Three-year msme incubation programme across ESKOM business

Issue date: 06 November 2026

Clarification meeting (non-compulsory): 16 November 2026 at 10:00 via MS Teams (link in tender folder; confirm attendance with Eskom Representative stating name, position, contact details of each attendee)

Clarification queries deadline: 4 working days before tender closing date (i.e., by 01 December 2026)

Tender closing date and time: 07 December 2026 at 10:00

Tender validity period: 180 days from closing date and time (24 weeks)

Effective date of tender document: 01 August 2026

Review date: July 2031

Eskom Representative (for all queries and clarifications):

• Name: Zekhaya Nzima
• Role: Eskom Representative
• Telephone: 011 516 7042
• Email: [email protected]

Procurement Manager:

• Name: Shamani Padayachee
• Role: Procurement Manager

Fraud/corruption reporting (anonymous):

• Telephone: 0800 11 2722
• Email: [email protected]

Submission address: Eskom E-tendering portal https://eTendering.eskom.co.za/tender

Service/delivery address: not specified in extracted text

Submission method: electronic only via Eskom E-tendering portal (https://eTendering.eskom.co.za/tender).

Closing date and time: 07 December 2026 at 10:00.

Late submissions will not be accepted.

Documents must be uploaded in PDF format; pricing schedule also required in Excel.

Maximum file size: 500 MB per document, 4 GB total.

No zip/condensed files; no hard copies accepted.

Resubmission replaces previous submission entirely; ensure status shows "complete".

Mandatory returnables at closing (disqualifiable if missing or unsigned):

• Annexure A: Authorisation Form
• Annexure B: Acknowledgement Form
• Annexure C: Tenderer's Particulars
• Annexure D: Integrity Pact Declaration Form
• Annexure E: CPA for Local Goods/Services (if applicable)
• Annexure F: CPA(IG) for Imported Goods/Services (if applicable)
• Annexure H: SBD 1 Invitation to Bid
• Annexure I: SBD 6.1 Preference Points Claim Form (PPPFA 2022)
• Annexure J: SBD 4 Bidder's Disclosure
• E-tendering Help Manual acknowledgement form

Returnables required at closing (non-disqualifiable; 5 working days to remedy if incomplete):

• Letter of intent to form JV/consortium or valid JV agreement with joint and several liability, profit-sharing ratios, lead member designation
• Written confirmation JV operates as single incorporated entity
• Details of single designated JV bank account
• Proof of specific goals (failure scores zero but does not disqualify)
• Tax clearance certificate (foreign tenderers with SA footprint; local tenderers without SARS e-filing PIN/CSD profile)
• Tax Evaluation Questionnaire (if personal services contract)
• Employment Equity Act compliance proof (SA designated employers)
• NEC or other Contract (completed)
• Pricing schedule (PDF and Excel)
• Additional documents per scope (ECSA/SACPCMP registrations, CVs, permits, licences)

Returnables required prior to contract award:

• CSD registration (CSD number/report) — mandatory contractual requirement
• COIDA certificate of good standing or proof of application (SA tenderers)
• Supplier Quality Management Specification, QM 58, ISO 9001 requirements, Contract Quality Plan
• Annexure B: Eskom Acknowledgement Form for OHS Legal and Other Requirements
• Baseline risk assessment with methodology
• Valid letter of good standing
• Latest approved annual financial statements (full set: background, signed director's report, signed auditor/reviewer report, statement of financial position, comprehensive income, changes in equity, cash flows, notes)
• Public interest score (if not audited) with actual score, owner-managed status, external preparation confirmation
• ITA34C for current and previous years (if not audited)
• For unincorporated JV/SPV: each partner's full financial statements
• Functionality/technical criteria documents per scope of work

Evaluation follows a multi-stage process:

1. Eligibility screening: tenderers must not be from sanctioned countries, submit multiple tenders, lack JV agreement with joint and several liability, have conflicts of interest, be restricted by National Treasury, appear on Tender Defaulters list, be restricted by Eskom, or subcontract 100% of scope.
2. Basic compliance: meet eligibility criteria; submit complete commercial, financial, technical information; submit mandatory commercial returnables by deadline.
3. Functionality/technical evaluation: applicable; tenderers who do not meet the minimum functionality threshold will be disqualified (threshold not specified in extracted text).
4. Price evaluation: prices inclusive of VAT, corrected for arithmetic errors, excluding contingencies, adjusted for variations/deviations/alternatives, compared on Net Present Value basis using tendered programme, price adjustment factors, exchange fluctuations, risk parameters. Unconditional discounts considered; conditional discounts excluded from evaluation but applied at payment.
5. Preference points: PPPFA 80/20 or 90/10 system (lowest acceptable tender determines which applies). Price scored out of 80 or 90 points; specific goals scored out of 20 or 10 points. Failure to submit specific goals evidence scores zero for that goal but does not disqualify.
6. Ranking: combined price and specific goals scores, highest to lowest.
7. Contractual requirements assessed after ranking: CSD registration mandatory; additional may include SHEQ, financial viability (financial statements compulsory for CIDB transactions from R30 000 excl. VAT). Failure to meet contractual requirements by deadline may render tenderer non-responsive and ineligible for award.

