Tender Watch: Results are in

This week's National Tender Bulletin reveals that while government may be putting the brakes on spending, at least it's making decisions regarding tenders on the table.

Groenpunt Correctional Service
The supply and delivery of cartridges and toners are required from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.
Tender no: GRP 01/2015
Information: JM Verster, (016) 370-2236; or M Pienaar, (016) 370-2353
Closing date: 25 May

Department of Public Service and Administration
A service provider is sought to develop a multimedia educational package for the operations management framework.
Non-compulsory briefing: 5 May
Tender no: DPSA 002/2015
Information: Technical: Marcel Wilson, (012) 336-1004. General: Lorraine Masenya, (012) 336-1126; or Fikile Maseko, (012) 336-1216
Closing date: 15 May

Department of Health, KwaZulu-Natal
The Supply Chain Management unit is advertising for the supply and delivery of a digital voice recorder.
Tender no: GCHC 192/1415
Information: Technical: S Mjojeli, (039) 318-1113, fax: (039) 318-2835, e-mail: samkelisiwe.mjojeli@kznhealth.gov.za. General: H Khowa, (039) 318-1113, fax: (039) 318-1311, e-mail: hlengiwe.khowa@kznhealth.gov.za
Closing date: 6 May

Department of Health, Western Cape
The printing department requires the rental of one digital high-volume printer/copier, inclusive of maintenance and consumables, over a three-year period.
Tender no: GSHPT44/2015
Information: Ettiene Roman, (021) 404-2345, fax: (021) 404-2317, e-mail: EttieneRonald.Roman@westerncape.gov.za
Closing date: 30 April

National Treasury
A service provider is sought to roll-out public financial management skills development workshops/seminars for financial management improvement in the Gauteng province.
Non-compulsory briefing: 6 May
Tender no: NT008-2015
Information: Technical: James Motha, (012) 315-5599, e-mail: james.motha@treasury.gov.za. General: Aletta Mbuyane, (012) 315-5285, e-mail: aletta.mbuyane@treasury.gov.za; or Tumelo Kwinana, (012) 395-6632, e-mail: tumelo.kwinana@treasury.gov.za
Closing date: 22 May

Professional service providers or individuals are required to provide technical support to the office of the chief procurement officer (OCPO).
Non-compulsory briefing: 6 May
Tender no: NT010-2015
Information: Technical: Willy Mathebula, (012) 315-5377, e-mail: willie.mathebula@treasury.gov.za; or Sizi Qolohle, (012) 315-5845, e-mail: sizi.qolohle@treasury.gov.za. General: Aletta Mbuyane, (012) 315-5285, e-mail: aletta.mbuyane@treasury.gov.za; or Tumelo Kwinana, (012) 395-6632, e-mail: tumelo.kwinana@treasury.gov.za
Closing date: 22 May

South African Local Government Association
SALGA is looking for a service provider to augment and analyse local governance and development data, and develop a rating tool for SALGA.
Non-compulsory briefing: 30 April
Tender no: SALGA/19/2015
Information: Sindiswa Dlamini, (012) 369-8000, e-mail: scm@salga.org.za
Closing date: 20 May

Purchasing Consortium Southern Africa
The Council for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education and Training (Umalusi) is a statutory council, mandated by the ministers of education, to quality assure education provision in general and further education and training. Proposals are invited from appropriate accredited service providers to provide Microsoft.NET developers on a co-sourcing engagement model for developing custom software for a period of 12 months.
Tender no: RFP PUR 806/7
Information: Document: N Sithole, (011) 545-0943/4, e-mail: nyiko.sithole@purcosa.co.za. Technical: Gerhard Booyse, (012) 349-1510, e-mail: gerhard.booyse@umalusi.org.za
Closing date: 19 May

