Appointment of an experienced and suitably qualified service provider to assist the agency with the implementation of the revised grap 104 for the 2025/26 financial year
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The Eastern Cape Rural Development Agency (ECRDA) is seeking an experienced service provider to assist with the implementation of the revised GRAP 104 for the 2025/26 financial year. The service provider will be responsible for developing a GRAP-compliant financial instruments register, assisting with segmentation of receivables, identification and classification of financial instruments, developing a revised methodology for classification, measurement, impairment, accounting treatment, and disclosures. They will also assess recognition and derecognition principles, propose a governance framework for financial risk oversight, and develop impairment calculation models. The scope includes reviewing and updating accounting policies and standard operating procedures, recommending changes to credit/debt management and risk management policies, reviewing system configurations, and performing financial instrument risk assessments. Skill transfer to the ECRDA finance division is also required. Bidders must submit proof of affiliation with SAICA for the technical accounting manager/director. The project duration is five months, commencing within five days of purchase order issuance. Proposals will be evaluated based on prequalification, technical evaluation, and a 80/20 preference point system for price and specific goals (race, gender, disability, youth). Mandatory returnable documents include SBD 1, SBD 3. 3, SBD 4, proof of SAICA affiliation, detailed quotation, and CSD registration. There will be no briefing session. Bids must be submitted via email to ***@***. *. *, with each email not exceeding 30MB. All documents should preferably be in PDF format. Bids must be received by the deadline.
The project must commence within five 5 days from the date of issuing purchase order. The assignment is for a period of five 5 months.
The bid notice states that payments shall be made promptly by the purchaser, but in no case later than thirty 30 days after submission of an invoice or claim by the supplier.
The bid notice states that proposals will be evaluated in terms of the ECRDA supply chain management policy, preferential procurement policy framework act **** and the preferential procurement regulation of 2022. The evaluation of bid responses will be conducted in three 3 phases: eligibility/prequalification criteria, technical evaluation, and financial proposal and specific goals evaluation using the 80/20 preference point system.
Bidders must submit proof of registration on the national central supplier database (CSD). They must also complete and duly sign specific standard bidding documents (SBDs) including Authority to Sign, Invitation to Bid (SBD 1), Pricing Schedule (SBD 3. 3), Bidders Disclosure (SBD 4), Preference Points Claim Form (SBD 6. 1), and Contract Form (SBD 7. 1). Failure to submit these documents will render the bid proposal non-responsive.
The bid notice mentions that subject to GCC clause 25, if the supplier fails to deliver any or all of the goods or to perform the services within the periods specified in the contract, the purchaser shall, without prejudice to its other remedies under the contract, deduct from the contract price, as a penalty, a sum calculated on the delivered price of the delayed goods or unperformed services using the current prime interest rate calculated for each day of the delay until actual delivery or performance. The purchaser may also consider termination of the contract pursuant to GCC clause 23.
The bid notice explicitly states: There will be no briefing session for this bid.