Objective criteria not applicable. Reverse e-auction not applicable. Alternative tenders allowed based on different completion date, payment method, technical methods/specifications, or NEC contract option clauses.

Scope: Incubation Programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Eskom Business for a period of three (3) years.

Contract form: NEC 3 Professional Services Contract (Folder B).

Scope of Work detailed in Folder A.

Pricing Schedule/BOQ in Folder C (PDF and Excel).

Cataloguing may be required after award; successful tenderer must provide cataloguing information per item and ensure materials labelled per Eskom specifications; pricing schedule must include line item for cataloguing (Eskom pays for cataloguing).

Quality requirements:

• Supplier Quality Management Specification
• Tender & Contract Quality Requirements for QM 58 and ISO 9001 Standard
• List of Tender Returnables Document
• Contract Quality Plan (CQP)

Safety/OHS requirements:

• COIDA certificate of good standing or proof of application (SA tenderers)
• Annexure B: Eskom Acknowledgement Form for OHS Legal and Other Requirements
• Baseline risk assessment addressing scope of service with methodology
• Valid letter of good standing or equivalent

Environmental requirements: not applicable (N/A)

Local content: SBD 6.2 and Annexures G1-G4 only applicable if designated materials included (marked N/A in this tender)

CIDB grading: not applicable

Contract Skills Development Goals (CSDG): not applicable

Contract Participation Goals (CPG): not applicable

Subcontracting: main contractors discouraged from subcontracting with subsidiaries; if done, must be declared in tender documents. Subcontracting 100% of scope disqualifies tenderer.

Potential sub-contractors list available via www.csd.gov.za

Quality management requirements:

• Supplier Quality Management Specification
• Tender & Contract Quality Requirements for QM 58
• Quality Requirements for ISO 9001 Standard
• List of Tender Returnables Document
• Contract Quality Plan (CQP)

All above are additional contractual requirements; supporting evidence required prior to contract award.

Pricing schedule requirements:

• Completed pricing schedule (Folder C) submitted in PDF and Excel format via e-tendering
• Upload size limit: 500 MB per document, 4 GB total
• If pricing schedule not contained in NEC/other Contract, separate submission required
• Cataloguing line item must be included if cataloguing required (Eskom pays for cataloguing)
• Prices inclusive of VAT
• Unconditional discounts considered in evaluation; conditional discounts excluded from evaluation but applied at payment
• Price evaluation includes arithmetic correction, contingency exclusion, Net Present Value comparison with price adjustment factors and exchange fluctuations

Pricing format: completed pricing schedule (PDF and Excel) submitted via e-tendering.

Price evaluation: inclusive of VAT; corrected for arithmetic errors; excluding contingencies; adjusted for variations/deviations/alternatives; Net Present Value comparison using tendered programme, price adjustment factors, exchange fluctuations, risk parameters.

Unconditional discounts considered in evaluation; conditional discounts excluded from evaluation but implemented at payment.

Payment terms:

• Contracts valued below R50 000 000 (incl. VAT): payment within 30 days of receipt of undisputed invoices.
• Contracts valued above R50 000 000 (incl. VAT): payment within 60 days of receipt of undisputed invoices.

Bid security / performance security: not applicable (clause 2.34 marked N/A).

Financial viability: latest approved annual financial statements required prior to award (full set as detailed in compliance). Public interest score and ITA34C required for non-audited SA entities. Each JV/SPV partner must submit own financial statements.

Eskom reserves right to negotiate with preferred bidders if tendered prices not market-related.

Mandatory eligibility:

• Not from a country on international sanctions list
• Not submitting more than one tender (individually or as JV partner)
• JV/consortium agreement must state joint and several liability
• No conflict of interest (common controlling partner/majority shareholder; relationships enabling access to competitor information or influence)
• Tender signed by authorised person
• Not restricted by National Treasury
• Not on Tender Defaulters list
• Not restricted by Eskom
• Not subcontracting 100% of scope

Mandatory returnables at closing (disqualifiable if missing/unsigned): Annexures A, B, C, D, E (if applicable), F (if applicable), H (SBD 1), I (SBD 6.1), J (SBD 4), E-tendering Help Manual acknowledgement form.