Department of Human Settlements, KwaZulu-Natal
The Department of Human Settlements would like to enter into a contract with reputable and accredited companies with a requisite capacity to supply and install a single PABX system inclusive of maintenance support for a period of 60 months. The department is looking to replace its existing PABX system to cater for voice over IP, with advanced collaboration features like IM, Presence, voice and video in three of its office buildings (two in Durban and one in Pietermaritzburg). The existing WAN infrastructure is supported by SITA, with all PSTN connections leased directly from Telkom. Quality of service over the WAN has been deployed and currently maintained by them. The solution's requirement is to provide VOIP to three of the department's offices. The department is focused on centralisation and cost savings, and has focused on a single VOIP solution.
Current Infrastructure: The department has a Microsoft Enterprise agreement and is a Microsoft-driven environment; application servers are located at the Durban head office, with domain controllers and WSUS servers at regional offices and the SITA data centre. Services include:
* Two x MS Exchange 2010 Servers
* MS AD with six DCs
* MS SCCM 2010
* MS SC End Point

The existing site offices in three locations are:
* Samora House, Durban
* 199 Pietermaritz Street, FNB Building, PMB
* Eagle Building, Dr Pixely Ka Seme (West St), Durban
Currently, HP network switches are deployed in these locations. These switches support POE/QOS but VOIP configuration is required.
WAN:
* Samora House is linked to the SITA WAN via a 10-Meg metro connect fibre connection.
* 199 Pietermaritz Street is linked to the SITA WAN via a 1-Meg Telkom connection.
* Eagle Building, Durban will be linked to the SITA WAN via a 256K Telkom connection.
Scope of work:
UC infrastructure requirements:
* 450 x basic VOIP handsets (colour, dual 1GB Ethernet, POE, PIN profile support)
* 72 x executive VOIP handsets (colour, dual 1GB Ethernet, POE, calendar integration, corporate contacts, PIN profile support)
* 60 x binaural USB headsets with MIC
* Three x PRI survivable branch PSTN router (with five-year maintenance)
* Two x X21 serial port and cable for router
* Three x analogue FAX gateway
* One x telephone management system (AD integration, budget barring, all users)
* Four x attendant consoles (switchboard)
Deployment services:
* Provision of UC standard phase
* Provision of UC enterprise voice
* Provision of UC audio-video conferencing phase
* Provision of both super user and ordinary user training
* Decommissioning of existing system
Post implementation support and maintenance
* Sixty months support and maintenance
Functionality:
The required voice and equipment/system proposal must include all features and items to provide a working solution, for example:

* Overall system architecture
* Enterprise presence
* Enterprise instant messaging and group chat
* Enterprise voice
* Audio, video and Web conferencing
* Proactive monitoring
* Unified communication infrastructure
* Reporting
* Transition
* Competence
Note: Service providers must comply with legislative and government policy requirements and be registered with Provincial Treasury Suppliers Database. Past performance and documented track record will be considered.
Compulsory briefing: 8 May
Tender no: ZNB1144/2015HSE
Information: Technical: N Sithole, (031) 336-5103; T Singh, (031) 336-5292. Bid: S Mthembu, (031) 336-5169, R. Gafoor, (031) 336-5142; NE Ngwenya, (031) 336-5157
Closing date: 22 May

State Information Technology Agency
SITA seeks an off-net voice service provider for a period of three years.
Compulsory briefing: 30 April
Tender no: RFB 1316/2015
Information: (012) 482-2668 or (012) 482-2543. E-mail: tenders@sita.co.za
Closing date: 11 May

National Credit Regulator
The NCR seeks to obtain the services of a suitable service provider to supply infrastructure services - Internet and e-mails, both line failover, PRI management (ensure the NCR current number doesn't change) and least cost routing. The service provider should possess proven experience, skills, knowledge and capacity to undertake the work of this nature.
Non-compulsory briefing: Was 29 April
Tender no: NCR 290/04/2015
Information: Procurement Department, (011) 554-2713/2646, e-mail: procurement@ncr.org.za
Closing date: 22 May

