This tender is for the appointment of a panel of IT assurance experts to provide independent IT assurance and related IT services to the City of Cape Town for a period of 36 months. The services will involve reviewing various aspects of IT projects, including planning, design, specification, and implementation. The panel will be comprised of IT assurance specialists, IT technical specialists, IT finance specialists, and IT governance specialists. The City of Cape Town will assess matters and determine which panel the particular matter falls into. Work will be allocated on a rotation basis to tenderers on the relevant panel, following the order of ranking based on price and preference. Panel members may not review work they previously performed. The contract period is 36 months from the commencement date.
The contract period is for 36 months from the commencement date of the contract.
Payment of invoices will be made within 30 thirty days of receiving the relevant invoice or statement from the supplier, unless otherwise prescribed for certain categories of expenditure or specific contractual requirements in accordance with any other applicable policies of the purchaser.
The warranty for this contract shall remain valid for six 6 months from date of delivery of the goods andor services.
Points for this tender will be awarded for Price and Specific Goals. The specific goals include Gender, Race, Disability, and Promotion of Micro and Small Enterprises.
Tenderers must demonstrate that they possess the necessary professional and technical qualifications, professional and technical competence, financial resources, equipment and other physical facilities, managerial capability, reliability, capacity, experience, reputation, and personnel to perform the contract.
Penalties are applicable for late submission of any deliverable (2% of the purchase order value per calendar day), poor quality deliverable (70% of the purchase order value), and supplier not attending pre-planned meetings (15% reduction of the purchase order value on the next invoice).