This tender is for horticultural maintenance, cleaning, clearing, weeding, and litter picking services for various municipal gardens and playgrounds within Stellenbosch Municipality, for a period ending June 30, 2029. The contract is divided into three sections: Ornamental Horticulture, Franschhoek Parks Gardens, and Municipal Premises Gardens. A compulsory clarification meeting will be held on June 1, 2026. Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD). The tender will be evaluated based on price (80 points), BBEEE status level of contributor (10 points), and locality (10 points). Successful bidders must have their own insurance, including public liability cover of a minimum R10,000,000. Staff must be clothed in appropriate PPE and utilize the Stellenbosch Municipal unemployment database for unskilled labor. Work reports are required monthly.
The contract period for horticultural maintenance, cleaning, clearing, weeding, and litter picking services is for a period ending 30 June 2029.
The bid notice states that payment will be made within thirty 30 days after submission of an invoice, statement or claim by the supplier.
The bid notice states that the supplier warrants that the goods supplied under the contract are new, unused, of the most recent or current models, and that they incorporate all recent improvements in design and materials unless provided otherwise in the contract.
This bid will be evaluated and adjudicated according to the following criteria: relevant specifications, value for money, capability to execute the contract, and PPPFA associated regulations.
Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) and no award will be made to tenderers whose tax status is noncompliant.
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.
A compulsory clarification meeting will be held on the 01 June 2026 at 11:00 am at Town Hall, 17 Plein Street in Stellenbosch. Tenderers who fail to attend the compulsory information session will be regarded as noncompliant.
Tenders may only be submitted on the tender document issued by Stellenbosch Municipality and must be valid for 180 days after tender closing. Late, electronic format, telephonic or faxed tenders will not be considered.
