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SWAZI TRAC FAVOURITES FOR ESWADE TENDER

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MBABANE - Swazi Trac (Pty) Ltd has been enlisted as the best evaluated tenderer to be awarded the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise (ESWADE) tender.

This was revealed by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website. The intention to award the company was published last week and they are expected to begin executing it after a period of 10 working days, should they not be contested. According to the regulator, ESWADE was looking for a contractor to supply and deliver plant and equipment. The proposed contract price was E774 062. Worth noting, construction companies in Eswatini are less than 50 and a majority have been awarded contracts, small constructions 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 preferences in the evaluation of tenders in public procurement.  

Swazi Trac (Pty) Ltd was competing with K- Projects for the tender. The total evaluation score for the two companies was revealed in the tender document but it was indicated that K- Projects failed to meet the minimum technical specification required by the tender document. Heavy Plant Centre scored t below Swazi Trac (Pty) Ltd for the tender, thus making the latter favourable company for the tender. ESWADE was the procuring entity for the tender which was approved by the authority of the board. ESPPRA requested the unsuccessful bidder to submit an application for review with the agency with 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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