HEPTAGON WINS E4.6M NHLANGANO TENDER

 MBABANE – A cut above the rest! Out of 10 companies that had hoped to snatch the business opportunity presented by the Nhlangano Town Board, for the upgrading of Extension Eight Road to bitumen with walkway and storm water drainage, Heptagon Civils has emerged as the best evaluated tenderer.

 In evaluation results published by the Swaziland Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (SPPRA), five out of 10 companies that submitted expressions of interest were rejected for varying reasons from the undergoing the evaluation exercise, conducted by the Tender Board.

Non-compliance

The five rejected companies, which did not make the cut for non-compliance with different Instructions to Bidders (ITB) certificates (see tables below), were: Mila Construction, Sukabadzele Construction, Homeboyz Construction, Pots Construction and Afrotim Construction.

Licence

A construction expert explained that ITBs were a section in a tender document which relate to statutory documents, such as trading licence or Construction Industry Council (CIC) certificate, that should accompany a tender bid. 
Meanwhile, the construction firms which made it into the second round of the evaluation process where Heptagon Civils emerged victorious were; AG Thomas, Kukhanya, Stefanutti Stocks and Roots Civils.

Stipulates

It should be mentioned that the results were issued by SPPRA in accordance with Section 45 of the Public Procurement Act of 2011, which stipulates that a 10 working days period should be allowed for any tenderer to submit any applications for review.

This effectively means that the 120 days contract between the town board and Heptagon can only be signed when the 10 working days period has lapsed. In this case, the tender contract can only be signed tomorrow. 
Nhlangano Town Clerk Apollo Maphalala confirmed the tender evaluation results as published by the SPPRA.
He explained that the project would be financed through the Local Government Project.

Upgrading

Asked as to why they prioritised the upgrading of roads as opposed to other services, Maphalala explained that accessibility of the town area and improvement of their entire town’s road network was at the core of their mandate during the current financial year.
“The road was in a deplorable state and had to be upgraded with immediate effect,” said Maphalala.

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