Center Support Tenders

The equipment must be delivered within a period of 6-8 weeks from purchase order issue date for both sites. The equipment must be delivered within a period of 68 weeks from purchase order issue date for both sites.

Payments will be made on a time and cost basis upon successful completion of a deliverable or a portion thereof per agreement. payments will be made on a time and cost basis upon successful completion of a deliverable or a portion thereof per agreement.

5-year warranty registered with OEM and proof attached is required for servers, storage arrays, SAN switches, and network switches. 5year warranty registered with oem and proof attached

Evaluation uses the 80/20 preference point system: 80 points for price and 20 points for specific goals. the **** preference point system, where points are awarded based on: o bid price maximum 80 points o specific goals maximum 20 points

Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) and tax compliant. Bidders are required to be registered on the central supplier database csd. it is a condition of this bid that the tax status of the prospective service provider must be compliant

Bids that fail to achieve a minimum of 65 points out of 100 for functionality will be disqualified. Bids that fail to achieve a minimum of 65 points out of 100 for functionality will be disqualified.

Quotations must be submitted by the closing date and time: 06 November 2026 at 14:00. closing date and time 06 november 2026 at 14: 00

Payment will only be made after delivery against an official award letter or purchase order. goods or services shall be delivered and accepted against an official and raf award letter or purchase order po signed and duly authorised raf official

Evaluation based on 80/20 preference point system: 80 points for price and 20 points for specific goals. evaluation for price and specific goals based preference system on the ****

Service provider must be an accredited Cisco partner (Global Gold, Gold Integrator, or Secure Networking Solution specialization) and submit valid proof by closing date. the service provider company must be an accredited partner global gold or gold integrator or secure networking solution specialization partner level status of the original equipment manufacturer oem, cisco

Site inspection is not applicable. compulsory briefing session site visitsite inspection na

Late quotations will not be accepted, and collusive behavior or submitting more than one proposal from companies with common directors will result in disqualification. if the quotation is late, it shall not be accepted for consideration and collusive behaviour by the bidder will result in disqualification

The closing date for tender submission is 27 November 2026 at 10h00 SAST. closing date and time 27 november 2026 at 10h00 am south african standard time

Eskom commits to paying suppliers within 30 days for contracts below R50 million and within 60 days for contracts above R50 million, from receipt of undisputed invoices. eskom is committed to paying suppliers within 30 days of receipt of undisputed invoices

Tenderers are ranked using the 90/10 preferential point scoring system, with prices scored out of 90 points and specific goals scored out of 10 points. tenderers will be ranked by applying the preferential point scoring for the **** system

Tenderers must meet eligibility criteria including not being under restriction to do business with Eskom, not having conflicts of interest, and not being on restricted supplier lists. tenderers are ineligible to submit a tender if: 1. tenderers have the nationality of a country on any international sanctions list

A non-compulsory virtual clarification meeting will be held on 05 November 2026 at 13h00 SAST via Microsoft Teams. a noncompulsory virtual meeting will be held on 05 november 2026 at 13h00 south african time via microsoft teams

Clarification queries must be submitted 5 working days before the tender submission deadline. the tenderer will notify eskom of any clarifications required before the closing time for clarification queries, which is 5 working days before the deadline for tender submission

Tenderers will be disqualified for not meeting eligibility criteria, submitting incomplete mandatory returnables, or failing to meet the functionality threshold of 75%. a tenderer that does not submit mandatory documents by or the complete information required in mandatory documents by the deadlines stipulated in the tender returnable section of the respective rfp will be deemed nonresponsive

Bids must be delivered by the stipulated time to the correct address. Late bids will not be accepted for consideration.

Bidders must ensure compliance with their tax obligations. Bidders are required to submit their unique personal identification number PIN issued by SARS to enable the organ of state to verify the taxpayers profile and tax status.

Compulsory briefing session will be held at Microsoft Teams on the 10th August 2026 at 10:00am. Bidders who wish to participate in the briefing session to send an email to ***@***. *. * before end of business on the 06th August 2026.

NB: Failure to provide or comply with any of the above particulars may render the bid invalid.