The regulator is also looking to obtain the services of a suitable service provider to implement a mail archiving solution that will integrate seamlessly with the current NCR onsite Microsoft exchange server for the NCR for a period of three years. The service provider should possess proven experience, skills, knowledge and capacity to undertake the work of this nature.
Non-compulsory briefing: 30 April
Tender no: NCR 291/04/2015
Information: Procurement Department, (011) 554-2713/2646, e-mail: procurement@ncr.org.za
Closing date: 18 May

Komatiland Forests
Komatiland Forests seeks the professional services of a wireless WAN maintenance service provider with a proven track record to support, maintain and upgrade its Cambium-based carrier grade wireless WAN spanning a large geographical area, comprising 60 sites and 121 nodes.
Tender no: RFP-218
Information: Sello Mondlane, (012) 436-6395, e-mail: sello@klf.co.za
Closing date: 15 May

Nelson Mandela Museum
The museum calls for proposals to lease four-in-one multifunction printers with HDD 160GB, 2GB memory and 3GHz CPU compatible with Windows 7 and a server operating system. Two of these printers will be placed at Bhunga Building, corner Owen Street and Nelson Mandela Drive in Mthatha. One printer is needed at the Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage Centre in Qunu.
Required specifications:
Duplex copy and print (A5, A4 and A3)
* A4 - up to 50 copies per min (cpm)
* A3 - up to 20 cpm
* Printable paper weight 52 grams per square metre (gsm) - 300 gsm
* High resolution 800 x 600 dpi
Fax
* Receipt to confidential box and e-mail
Scanning and e-mail
* Scan to e-mail, USB and folder (tiff, pdf and jpeg)
* Scan speed up to 160/160 ipm
* Direct e-mailing
User code authentication and access restriction
* Personal passwords
* Secure print
Networked
* Ethernet 802.2
* Network protocols TCP/IP (IPv4/1Pv6) and HTTP
SD card and USB slots for scanning and printing
* Colour touch panel
* Five trays
* Up to 500 sheets
* Four paper output
* Check consumable levels
* Pull user reports
Finishing
* 2/4 hole punching
* Staple up to 100 sheets (multiple options of stapling)
* Booklet creation (v fold, letter fold, saddle stitch booklet maker)
Non-compulsory briefing: 4 May
Tender no: Printer Proposals
Information: T Mkhohliwe, (047) 532-5110, e-mail: mandelamuseum22@intekom.co.za
Closing date: 29 May

Department of Defence
The DOD is updating its supplier database in order to give all potential suppliers equal opportunity to quote. All prospective suppliers wishing to engage in conducting business with the DOD are requested to register with the department.
Note: Suppliers already registered with the department are required to re-register. Failure to do so will lead to suppliers being rendered inactive on the centralised supplier database.
Information: Lieutenant colonel DJ Engela, (012) 339-5666; or major JW Squire, (012) 339-5517
Closing date: Registration of suppliers (both new and current) for the 2015/2016 financial year will be restricted to the months of April 2015, May 2015 and June 2015, and then again October 2015, November 2015 and December 2015. In the remaining months, only maintenance of registered suppliers will be done.

Council for the Built Environment
The CBE is an overarching body that co-ordinates the six professional councils (architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, project and construction management, property valuation and quantity surveying - all operating within the built environment) for the purpose of promoting good conduct within the profession, transforming the profession and advising South African government on built environment-related issues. In order to increase the database of its suppliers, the CBE requests submissions from various service providers (companies or individuals) to register as suppliers in the following categories:
* IT specialists
* Stationery
* Office equipment
* Record keeping/archiving
* Multimedia service provider
* Printing
Service providers interested in responding to this invitation are requested to obtain the application forms from the CBE Web site: www.cbe.org.za.
Information: Supply Chain Management: Boipelo Nkau or Elinah Maphosa, (012) 346-3985
Closing date: 15 May

Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority
INSETA invites prospective suppliers and service providers to register their companies on its supplier database. As guided by its mandate, the INSETA is as such an agent of transformation by promoting employment equity and broad-based BEE through skills development. In this context, the INSETA is keen to form sustainable partnerships that will further its support for transformation. In order to comply with the regulations of the Public Finance Management Act and to ensure a competitive process, INSETA invites all prospective providers of the following goods and services to be listed on its database:
* Computer consumables (hardware and software)
* Office equipment
* Executive and other coaches
The database will mainly be used for the purposes of identifying entities that can be approached when price quotations for goods and services up to the rand value of R500 000 are invited. Quotations will be obtained from suppliers/service providers registered on the database on a rotational basis.
Information: vuyokazim@inseta.org.za
Quarterly closing dates:
* 30 June
* 30 September
* 31 December
* 31 March 2016

Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator
In order to comply with the requirements of the Public Finance Management Act 1999 (PFMA) and to ensure compliance with the Preferential Procurement Framework Act of 2000 (PPPFA) and its regulations, the OPFA invites prospective suppliers and service providers to be listed on its database. The purpose is to give all prospective suppliers and service providers an equal opportunity to submit quotations to supply goods and services to the OPFA. Suppliers and service providers are requested to select a maximum of two commodities per application:
Administration:
* Off-site storage
* Stationery and office supplies
* Printing
IT:
* Hardware suppliers (desktop computers and printers)
* Infrastructure support services (LAN)
* Telecommunications services (telephone and system support)
* Offsite storage (backup tapes)
* E-mail hosting services
* Web hosting services
Professional services:
* Accounting and auditing services
* Business continuity
* Strategic planning development consultant
Printing and related:
* Printing, layout and design (eg, annual report, folders, business cards, diaries, etc)
Stationery and related:
* Printing cartridges and other consumables
* Recycling of empty toner cartridges
* Stationery
Information: W Dila, (012) 748-4000/4080, e-mail: tenders@pfa.org.za
Closing date: 17 May

Department of Labour
Procurement of an enterprise storage solution
Tender no: LAB 09/2014

Department of Communications
Appointment of a service provider for the implementation of an upgrade of a data centre network
Tender no: DOC/02/2014/15/ADM/SITA

State Information Technology Agency
Appointment of an off-net voice service provider for SITA for a period of three years
Tender no: RFB 1231/2014

Department of Finance, Gauteng
The appointment of a service provider to supply audit tool software
Tender no: GT/GDF/076/2014

Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
Appointment of a service provider to provide virtual library services to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for a period of three years.
Tender no: RFB 2014 09

National Student Financial Aid Scheme
Leasing and installation of nine multifunctional printers with maintenance and support
Tender no: SCMN 004/2014
Successful bidder: Safika Business Solutions and Services
Value: R1 060 343
Contract period: Three years

VMware support contract renewal
Tender no: SCMN 008/2014
Successful bidder: Datacentrix Infrastructure
Value: R505 495
Contract period: One year

Provision of document collection and scanning services
Tender no: SCMN 010/2014
Successful bidder: The Document Warehouse Coastal
Value: R7 110 272
Contract period: Three years

Government Pensions Administration Agency
Mainframe replication
Tender no: GPAA 03/2015
Successful bidder: Business Connexion
Value: R6 352 772

Education, Training and Development Practices Sector Education and Training Authority
Fifty-seven laptops and 15 desktops
Tender no: SCMU: 18-2014/15
Successful bidder: AE Solutions
Value: R1 254 955
Three-hundred-and-fifty laptops
Tender no: SCMU: 19-2014/15
Successful bidder: XON Systems
Value: R2 493 579

Four Proliant servers
Tender no: SCMU: 20-2014/15
Successful bidder: Business Connexion
Value: R785 989

