Subscription Renewal Tenders

The bid will be evaluated in three stages: administrative, mandatory, and price and preference points. 80 points for pricing. 15 preference points for the company that has at least 51 black ownership. 5 preference points for the company that has at least 30 black woman ownership.

Bidders must submit a valid Cisco partner reseller authorization certificate. bidders must ensure that they comply with all mandatory requirements of the rfq to advance to price and specific goals stage.

Penalties apply for service level failures: 15 of the monthly invoice fee per incident for failure to meet 100 delivery for the duration of the contract.

Bids that do not comply with mandatory requirements will be disqualified. bids that do not comply with the following mandatory requirements will be disqualified by saqa: document mark x for attached documents submit valid cisco partner reseller authorization certificate.

Bids must be delivered before the closing date and time. The closing date is Tuesday, 24 November 2026 at 11:00 AM. bids can only be delivered and deposited into the tender box or handed in at second floor any time during office hours 08:30 to 16:00 Mondays to Fridays before or on the closing date.

Payment will be made within 30 days after receipt of an invoice. i undertake to make payment for the services rendered in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract within 30 thirty days after receipt of an invoice.

The 80/20 preference point system will be applied, with 80 points for price and 20 points for specific goals. the **** preference point system will be applied and The bid must be awarded to the supplier that obtained the highest preference points.

Bidders must submit proof of authorisation as a Veeam partner, reseller or third-party distributor. bidders must submit the following: proof of authorisation as a veeam partner, reseller or thirdparty distributor. if the condition above is not met, do not evaluate further

No briefing session is scheduled. no briefing session

Clarifications must be requested in writing by Friday 13 November 2026. any clarification required by a bidder regarding the meaning or interpretation of the terms of reference, or any other aspect concerning the bid, is to be requested in writing email from ***@***. *. * by not later than friday 13 november 2026.

Bids received late will not be considered. bids received late shall not be considered. a bid will be considered late if it arrived even one second after 11:00 am or any time thereafter.

Quotations must be submitted by email to ***@***. *. * on or before the closing date and time stipulated above. all quotations must by email to ***@***. *. * be submitted on or before the closing date and time stipulated above

Mandatory Gold or Platinum partnership with Kaspersky is required. mandatory gold platinum partnership required. rfq response must include the prime bidders gold or platinum certificate from kaspersky and a letter from kaspersky confirming their goldplatinum partnership level is current.

Bidders on the register for tender defaulters or restricted suppliers list will be disqualified. where a persons are listed in the register for tender defaulters and or the list of restricted suppliers, that person will automatically be disqualified from the bid process.

The award will be based on functionality, the lowest acceptable tender will determine the preferential point system to be used: **** or ****.

no late, telephonic, facsimile or email tenders will be accepted and persons within organs of state are prohibited from bidding.