Mandatory contractual requirement (assessed post-ranking, required before award): CSD registration (CSD number/report).

Additional contractual requirements (may apply, required before award):

• COIDA certificate of good standing or proof of application (SA tenderers)
• Quality management: Supplier Quality Management Specification, QM 58, ISO 9001 requirements, Contract Quality Plan
• OHS: Annexure B Acknowledgement Form for OHS Legal Requirements, baseline risk assessment with methodology, valid letter of good standing
• Financial: latest approved annual financial statements (full set), public interest score and ITA34C (if not audited), each JV/SPV partner's financial statements
• Employment Equity Act compliance proof (SA designated employers)
• Tax clearance certificate (foreign tenderers with SA footprint; local tenderers without SARS e-filing PIN/CSD profile)
• Tax Evaluation Questionnaire (if personal services contract)
• NEC or other Contract completed
• Pricing schedule (PDF and Excel)
• Professional registrations (ECSA, SACPCMP, etc.), CVs, permits, licences as per scope

B-BBEE: SBD 6.1 Preference Points Claim Form required; specific goals scored per PPPFA; evidence required to claim points (failure scores zero). B-BBEE certificate/sworn affidavit requirements per revenue thresholds (EME ≤ R10M, QSE ≤ R50M, >R50M certificate) implied by standard practice but not explicitly detailed in extracted text.

Local content: SBD 6.2 and Annexures G1-G4 only if designated materials included (N/A for this tender).

CIDB: not applicable.

E-tendering Help Manual acknowledgement form required.

Health and safety (SHEQ) requirements:

• COIDA original certificate of good standing or proof of application issued by Compensation Fund or licensed compensation insurer (South African tenderers only)
• Annexure B: Eskom Acknowledgement Form for OHS Legal and Other Requirements
• Baseline risk assessment addressing scope of service with methodology included
• Valid letter of good standing or equivalent

These are additional contractual requirements; supporting evidence required prior to contract award.

SHEQ listed as potential additional contractual requirement (may be included if applicable).

Contract type: NEC 3 Professional Services Contract.

Contract period: three (3) years.

Payment terms: 30 days (contracts < R50M incl. VAT), 60 days (contracts > R50M incl. VAT) from receipt of undisputed invoice.

Eskom reserves right to negotiate with preferred bidders if prices not market-related.

Main contractors discouraged from subcontracting with subsidiaries; if done, must be declared.

Subcontracting 100% of scope disqualifies tenderer.

Cataloguing may be required post-award; successful tenderer provides cataloguing info per item, ensures labelling per Eskom specs; pricing schedule includes cataloguing line item (Eskom pays).

Alternative tenders allowed based on: different completion date, different payment method, different technical methods/specifications, different NEC main/secondary option clauses acceptable to Eskom.

Tender validity: 180 days from closing.

Eskom Standard Conditions of Tender apply (accessible at www.eskom.co.za); Tender Data takes precedence over Standard Conditions in case of ambiguity.

All queries must be addressed in writing to Eskom Representative only.

No public tender opening; tenders downloaded electronically.

Prices not read out.

Objective criteria not applicable.

Reverse e-auction not applicable.

Contractual requirements (CSD, SHEQ, financial viability) assessed after evaluation/ranking; proof required before award; failure may render tenderer non-responsive and ineligible for award.

Evaluation criteria summary:

1. Eligibility screening (disqualification grounds): sanctions list, multiple submissions, JV without joint/severe liability, conflict of interest, National Treasury restriction, Tender Defaulters list, Eskom restriction, 100% subcontracting.
2. Basic compliance: eligibility met, complete tender submitted, mandatory commercial returnables submitted by deadline.
3. Functionality/technical evaluation: applicable; minimum threshold applies (not specified); failure to meet threshold disqualifies.
4. Price evaluation: inclusive VAT, arithmetic correction, contingency exclusion, NPV comparison with adjustments, unconditional discounts considered.
5. Preference points: PPPFA 80/20 or 90/10 (lowest acceptable tender determines); price 80/90 points, specific goals 20/10 points; specific goals evidence required to claim points (zero if missing).
6. Ranking: combined score highest to lowest.
7. Contractual requirements post-ranking: CSD mandatory; SHEQ, financial viability may apply; proof required before award; failure may render non-responsive.

Alternative tenders allowed on specified bases.

Objective criteria and reverse e-auction not applicable.