Drilling Development Tenders

Bids must be submitted on or before Monday, 20 July 2026 not later than 12:00. on or before Monday, 20 july 2026 not later than 12h00.

This tender will be evaluated on **** preference points system. This tender will be evaluated on **** preference points system approved preferential procurement policy of the ehlanzeni district municipality.

Tenderers must be capable and experienced in siting, drilling, equipping and commissioning solar boreholes with a CIDB grading 3ME or higher. who are capable and experienced in siting, drilling, equipping and commissioning solar boreholes with a cidb grading 3me or higher.

All abuses of the supply chain management systems including but not limited to forgery of returnable documents, may be reported to the South African Police Service SAPS and restricted from doing business with any public institution or organ of the state for a period not exceeding 10 years. may be reported to the south african police service saps and restricted from doing business with any public institution or organ of the state for a period not exceeding 10 years

A compulsory briefing session will be held on Monday, 13 July 2026, 10h00 at Ehlanzeni District Municipality Offices. A compulsory briefing session will be held on monday, 13 july 2026, 10h00 at ehlanzeni district municipality offices

Bidders are advised not to commit any fraudulent activities, including forgery of documents. Bidders are advised not to commit any fraudulent activities, including forgery of documents.

The construction period for an allocated borehole will be 2 months for a new borehole, starting from the site handover of the allocated project.

A contractor will be paid by the department in accordance with supplies delivered and services rendered. The department will make every effort to take advantage of any special discount offered for payment within a certain time.

The contractor will unconditionally guarantee all materials and workmanship related to the works for a period of 6 calendar months from the date of works completion. This guarantee covers defects due to inferior materials and/or workmanship.

The awarding of this bid is not dependent on the factors of prices and preference points, as the bid is for the appointment of a panel. Bidders will be scored on functionality, and only bidders with a minimum score of 75% will be evaluated and added to the panel.

This bid is open for contractors with a Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) database category 1CE or higher. The contractor is to submit evidence of his/her own active registration.

The department will deduct a penalty for late completion of up to 0. 05% of the contract value per working day delay. This will be deducted from the retention.

A compulsory site briefing meeting will be held with prospective bidders. Attendance at the meeting will be compulsory, and non-attendance will invalidate any bid.

The contractor has the right by written notice to the engineer to require him to consider any disagreement which he raises with the engineer provided the written notice will be given within 14 days after the cause of disagreement has arisen.

Failure to comply with requirements such as submitting a valid tax compliance pin, using correction fluid, retyping bid forms, or not providing required documents like a valid BBBEE certificate or CIDB registration will result in disqualification.