The Port St Johns Local Municipality is inviting bids for the supply, installation, and maintenance of a VOIP telephone system, internet, and VPN hosting for a three-year period. A compulsory briefing session will be held on January 19, 2026. Bids must be submitted by 11:00 AM on February 9, 2026. Bidders must be registered on the National Treasury Central Supplier Database (CSD). Bids will be evaluated in three stages: mandatory requirements, functionality, and price and specific goals. Enquiries can be made from Monday to Friday between 08h00-13h00 and 13h30-16h30 and such enquiries will not be entertained five days before the tender closes. The municipality reserves the right to extend the tender advert period at its own discretion. Bids will remain valid for 90 days after the closing date. Objections, complaints, queries and disputes must be submitted in writing to the office of the municipal manager, erf 257, main street, port st johns municipality. The validity period for the bid is ninety 90 days from the close of the bid. Bidders must submit the following documentation with their tenders: business registration documents, current rates clearance statement, certified copy of identity documents of directors, signed joint venture or consortium agreement, a company profile with employee skills matrix, proof of membership with motor vehicle security association of south africa vesa. The lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the municipality reserves the right to accept the whole or part of any tender or not to consider any tender not suitably endorsed.
The bid notice states bids must be completed in black ink, enclosed in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the tender number, tender name and description, and deposited in the tender box, reception area municipal town hall, erf257 main street, port st johns not later than 11h00am on m o n d a y , 0 9 f e b r u a r y 2 0 2 6.
The bid notice states enders will be evaluated in terms of the supply chain management policy of the port st johns municipality. the lowest tender will not necessarily be accepted, and the municipality reserves the right to accept the whole or part of any tender or not to consider any tender not suitably endorsed. an **** point system shall apply where 80 points are allocated for price and 20 points allocated for specific goals.
The bid notice states bids will be evaluated in three stages, namely: stage 1 mandatory requirements stage 2 functionality stage 3 price and specific goals.
The bid notice states briefing session 19 january 2026, psj town hall @09: 00ama compulsory briefingclarification meeting with representatives of the municipality will take place onthe dates, times and venues.
The bid notice states objections, complaints, queries and disputes persons aggrieved by decisions or actions taken by the municipality in the implementation of the supply chain management system, or any matter arising from a contract awarded in terms of the supply chain management system may, within 14 days of the decision or action, lodge a written objection or complaint or query or dispute against the decision or action.