SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF OFFICE FURNITURE (AMAHLATHI)

RFQ documents will be available from the Budget and Treasury Office (SCM Unit) at no cost to the service provider/supplier.  The documents will be available on Friday, 27 January 2012, on the 3^rd Floor, Metropolitan Building, Drury Lane, East London.

A compulsory briefing session will be held on Thursday, 2^nd February 2012, at 10h00.  All prospective bidders are requested to convene at Amathole District Municipality, 7^th Floor Boardroom, Caxton House Building, East London.

Enquiries should be addressed to A Mbidlana on (043) 701 4061

Completed RFQ documents are to be placed in a sealed envelope endorsed "SUPPLY OF DELIVERY OF OFFICE FURNITURE (AMAHLATHI): RFQ No. 8/2/224/2011-2012. – AMATHOLE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY" must be deposited in the Bid Box, at the offices of the Amathole District Municipality, 40 Cambridge Street, East London, 5200, not later than 11h00 on Tuesday, 7 February 2012, at which time the bids will be opened in public.

PREFERENTIAL PROCUREMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ACT (PPPFA) POINTS WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:

            Price                                                                 -             80 points

            B-BBEE Status Level of Contribution                     -             20 points

            TOTAL                                                                          100 points

SUPPLIERS/SERVICE PROVIDERS SHALL TAKE NOTE OF THE FOLLOWING BID CONDITIONS:

[a]           The Amathole District Municipality Supply Chain Management Policy will apply;

[b]           The Amathole District Municipality does not bind itself to accept the lowest quotation or any other quotation and reserves the right to accept the whole or part of the quotation;

[c]            RFQs which are late, incomplete, unsigned or submitted by facsimile or electronically, will not be accepted.

[d]           Price(s) quoted must be valid for at least thirty (30) days from date of your offer.

[e]           Price(s) quoted must be firm and must be inclusive of VAT.

[f]            A firm delivery period must be indicated.

[g]           For all transactions exceeding R30 000,00 your tax reference number at SARS must be furnished.

[h]           This quotation will be evaluated in terms of the 80/20 preference point system as prescribed in the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (No 5 of 2000) and for this purpose the enclosed form MBD6.1 must be scrutinized, completed and submitted together with your quotation.

[i]            Successful bidders will be required to register as a supplier/service provider on the ADM’s Supplier/Service Provider Database, if not already registered.

[j]            Bidders must include in their proposals whether cession agreements will be required to secure funding, or goods and services for the project. Details of such cessions, such as names and details of proposed cessionaries and percentage of quoted price to be ceded, must be given.