Department of Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation
Appointment of a bidder to develop, support, maintain and enhance the DPME ICT environment and applications
Tender no: DPME-T13/2014
Successful bidders: EOH Mthombo and Resolve Solution
Value: Not disclosed

South African Tourism Board
Upgrade of SAT's local area network
Tender no: 87/14
Successful bidder: Sizwe Africa IT Group
Value: R1 068 934
Contract period: Six months

Review of SAT ICT strategy and policies and develop an operational plan that will ensure alignment of ICT with strategic business goals
Tender no: 90/14
Successful bidder: Versatex Trading 505
Value: R1 231 051
Contract period: Six months

Provision of comprehensive analytics/reports on existing online consumer reviews of SAT products found on the various social media and booking platforms
Tender no: 93/15
Successful bidder: Private Label Promotion
Value: R5 232 600
Contract period: Three years

Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa
Tender no: USAASA/DTT07/2014-2015
Successful bidders:

Stage 1
* Not applicable
Stage 2, Tier 1
* Ellies
* TEMIC
* Trafalgar Electronics
* Namec Microtronix
Stage 2, Tier 2
* Seroma Mowa
* QEC
* Worldtel
Value: Not disclosed

Tender no: USAASA/DTT08/2014-2015
Successful bidders:
Stage 1
* Altech
* Tellumat
* Divitech
* ABT Africa
* Namec Microtronix
Stage 2, Tier 1
* Vektronix
* CZ Electronics
* Kopano Digital
* African Digitech
* Sifikile
Stage 2, Tier 2
* Namec Western Cape
* LAMEC
* QEC
* Equiton
* Meso Systems
* Siyeza Suppliers
Value: Not disclosed

Tender no: USAASA/DTT09/2014-2015
Successful bidders:
Stage 1
* Altech
* Vektronix
* Tellumat
* Divitech
* CZ Electronics
* ABT Africa
* African Digitech
* Namec Microtronix
* Sifikile
Stage 2, Tier 1
* Kopano Digital
* Namec Western Cape
* Leratadima
* Maredi Telecoms
* LAMEC
Stage 2, Tier 2
* Meso Systems
* Equiton
* Babereki
* QEC
* Phahama
* Siyeza
* NAMEC
Value: Not disclosed

Tender no: USAASA/DTT10/2014-2015
Successful bidders:
Stage 1
* Ellies
Stage 2, Tier 1
* Not applicable
Stage 2 Tier 2
* Namec Microtronix
Value: Not disclosed

South African Social Security Agency
ICT operations, support and maintenance and service desk services for a period of 24 months, renewable for 12 months
Tender no: SASSA: 16/14/ICT
Successful bidder: EOH Mthombo
Value: Not disclosed

Support and maintenance services for ERP Oracle for a period of three years
Tender no: SASSA: 18/14/ICT
Successful bidder: EOH Mthombo
Value: Not disclosed

Provision of intrusion prevention systems (tipping points)
Tender no: SASSA: 25/14/ICT
Successful bidder: Info Guardian
Value: Not disclosed

State Information Technology Agency
Procurement of enterprise backup and recovery software tool (Veritas Netback) for a period of three years
Tender no: RFB 1261/2014
Successful bidder: Sithabile Technology Services
Value: Not disclosed

Provision of industrial catering equipment for the cafeterias of the SITA Pretoria buildings
Tender no: RFB 1271/2014
Successful bidder: The Chef Shop
Value: Not disclosed

Dube TradePort Corporation
Procurement of Pastel Evolution support services for a period of three years
Tender no: DTP/RFP/19/FIN/10/2014
Successful bidder: Zero Scape
Value: Not disclosed

Automotive Industry Development Centre
Supply, installation and implementation of a learner management system solution for the Gauteng Automotive Learning Centre
Tender no: AIDC T18/2014
Successful bidder: Kalleo People Group
Value: R2 860 487
Contract period: Three years