This Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is for the provision of auditing services to oversee and certify the SA Tech Challenge competition. The contract will be for a period of three years on an as-and-when-required basis. Proposals must be submitted electronically to ***@***. *. * by 01 April 2026 for enquiries and by 10 April 2026 for submission. The submission must be in two parts: a technical proposal and a pricing proposal, sent in separate emails. Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) and be tax compliant. The evaluation will consider technical merit, price, and preference points. The CSIR reserves the right to award the tender as a whole or in part, or to cancel the process at any stage. Mandatory returnable documents include Annexure D (Pricing Schedule), proof of IRBA registration for lead personnel, and Annexure A (SBD 1), Annexure E (Proposal Form), Annexure F (Certificate of Acquaintance), Annexure H (SBD 4), Annexure I (Declaration and Breach of Law), Annexure J (Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement), and Annexure K (Draft Service Level Agreement). Failure to submit mandatory documents will result in disqualification.
The bid notice states that the closing date and time for submission of proposals is 10 April 2026 at 16:30. Proposals received after this date and time will not be accepted.
The bid notice mentions that Payment will be according to the CSIR payment terms and conditions. Specific details are not provided in this excerpt.
The bid notice states that The CSIR will award the contract to qualified bidders whose proposal is determined to be the most advantageous to the CSIR, taking into consideration the technical functional solution, price, specific goals and objective criteria. It also mentions that The contract will be awarded to the bidder who scores the highest total number of points during the evaluation process, except where the law permits otherwise.
Bidders are required to achieve a predetermined minimum threshold on each of the individual criteria and an overall predetermined minimum threshold on each phase of the evaluation. Specifically, for the technical evaluation, bidders must achieve a minimum of 60% on each individual criterion and an overall minimum of 60% to proceed to price and preference points evaluation.
The bid notice states that Furthermore, iwe agree to a penalty clauses which will allow csir to invoke a penalty against us for noncompliance with material terms of this rfp including the delayed delivery of the services due to nonperformance by ourselves, failure to meet subcontracting.
The bid notice does not mention any requirement for a site visit.
The last date for submission of enquiries/clarifications is 01 April 2026.