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Gauteng
Closing Date
29 October 2026 at 14:00
Estimated Value
R 202 127
The south african bureau of standards (sabs) requires a suitably qualified service provider to support, host and maintain its adobe commerce e-commerce platform, including the certificate of compliance (coc), authorized laboratories (a-lab) and standard sales applications, for a three-month period. The scope includes application development, configuration, testing, patch management, backups, hosting on a single adobe platform, and a full migration of the three applications from the incumbent provider, with remediation of technical debt and reconfiguration as needed. Bidders must be accredited adobe commerce partners and provide three reference letters; failure to meet these mandatory requirements results in disqualification.
Quick Summary
- SA Bureau of Standards — Est. R202K
- Gauteng
- Closes 29 October 2026 at 14:00 (2 days left)
AI-Analyzed Compliance Requirements
62 pointsPoint-by-point requirements consolidated and deduplicated from 1 analyzed document.
Submission Requirements
11- Submission method: email to [email protected]
- Submission format: PDF files, compressed into a zipped folder if necessary. Bids submitted via a link or "we transfer" will not be accepted.
- Closing time: 29 October 2026 at 14:00. Late submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances.
- Contacting any SABS personnel other than the named Procurement Specialist, or any canvassing, will result in disqualification.
- Returnable documents (all must be completed, signed and submitted):
- CSD registration report
- Valid B-BBEE certificate or sworn affidavit (to claim specific goals)
- SBD 4 (Bidder's Disclosure): declares any connection to state employees or the procuring institution; false declarations disqualify.
- SBD 6.1 (Preference Points Claim): claims preference points for specific goals under the 2022 Preferential Procurement Regulations.
- Non-Disclosure Agreement: must be signed, binding the bidder to confidentiality for 12 months.
- Any other documents listed in the evaluation criteria.
Evaluation Criteria
8- Mandatory requirements check — bidders failing any mandatory requirement are disqualified and not evaluated further.
- 80/20 preference point system (2022 regulations) applied to qualifying bidders.
- Price: 80 points
- Specific goals: 20 points
- 100% black ownership: 10 points; 75%-99%: 8; 60%-74.99%: 6; 51%-59.99%: 4; 1%-50.99%: 2; 0%: 0.
- 100% owned by persons with disabilities: 4 points; 51%-99%: 2; 0%-50.99%: 0.
- No minimum qualifying score is stated. Bidders not claiming specific goals receive 0 points for those.
- Bidders must be able to substantiate any preference claims if requested.
Technical Requirements
13- Support, hosting and maintenance of an Adobe Commerce e-commerce platform, including the Certificate of Compliance (COC) and Authorized Laboratories (A-Lab) business applications and the Standard Sales application.
- Contract period: three (3) months.
- Application development and configuration
- Testing and implementation support
- Post-implementation support
- Hosting the three applications on a single Adobe platform, ensuring uptime and operationalisation
- Patch management
- Running application backups
- Supporting a total of 4 servers
- Migrate the Standard Sales, COC and A-Lab applications from the incumbent provider to the new provider.
- Not a lift-and-shift migration: assess architecture, codebase, configurations, integrations, data, hosting, security controls, dependencies and operational processes; remediate technical debt; reconfigure or modernise as needed.
- Includes discovery, migration planning, secure data transfer and validation, rebuilding and testing integrations with the SABS Web Store, establishing dev/test/prod environments, performance and security testing, controlled cutover, rollback planning, knowledge transfer, documen…
- Maintain data integrity, business continuity, security and agreed service levels with minimal disruption.
Experience & Qualifications
2- Mandatory: valid proof of OEM (Adobe) accreditation as a partner, reseller or distributor.
- Failure to provide all mandatory documents results in disqualification.
Quality Management
3- The migration must maintain data integrity, business continuity, security, and agreed service levels.
- Post-migration stabilisation and documentation are required.
- Performance and security testing must be conducted as part of the migration.
Pricing
2- Fixed price required.
- Where foreign currencies are involved, bidder must provide for forward cover.
Financial Requirements
5- Pricing must be all-inclusive of VAT, with a cost breakdown.
- Include transportation and disbursement costs if applicable.
- Fixed price required; for foreign currencies, provide for forward cover.
- No advance or upfront payment will be made; payment only after service delivery as agreed.
- Quotation validity: 120 days from closing date. SABS may extend validity by 60 days by written notice, without bidder consent.
Compliance & Regulatory
9- Mandatory requirements (failure results in disqualification):
- Valid Partnership/Distribution Letter (Adobe Commerce Partner): bidder must be accredited by the OEM (Adobe) as an authorised partner, reseller or distributor, with valid proof.
- Minimum three (3) contactable reference letters from clients for whom support and maintenance of an Adobe Commerce platform was rendered.
- Bidder must be tax compliant. Provide SARS Tax Compliance Status (TCS) PIN or a valid CSD number.
- Each party in a consortium/JV/subcontracting arrangement must provide separate TCS/CSD.
- Bidders who are persons in the service of the state, or companies/close corporations with directors/members who are state employees, are excluded.
- Persons listed on the Register for Tender Defaulters or List of Restricted Suppliers are automatically disqualified.
- Proof of authority: signed bid, with proof of authority (e.g. company resolution) submitted.
- Successful bidder must sign SBD 7 contract form.
Contractual Terms
7- Bidders must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) covering all confidential information provided.
- The NDA lasts 12 months from signature.
- Intellectual property rights on all material and processes remain with SABS.
- SABS is not bound by any legal or contractual terms in the bidder's quotation.
- SABS may extend the validity period of quotations by 60 days without consent.
- No contract is created until a written agreement is signed;
- SABS may discontinue or cancel the process at any time without liability.
Evaluation criteria
2- Only bidders meeting mandatory requirements are evaluated on the 80/20 preference point system (price 80, specific goals 20).
- The organ of state reserves the right to request substantiation of any preference claim at any time.
Source confidence
High source confidence
Official source
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Last checked
28 Oct 2026
AI status
Enhanced
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RFQ 202127: support and maintenance of the e-commerce platform for a period of three (3) months
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RFQ 202127: SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE E-COMMERCE PLATFORM FOR A PERIOD OF THREE (3) MONTHS
SA Bureau of Standards tender in Gauteng. Closing 10/29/2026. RFQ 202127: support and maintenance of the e-commerce platform for a period of three (3) months...
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Organization
SA Bureau of Standards
Contact Person
Lerato Monyepao
Phone
012-428-6157
[email protected]
Website
www.sabs.co.za/
Address
1 Dr Lategan Rd, Groenkloof, Pretoria, 0027, South Africa
29 October 2026 at 14:00
Location
Gauteng
Closing Date
29 October 2026 at 14:00
Organization
SA Bureau of Standards
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