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The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is seeking to appoint a qualified security architect company to support its Information, Technology, and Facilities department. The objective is to design, implement, and optimize enterprise-wide security solutions, establishing a structured security architecture to protect the organization's facilities, people, and systems. Key activities include conducting a security maturity assessment, developing a security architecture framework, defining policies and standards, designing and implementing security solutions (physical, logical, and personnel), conducting risk assessments, and recommending optimization tactics. The scope of work involves assessment, architecture design, gap analysis, roadmap development, and implementation support. Deliverables include architecture documentation, solution design documents, assessment reports, risk assessment reports, roadmaps, progress reports, and recommended policies. Bids are due by 11:00 AM on April 20, 2026. A compulsory briefing session is not scheduled. Queries must be submitted by April 6, 2026, with responses to be made available to all bidders. Bids must be submitted in two sealed envelopes: one for technical and compliance, and another for financial proposals and specific goals. Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) and be tax compliant. The evaluation methodology includes administrative compliance, technical functionality (minimum 70% threshold), and price and specific goals (80/20 system). Specific goals points are awarded for black women-owned, youth, disabled people, military veterans, and historically disadvantaged South Africans. The bid validity period is 120 business days.
The bid closing date is 20 April 2026 at 11:00 AM.
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. The supplier further warrants that all goods supplied under this contract shall have no defect, arising from design, materials, or workmanship except when the design and/or material is required by the purchaser's specifications or from any act or omission of the supplier, that may develop under normal use of the supplied goods in the conditions prevailing in the country of final destination.
The evaluation of bids will be based on a combination of technical functionality (minimum 70% threshold) and price and specific goals on an 80/20 point system.
Bidders must comply with administrative compliance requirements, including submitting all required documentation such as a letter of good standing (COID), CSD report, and completed SBD forms (SBD1, SBD4, SBD6. 1). They must also meet the technical functionality requirements with a minimum threshold of 70%.
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.
A compulsory briefing session is not scheduled for this tender.
The tender documents do not indicate any requirement for sample submission.