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Govt consolidates database to curb tender corruption

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 27 Aug 2015
Minister of finance Nhlanhla Nene will launch the Central Supplier Database in East London on 1 September.
Minister of finance Nhlanhla Nene will launch the Central Supplier Database in East London on 1 September.

To curb duplication of supplier information and tender corruption, National Treasury's Central Supplier Database (CSD) will go live on 1 September.

The CSD will be a consolidated source of all supplier information for national, provincial and local government, says a treasury statement.

Government currently has supplier information for all the different departments, municipalities and public entities in 600 databases. However, the CSD aims to be the source of all supplier information for all organs of state.

A uniform supply chain management system for government is essential to optimise the efficiency of service delivery, says finance minister Nhlanhla Nene.

"Modernising supply chain management through technological innovation will enable government to reduce the administrative burden and improve the monitoring of procurement patterns, contracts and prices."

Nene adds: "The CSD will be the source of all supplier information for all organs of state. The CSD will reduce the exchange of compliance documents in paper form, eliminate multiple registrations with different organs of state, and ultimately reduce the cost for both business and government by enabling electronic registration and verification processes."

The CSD will interface with the South African Revenue Service to verify tax clearance certificates, and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission for business registration and business ownership information. Furthermore, the CSD will verify supplier information with the register for tender defaulters and database of restricted suppliers.

Registration notification

Suppliers who are registered on a supplier database of any state will be automatically transferred to the supplier database by 31 March 2016.

According to National Treasury, notification will be sent by e-mail, cellphone, fax or correspondence through postal service. Upon expiry of a supplier's compliance information, a supplier would need to renew its supplier status to be able to retain its status on the CSD.

Suppliers that choose not to make use of the Web-based self-registration function will be able to liaise with departments, municipalities or public entities to facilitate their registration on the CSD.

New suppliers will have the option to make use of the CSD self-registration portal from 1 September, says treasury. All suppliers doing business with government should be registered on the CSD by 1 April 2016.

From 1 September, prospective suppliers should self-register on the CSD Web site at www.csd.gov.za.

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