Research Development Tenders

The department will have 30 thirty calendar days after receipt of the tax invoice and supporting evidence to make payment to the service provider. the department will have 30 thirty calendar days after receipt of the tax invoice and supporting evidence to make payment

Bidders must submit a valid BBBEE status level verification certificate issued by SANAS or accredited agency, or a sworn affidavit. submit a valid bbbee status level verification certificate issued by sanas, or accredited verification agency

Proposals not in prescribed format or with illegible or incomplete information may be rejected. dffe reserves the right to reject proposals that are not submitted in the prescribed format or where information presented is illegible or incomplete

Bids must be submitted by 23 November 2026, 23:55. The closing date is 23th of november 2026 and closing time is 23h55pm.

The recommended preferred bidder will be the bidder with the lowest overall price in the third stage of the bid evaluation, after passing functionality and responsiveness stages.

Bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) and provide a tax PIN issued by SARS. The requirement states: submission of registration with national treasury central supplier database csd summary report: bidder must be registered to do business with the dbsa.

Bids may be disqualified for non-compliance. The document states: failure to provide any of the above particulars may render the bid invalid and late bids will not be accepted for consideration.

Bids must be submitted electronically by 23 November 2026, 23:55. The document states: closing date: 23th of november 2026 closing time: 23h55pm.

The recommended preferred bidder will be the bidder with the lowest overall price. The document states: the recommended preferred bidder will be the bidder with the lowest overall price in the third stage of the bid evaluation.

Bidders must have a minimum of 10 years experience in client satisfaction surveys. The document states: a minimum of ten 10 years proven organisational experience in the design and implementation of client satisfaction, customer experience, stakeholder perception, or related research programmes.

Written requests for clarification must be submitted three working days before the submission date. The document states: this must be done three 3 working days before the submission date.

Failure to submit all compulsory documents may result in disqualification. The document states: should all these documents not be included, the bidder may be disqualified on the basis of noncompliance.

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

The award is based on the 80/20 preference point system: prices will be scored out of 80 points and specific goals will be scored out of 20 in accordance with the pppfa.

Tenderers must meet eligibility criteria including no restrictions, no conflicts of interest, and CIDB grading: tenderers must have a cidb contractor grading of grade 6 ep 6 eb 6 me or higher.

A non-compulsory clarification meeting/site visit is scheduled: a noncompulsory clarification meetingsite visit with meeting representatives of eskom will take place as follows: date: 11 november 2026 time: 10h00.

Clarification queries must be submitted before 5 working days before the deadline for tender submission.

Tenderers will be disqualified if they do not meet eligibility criteria, submit late, or fail to submit mandatory returnables: a tenderer that does not submit mandatory documents by or the complete information required in mandatory documents by the deadlines as stipulated in the tender returnable section of the respective invitation to tender will be deemed nonresponsive.