BID NO. 08/2023: PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO SBDM

Bids are invited from suitably qualified service providers for the “PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO SBDM” for a three-year period. Prospective bidders must be registered in terms of the Legal Practice Act (Act No. 28 of 2014), and must be in possession of a valid Fidelity Fund certificate. Failure to submit the aforementioned will result in disqualification.

Bid documents with the necessary specifications may be obtained at may be obtained at a non-refundable cost of R200.00 from the Supply Chain Management Unit, 4th Floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Gqeberha, tel. 041 508 7007. Alternatively, bid documents may be downloaded free of charge from the E-Tender Portal (https://etenders.treasury.gov.za) or the municipal website (https://sarahbaartman.co.za).   

The bids will be evaluated on the 80/20 preferential points system, as per the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2022, as well as on functionality. Bidders that do not obtain a minimum score of 75% on functionality criteria will be excluded from further evaluation.

Functionality criteria will be assessed as follows:

Where:   1 = Poor, 2 = Acceptable, 3 = Good, 4 = Very Good, 5 = Excellent

Bids in a sealed envelope clearly marked “BID NO. 08/2023: PANEL OF SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR THE PROVISION OF LEGAL SERVICES TO SBDM” must be placed in the Bid Box, 4th Floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Gqeberha, before 12h00 noon on Friday, 08 December 2023. Thereafter bids will be opened in public in the Committee Room No. 1, 6th Floor, 32 Govan Mbeki Avenue, Gqeberha.

Prospective bidders must be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD). Failure to comply shall render the bid non-responsive. Failure to submit any other compulsory document(s) shall render the bid non-responsive.

The original document collected from the municipality must be submitted or, if the documents are printed from the websites, printed documents must be submitted. Bids may only be submitted on the bid documentation provided by the municipality.

Late, incomplete, facsimile or emailed bids will not be accepted for consideration. The only or lowest bid received shall not necessarily be accepted. SBDM reserves the right to accept part of or the full bid.