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The bid notice outlines special conditions of contract, including the requirement for bidders to accept SANBI's terms and conditions and submit signed General Conditions of Contract. A Service Level Agreement will be concluded upon award, with SANBI reserving the right to vary draft indicators and milestones. Bidders are requested to comment on these draft indicators. SANBI reserves the right to award to a bidder not scoring the highest points under specific circumstances, negotiate with preferred bidders, accept part of a tender, conduct site inspections, correct mistakes, and cancel the tender process at any stage. Bidders must declare honesty, fair dealing, effective resource utilization, and compliance with applicable laws. The notice also details provisions regarding conflict of interest, corruption, fraud, misrepresentation, preparation costs, indemnity, precedence, limitation of liability, tax compliance, tender defaulters, governing law, responsibility for subcontractors, confidentiality, SANBI proprietary information, and availability of funds. Appeals are allowed within 10 working days from the award date.
The bid notice states that SANBI reserves the right to award this tender to a bidder that did not score the highest total number of points, only in accordance with section 21f of the PPPFA Act 5 of ****.
The bid notice requires bidders to confirm that they will act honestly, fairly, and with due skill, care and diligence, in the interests of SANBI, and have and employ effectively the resources, procedures and appropriate technological systems for the proper performance of the services.
The bid notice states that SANBI reserves the right to carry out site inspections, product evaluations or explanatory meetings in order to verify the nature and quality of the services offered by the bidders, whether before or after adjudication of the bid.
The bid notice states that bidders are allowed to appeal within 10 working days from the day of the award.
