The tender seeks service providers for the maintenance of solar water heaters and heat pumps in Ekurhuleni. The contract period is from the date of award until 30 June 2028. A schedule of prices is included, listing various items and their estimated costs. Bidders must comply with preferential procurement regulations (PPR 2022) and be VAT registered if their sales exceed R1 million in a 12-month period. Bid prices are fixed for the first 12 months, subject to CPI escalation for the following 12 months, and for the remaining period. Successful bidders will be required to purchase public liability insurance and indemnify the council against third-party claims. The maximum delivery period for each item is 6 weeks. The City of Ekurhuleni intends to award a maximum of 6 bidders, one per area. Payment will be made via EFT within 30 days of invoice submission.
The maximum delivery period for each item in the pricing schedule is 6 weeks.
Payment will be made within thirty 30 days after goods are supplied and date of invoice.
This warranty shall remain valid for twelve 12 months after the goods, or any portion thereof as the case may be, have been delivered to and accepted at the final destination indicated in the contract, or for eighteen 18 months after the date of shipment from the port or place of loading in the source country, whichever period concludes earlier, unless specified otherwise.
The coe shall accept the bid that scores the highest total number of points, having regard to the provisions of regulations 4 and 5 of the preferential procurement regulations, 2022, unless objective criteria justify the award to another bidder as contemplated in section 21f of the preferential procurement policy framework act, act no. 5 of ****.
Bidders must comply with preferential procurement regulations (PPR 2022) and be VAT registered if their sales exceed R1 million in a 12-month period.
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.
