The tender is for the supply and delivery of sleeves for the foundry business for a period of five years. A compulsory briefing session will be held on March 13, 2026. Bids must be submitted by March 25, 2026, at 16:00 PM. The validity period is 180 business days from the closing date. A certificate of attendance is required for the briefing session. Clarifications must be submitted before 12:00 pm on March 19, 2026. The evaluation will consider administrative responsiveness, technical criteria (product quality, past performance, delivery methodology, and quality assurance), and price. The 80/20 preference point system will be used. The successful bidder will be informed via a letter of award, and a formal contract will be concluded thereafter.
The bid notice states delivery periods specified must be strictly complied with, unless otherwise requested by transnet.
The bid notice states ransnet reserves the right to award the business to the highest scoring bidders unless objective criteria justify the award to another bidder.
The bid notice states he bidder must demonstrate a successful record of supplying moulding sleeves to foundries involved in steel, iron, or heavy casting operations by submitting reference letters on client official letterhead from foundries or metallurgical companies supplied within the last five 5 years.
The bid notice states iwe further agree that if, after iwe have been notified of the acceptance of myour proposal, iwe fail to enter into a formal contract if called upon to do so, or fail to commence the supplyprovision of goodsservices within 2 twoweeks thereafter, transnet may, without prejudice to any other legal remedy which it may have, recover from meus any expense to which it may have been put in calling for proposals afresh andor having to accept any less favourable proposal.
The bid notice states a compulsory briefing meeting andor rfp briefing will be conducted at transnet engineering, cnr lynette and koedoespoort, foundry boardroom, koedoespoort pretoria on the 13 march 2026, at 10: 00 am for a period of 2 hours.
The bid notice states for specific queries relating to this rfp, an rfp clarification request form should be submitted onto the system and to ms promise ngcobo ***@***. *. * before 12: 00 pm on the 19 march 2026,
