on legs, ruched waistband with elastic webbing at back, button and buttonhole fastening, belt loops, plain bottom hems.
Outer material: colour to match CKS 129 colours (SAA Dark Blue Workwear: Pantone 289C; SAA Light Blue Workwear: Pantone 293C) per SANS 10076-1.
Type 1 (FR) outer material: comply with Table 3 requirements (fibre composition 55% FR Modacrylic, 45% cotton; mass per area min 240 g/m²; tensile strength warp 650 N, weft 450 N; flammability no flaming to top or side edge, no hole formation, no flaming/melting/molten debris, no afterflame, no afterglow; colour fastness to washing, perspiration, light min rating 4).
Type 2 (AR) outer material: comply with type D59 of SANS 1387-4 (all cotton, 4/1 satin weave, mass per area min 270 g/m², breaking strength warp 940 N, weft 510 N, dimensional changes on laundering max 2% press dry, 4% tumble dry, colour fastness to washing change 4, staining 3, light 4); treated with acid resistant finish (e.g. Ruco-guard); manufacturer to submit certificate of product used.
Slide fasteners: comply with SANS 1822, metal, corrosion resistant brass (85% copper, 15% zinc), lead content ≤90 ppm, anti-nickel per EN 1811 and EN 12472, performance class B, one-way closed-end, colour match to outer material.
Reflective tape: high visibility retro-reflective fluorescent yellow with centred silver stripe (silver stripe 20 mm, tape nominal width 50 mm), comply with class 2 of SANS 50471; on FR garments also comply with performance class C, Category 1 of SANS 1423-1.
Colour coded identification label: woven loop label 12 mm wide/length, red background with black 'FR' on FR garments, black background with red 'AR' on AR garments.
Buttons: two-hole plastic, 17 mm diameter, comply with SANS 1457, dope-dyed, colour match.
Touch and close fastener: comply with SANS 1823, width 20 mm, colour match.
Embroidery thread: 100% viscose, colours per table 8 (SAA tail colours: Pantone 348c green, 123c yellow gold, black, white, 662c blue, 1795c red).
Elastic webbing: type 1 of SANS 142, nominal width 40 mm.
Threads: comply with SANS 1362, colour match; overlocking thread crimp-textured polyester ticket No. 140; for FR garments sewing and top-stitching thread 100% aramid fibres; for AR garments thread acid resistant and fit for purpose.
Workmanship: first-class, uniform make/colour/finish, free from defects, marks, spots, stains; seams smooth, uniform, free from twists/pleats/puckers, sufficiently extensible; ends trimmed, loose threads removed, back-tacked if unsecured.
Sizes: jackets sizes 30–56 (chest circumference 102–167 cm, back length 71–80.5 cm, back width 38–64 cm, sleeve length 47–53 cm, depth of scye 27.5–34 cm, bottom hem circumference 102–167 cm, cuff circumference 24–28 cm); trousers sizes 28–54 (waist relaxed 62–127 cm, extended 82–147 cm, seat 97–162 cm, inside leg 45–49 cm, outside leg 76–83 cm, bottom hem 102–116 cm).
Make: detailed construction requirements for jackets (fronts, facings, buttonhole stand, pockets, collar, back, sleeves, hanger, bottom hem) and trousers (fronts, fly, fly-catch) as per specification sections 9.1 and 9.2.
No material will be supplied by South African Airways; all materials supplied and used by manufacturer.
Pricing Schedule
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdfPricing must be based on the garment variations specified: jackets and trousers in dark blue and/or light blue, supplied as separates, in two fabric types (FR or AR). No pricing format or schedule is specified in the document.
Compliance Requirements
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdf (unknown)All components must be manufactured in the Republic of South Africa. Where raw material or finished components are not available locally, the bidder must apply for exemption certificates from the DTI and submit them with the bid.
For acid resistant garments, the manufacturer must submit a certificate of the acid resistant product used.
Compliance with SANS standards as specified (e.g., SANS 10371, SANS 10076-1, SANS 70, SANS 1387-4, SANS 1822, SANS 50471, SANS 1423-1, SANS 1457, SANS 1823, SANS 142, SANS 1362).
Health & Safety
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdfFlame retardant (FR) garments must meet flammability requirements: no flaming to top or side edge, no hole formation, no flaming/melting/molten debris, no afterflame, no afterglow, tested as received and after 5 wash cycles per SANS 11167. Acid resistant (AR) garments must be treated with an acid resistant finish and the manufacturer must submit a certificate of the product used.
Section
Source: Annexture 1 - OVERALL SPECS.pdfNo additional evaluation criteria beyond the requirement that all components be manufactured in the Republic of South Africa, with DTI exemption certificates submitted where local manufacture is not possible.
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32 Jones Road, Airways Park, Johannesburg (Head Office) - Kempton Park - Isando - 1627
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