Procurement and Payment Services (PPS) manages the tendering process to make sure that it is fair, equitable, transparent and cost-effective.

The awarding of tenders must be in line with UCT's Affirmative Procurement Policy, which requires that a certain amount of UCT's spending is directed to BEE-accredited vendors.

Calls for tenders

Tenders are advertised in local print media except where tenders are below the value of R1 million. In this case pre-qualified vendors will be invited to submit tenders.

Note: you do not have to be registered as a UCT vendor in order to tender for advertised contracts.

Submitting a tender

The tender or RFP (Request For Proposal) document issued by UCT will contain the following:

• tender specifications
• date and time of site visits
• evaluation criteria
• closing date of tenders

After the closing date tenderers are requested to present their tender to an evaluation committee. Based on the RFP/ tender submitted, as well as presentations, tenderers are shortlisted to do final presentations. A recommendation is made based on a number of factors such as:

• BEE status
• solution offered
• technical offering
• price
• partnering profile of company