Education

In respect of the Department’s tender BWCED 3124/23: Supply and Deliver of Stationery to the Head Office, Education District Offices and Approximately 250 Non-Section 21 Schools of the Western Cape Education Department for a Period of Three Years:

1. Whether he can make available the (a) complete bid documents for the tender, (b) details of all the companies that submitted bids, (c) bid evaluation recommendations, (d) scoring per company and (e) final report of the bid committee;
2. (a) what is the detailed explanation of the verification process used to assess the compliance of bidders and (b) what checks were in place to ensure that all the companies met the necessary requirements before being awarded the tender;
3. whether all the companies that submitted bids were (a) VAT-registered or (b) CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, what are the details of the companies that were not compliant; if so, what are the relevant details;
4. what are the details of the company or companies that were awarded the tender;
5. whether the company or companies that were awarded the tender were VAT-registered and/or CSD-compliant at the time of the bid closure on 16 February 2024; if not, how was the company’s bid considered compliant under these conditions; if so, what are the relevant details;
6. whether the alleged reports that a certain company, whose name has been furnished to his Department for the purpose of his reply, only registered for VAT in August 2024 have been bought to his attention; if so, (a) how were its bid documents, which included financial statements reflecting a turnover of nearly R18 million, evaluated and deemed acceptable and (b) what are the details of the evaluation process?