The tender is for the development of a customizable agent platform for augmenting municipal cost of supply studies. The closing date is February 27, 2026, at 12:00 PM, with a bid validity period of 90 days. Bidders must submit via email to Lindiwe Mhlongo. The scope of work includes augmentation of cost of supply studies, data aggregation, scenario modelling, document management, user access, AI capabilities, and reporting. Bidders must demonstrate technical ability and capability, including experience with cloud-based and web-based solutions using platforms like Microsoft Azure, SAS, AWS, or GCP. The technical lead must have at least 10 years of experience in developing data analytic and modelling solutions. The quotation should be valid for at least 30 days. All standard bidding documents must be completed and returned. Prices must be VAT inclusive. The evaluation criteria will be based on the 80/20 or 90/10 adjudication criteria depending on the bid value.
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For bids of above R2 000 to R50 million, SALGA evaluates these in terms of the 80/20 adjudication criteria where: a price: 80 b bbbee level of contribution: 20 total: 100. For bids of above R50 million, SALGA evaluates these in terms of the 90/10 adjudication criteria where: a price: 90 b bbbee level of contribution: 10 total: 100.
The bidders will be expected to demonstrate technical ability and capability to develop and maintain a customisable, datadependent cost and profitability modelling solutions that are cloudbased and webbased using platforms within microsoft azure, sas, aws, andor gcp.
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