NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NUMBER 2114
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 20 AUGUST 2010
Dr H C van Schalkwyk (DA) to ask the Minister of Finance:
(1) Whether a tender for the procurement section of the Government's Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) has been awarded by the State Information Technology Agency (Sita); if not, why not; if so, (a) which firm was the successful bidder for the procurement contract and (b) how many ICT consultancies tendered for the contract;
(2) whether a due diligence exercise was undertaken to ascertain whether the successful bidder has the capacity to deliver according to the scale of the IFMS contract; if not, why not; if so, (a) what is the value and (b) the further relevant details of the IFMS contract?
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REPLY:
(1) The Tender (RFB 565) has been awarded.
(a) The successful bidder was ICT Works (Pty) Ltd., with whom a contract was concluded
(b) A total of Seventeen (17) bids were received and they are as follows:
|
No. |
Supplier Name |
|
1 |
GijimaAST Holdings Pty Ltd IBM SA Pty Ltd Intenda Pty Ltd SAP Public Services Pty Ltd (Consortium) |
|
2 |
Tactical Software Systems Accenture SA Pty Ltd Quadrem Africa Pty Ltd SAP Public Services Pty Ltd (Consortium) |
|
3 |
Valor IT Intenda Pty Ltd (Partnership) |
|
4 |
E Com Institute Pty Ltd |
|
5 |
Conscripti Pty Ltd |
|
6 |
Masana Technologies Pty Ltd |
|
7 |
EOH Mthombo Pty Ltd |
|
8 |
Redflex 47 Pty Ltd t/a Cityworks and Ramco systems (Joint venture) |
|
9 |
ICT-Works Pty Ltd Arivia.Kom Pty Ltd (Consortium) |
|
10 |
Oracle corporation SA Ltd Accenture SA Pty Ltd Waymark Infotech Pty Ltd Global Bits Thuta Pty Ltd (Partnership) |
|
11 |
SAP Public Services Pty Ltd |
|
12 |
Intenda Pty Ltd |
|
13 |
Bula Communication Technologies Fraxion Pty Ltd (Consortium) |
|
14 |
Logitek sewentien (Pty) Ltd t/a Sizwe business networking |
|
15 |
Predicate logistics Predicate procurement services Pty Ltd |
|
16 |
Predicate Logistics Pty Ltd Changepond Technologies (Joint venture) |
|
17 |
Hewlett Packard SA Pty Ltd |
(2) Yes, a due diligence was carried out by an external audit firm, Sizwe Ntsaluba, who assessed the capability of the bidder to deliver according to the requirements of the Request for Bid (RFB)
(a) The total value of the winning bid was R516,896,346.49 over a ten (10) year period.
(b) A transparent bidding process was followed with a contract awarded to the winning bidder, namely ICT works.
The procurement process was monitored by the Auditor-General to ensure compliance with all statutory requirements.
Issued by Parliament, October 13 2010
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