Financial Advisor Tenders

The assignment must be completed within a duration of 8 months from the date of award.

Payments will be made within 30 days from the date of invoice, linked to specified deliverables after approval by the IDC.

The contract will be awarded to the bidder scoring the highest points, unless an objective criterion justifies awarding to another bidder. Objective criteria include reputational risk, concentration risk, financial capability, and past performance.

Bidders must demonstrate relevant experience in infrastructure project preparation, feasibility studies, transaction advisory, and business case development, particularly in the water and sanitation sector. Key personnel must have specific qualifications and experience, including professional registration where applicable.

The document clearly states there is no requirement for sample submission.

Bidders must notify IDC Procurement within five days after publication of the RFP if they believe the functional requirements are not open/fair or are written for a particular service provider.

Disqualification may occur for non-compliant tax status, submitting incomplete or fraudulent information, receiving information through fraudulent means, failing to comply with mandatory requirements, failing to comply with POPIA, or if the prime contractor holds a lower contract value percentage than subcontractors.

Proposals must be submitted by 22 June 2026 at 12:00 midday. closing date: 22 june 2026 @12h00, midday

The award will be to the highest scoring bidders unless objective criteria justify another bidder. cef soc ltd reserves the right to award the business to the highest scoring bidders unless objective criteria justify the award to another bidder.

Bidders must submit a valid tax compliance status, BB-BBEE affidavit/certificate, and CSD summary report or supplier number. eturnable documents failure to submit returnable documents at the closing date and time of this tender may result in a bidders disqualification.

Penalty clauses for non-compliance with material terms, including delayed provision of services, will be negotiated. iwe agree that any contract resulting from this offer will be for a period of 3months. furthermore, iwe agree to a penalty clauses to be negotiated with cef soc ltd, which will allow cef soc ltd to invoke a penalty against us for noncompliance with material terms of this rfp including the delayed provision of the services

A compulsory site visit is scheduled for 10 June 2026 at 11:00 AM via Microsoft Teams. compulsory site visit 10 june 2026 @11h00am microsoft teams meeting

Disqualification may occur for late submissions, incorrect email addresses, CCing/BCCing representatives, using links, fraudulent information, or collusion. b: the bidders are hereby advised that on their response they must not cc or blind copy any cef scm representative as this will lead to disqualification.

Quotations must be hand-delivered by 10 am on **** be hand delivered and placed in the quotation box at the reception at the scm unit, 11 kv challenor road, industrial area, eshowe by no later than 10 am on the ****

This quotation will be evaluated on the 80/20 point system as prescribed by the pppfa 2022 where 80 points will be scored on price, and 20 points will be scored on specific goals as detailed in the quotation document.

nb: orders will not be issued to a service provider who is not on csd.

canvassing in the gift of council is strictly prohibited and will 1e 0 disqualification of the tender.