Appointment of a Service Provider(s) for the Provision of Geotechnical Investigation and Civil Engineering Material Quality Testing for the Construction of Housing Top Structures and Related Building Works in the Mpumalanga Province

National Treasury has gazetted or proposed exemptions from the standard Supply Chain Management Framework, allowing certain organs of state to procure outside normal competitive bidding rules. This creates a two-tier procurement system where exempted entities — often SOEs, municipalities in distress, or departments handling emergencies — can use simplified or negotiated procedures. For suppliers, this means tender opportunities may appear without standard advertising, evaluation criteria may differ, and legal recourse for unfair awards is narrower.

• SCM framework exemptions create a parallel procurement track bypassing standard competitive bidding requirements

National Treasury is aligning preferential procurement regulations with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act's strategic objectives, which will reshape how BBBEE points are awarded across all government tenders. This signals a shift from compliance-box-ticking to measurable transformation outcomes in procurement evaluations.

• Preferential procurement regulations are being aligned with BBBEEA objectives, potentially changing how BBBEE points are calculated and applied in tender evaluations