INYATSI FAVOURITES FOR MCM TENDER

MBABANE – Inyatsi Construction (Pty) Ltd has been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderer to be awarded the Mbabane Municipal Council (MCM) tender.

This was revealed by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website. The intention to award the company was published yesterday and they are expected to begin executing it after a period of 10 working days, should they not be contested.

Rehabilitation

According to the regulator, MCM was looking for a contractor for the rehabilitation and upgrading of Makhosini drive. The proposed contract price was E6 618 831.43. Worth noting, construction companies in Eswatini are less than 50 and a majority have been awarded contracts, small construction companies which are based in the country have acquired over 10 tenders, which were afore granted to big companies. This is in line with the provision and procurement of tenders in the Public Procurement Regulations, which states that local companies will be granted first preference in the evaluation of tenders in public procurement.

Competing  

Inyatsi Construction (Pty) Ltd was competing with Roots Civils, AG Thomas and Stefanutti Stocks for the tender. The total evaluated score for the three companies was revealed in the tender document and it was indicated that Roots Civils scored lowest for the tender. Stefanutti Stocks scored 84.5 per cent, thus making Inyatsi Construction the favourable company for the tender.

Approved

MCM was the procuring entity for the tender which was approved by the authority of the board. ESPPRA requested the unsuccessful bidders to submit an application for review with the agency within 10 working days. “All tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working days is hereby allowed to for submission of any application for review,” said ESPPRA. The agency also mentioned that the tender does not constitute a contract.    

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