Most foreign-owned companies operating in South Africa are not going to sell shares locally and consequently have a lower B-BBEE scoring. Therefore, if they are your vendors then your Preferential Procurement scoring is negatively influenced. However, the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI’s) codes of good practice make provision for Equity Equivalents, Benni North of […]
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The SmartProcurement ‘Tenders in Government’ Technical Workshop met with such a positive response that this niche P & SM online media organisation is planning to take the one-day programme country-wide, for the benefit of SCM practitioners on the procure and supply side. A total of 65 delegates attended the hands-on workshop on the third
Possible Government tenders workshops in the rest of SA Read More »
There is a greater need for public sector tenders to be more strictly awarded according to government’s guidelines. The outcome of tender awards influenced by government officials with stakes in corporate companies, bribery and financial mismanagement is not just that incompetent people receive a contract, but also the waste of government’s steadily shrinking pockets. Professor
Larger fiscal deficits call for stricter compliance to government tender guidelines Read More »
The recent gazetting of the Toursim, Construction and Forestry Codes in terms of section 9(1) of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, 53 of 2003, has already lead to some concerns as to the application of these codes and their status vis a vis the generic Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic
BBBEE: Generic Codes vs Sector Codes of good practice Read More »
In SmartProcurement’s May Newsletter, we discussed the Public Procurement Law Review’s opinions on Phoebe Bolton’s new legal work ‘The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa’. This month, SmartProcurement publishes a review of the book by Mr Isac Smith, director Supply Chain Management at the Western Cape Department of Health. ‘The Law of Government Procurement
Peer Reviewed: The law of Government Procurement in South Africa Read More »
The IPSA/ CIPS Pan African Conference, held at Emperors Palace on 26th and 27th May, attests to the significant role that public sector supply chains are playing in ensuring the resilience of the South African economy against the worst effects of the present global downturn. In particular, the State supply chain management machine is managing
Public Sector Supply Chains helping to keeping economy afloat Read More »
“A must-read for anyone who is pursuing a professional career in Procurement & Supply Management!” Owing to the fragmented regime governing public procurement in South Africa, it is exceedingly difficult to form a coherent view of the legal regime of government contracting. Professor Phoebe Bolton’s book, The Law of Government Procurement in South Africa, provides
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Insufficient information is one of the biggest hurdles to the implementation of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) policies and legislation in the workplace, which perpetuates negative attitudes towards BEE, distorts the BEE process, and also devalues those legitimate BEE business owners in the marketplace, Alex Soare of BEESA BoxSmart told SmartProcurement Referring to the results
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In 2003 Business Day reported on the Black Business Media Summit. At this summit, Shadrach Appanna, then an Economist from the Development Bank of South Africa (DBSA), spoke on the topic of ‘Preparing black businesses to excel in Public Private Partnerships’ (PPPs). In this specific talk, Mr. Appanna, pointed out that when PPPs are used
Has there been an effective change in the public sector tender regimes since 2003? Read More »
In response to ANC President Jacob Zuma’s statement that the government tendering process should return to the old tender board system, SmartProcurement and independent experts are clear that this move will hamper service delivery, negate progress made in public sector procurement and still not be a foolproof mechanism to prevent fraud. Individual accountability within the
Zuma tender solution will hamper service delivery. Accountability the answer Read More »
