Watch Tenders

The bid offers must be submitted in a sealed envelope properly marked in terms of the bid number and bid description, at the offices of the municipality situated at ground floor Ramotshere Moiloa Local Municipality Cnr. Coetzee and President Streets Zeerust, on or before 11:00 on Thursday 16 April 2026.

The bid notice states that bidders must have the ability to facilitate vendor support and warranty claims and provide confirmation that the license supplied is genuine, valid, and supported by the OEM.

Bidders are required to have a minimum of 3 years of experience in network security solutions, provide at least 3 contactable references for similar firewall licensing or security solutions projects, and have proven experience in the supply, renewal, and support of firewall licenses. Additionally, at least one certified technician with relevant certification such as WatchGuard Certified System Professional (WCSP) or equivalent, or a relevant network security certification like Cisco CCNA Security or CompTIA Security is required.

The evaluation will be based on administrative requirements and preference point system, with 80 points for price and 20 points for specific goals. All quotations will be evaluated in terms of administrative requirements, andpreference point system. price and specific goals evaluation administrative mandatory criteria criteria gate 0 gate 2 suppliers must submit all documents as suppliers will be evaluated on price outlined in paragraph 3. 1 table 1 below. weighted price as per scope of work and specific goals claimed points as stipulated only bidders that comply with all these on sbd 6. 1 paragraph 4. 2. criteria will proceed to gate 1. 3. 1 gate 0: administrative mandatory requirementssupplier s must submit the documents listed in table 1 below.

Suppliers must submit all documents as outlined in paragraph 3. 1. suppliers must submit all documents as suppliers will be evaluated on price outlined in paragraph 3. 1 table 1 below.

GAAL reserves the right to conduct supplier due diligence prior to final award or at any time during the contract period and this may include preannounced nonannounced site visits. gaal reserves the right to conduct supplier due diligence prior to final award or at any time during the contract period and this may include preannounced nonannounced site visits.

The duration period is from 01 April 2026 to 31 July 2026.

Payment will be according to safcol procedures.

Quotations will be evaluated in accordance with safcol supply chain management policy and preferential procurement policy framework regulations of 2022.

Service providers must submit their BBBEE verification certificates from verification agencies accredited by the south african accreditation system sanas or an eme qse sworn affividavit signed by the eme representative and attested by a commissioner of oaths.

Service providers will be disqualified for the following: non compliance tax status at the time of award, submitted information that is fraudulent factually untrue or inaccurate, service providers who made false declarations on the standard bidding documents or misrepresented facts and or service providers who are listed on the national treasurys database of restricted suppliers and defaulters, failure to quote in line with the specification.

The closing date and time is 13 march 2026 at 12: 00pm.