T33 08 22 Appointment of External Auditors
T33 08 22 Appointment of External Auditors
T33 08 22 Appointment of External Auditors
APPOINTMENT OF EXTERNAL
AUDITORS FOR THE IDC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Annexure 2: Tax Compliance Requirements 39
Annexure 3: Bidder’s Disclosure 40
Annexure 4: Shareholders and Directors Information 43
Annexure 5: Response Format for Section 2 45
Annexure 6: BEE Commitment Plan 47
Annexure 7: Disclosure Statement 48
Annexure 8: Local Content Declaration (If Relevant) 49
Annexure 9: Privacy & Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013
Requirements 54
Annexure 10: Declaration of Business Dealings with the IDC 57
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Industrial Development Corporation
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1. Proprietary Information
Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd (IDC) considers this Request for Proposal
(RFP) and all related information, either written or verbal, which is provided to the
respondent, to be proprietary to IDC. It shall be kept confidential by the respondent and its
officers, employees, agents and representatives. The respondent shall not disclose,
publish, or advertise this RFP or related information to any third party without the prior
written consent of IDC.
2. Enquiries
2.1 All communication and attempts to solicit information of any kind relative to this RFP
should be channelled in writing to:
2.2 Enquiries in relation to this RFP will not be entertained after 16h00 on 01 September
2022.
2.3 The enquiries will be consolidated, and IDC will issue one response and such response
will be posted, within two days after the last day of enquiries, onto the IDC website
(www.idc.co.za) under tenders i.e. next to the same RFP document.
2.4 The IDC may respond to any enquiry in its absolute discretion and the bidder
acknowledges that it will have no claim against the IDC on the basis that its bid was
disadvantaged by lack of information, or inability to resolve ambiguities.
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4.4 Bidders are advised to submit / send its bid responses at least 15 minutes before the
11:00AM deadline to avoid any Information Technology (IT) network congestions or
technical challenges in this regard which may result in bid responses being received
late. IDC’s e-mail servers are configured to receive e-mails with sizes up to 50MB.
4.5 The IDC will not be held responsible for any of the following:
4.5.1 bid responses sent to the incorrect email address;
4.5.2 bid responses being inaccessible due to non-standard electronic file formats
being utilised to submit responses by bidders;
4.5.3 any security breaches and unlawful interception of tender / bid responses by
third parties outside the IDC’s IT network domain;
4.5.4 bid responses received late due to any IT network related congestions
and/or technical challenges; and
4.5.5 bid responses with file size limits greater than IDC’s e-mail receipt capacity
of 50MB.
4.6 Only responses received via the specified email address will be considered.
4.7 Where a complete bid response (Inclusive of all relevant Schedules) is not received by
the IDC in its electronic email tender box (tenders@idc.co.za) by the closing date and
time, such a bid response will be regarded as incomplete and late. Such late and / or
incomplete bid will be disqualified. It is the IDC’s policy not to consider late bids for
tender evaluation.
4.8 Amended bids may be sent to the electronic tender box (tenders@idc.co.za) marked
“Amendment to bid” and should be received by the IDC before the closing date and
time of the bid.
The successful bidder shall upon receipt of written notification of an award, be required to
conclude a Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the IDC, which will form an integral part of
the supply agreement. The SLA will serve as a tool to measure, monitor and assess the
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supplier performance and ensure effective delivery of service, quality and value-add to
IDC’s business.
Successful bidders will be required to comply with the above condition, and also provide a
scorecard on how their product / service offering is being measured to achieve the
objectives of this condition.
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8. IDC’s Rights
8.1 The IDC is entitled to amend any bid condition, bid validity period, RFP specification, or
extend the bid closing date, all before the bid closing date. All bidders, to whom the
RFP documents have been issued and where the IDC have record of such bidders,
may be advised in writing of such amendments in good time and any such changes will
also be posted on the IDC’s website under the relevant tender information. All
prospective bidders should therefore ensure that they visit the website regularly and
before they submit their bid response to ensure that they are kept updated on any
amendments in this regard.
8.2 The IDC reserves the right not to accept the lowest priced bid or any bid in part or in
whole. It normally awards the contract to the bidder who proves to be fully capable of
handling the contract and whose bid is functionally acceptable and/or financially
advantageous to the IDC.
8.3 The IDC reserves the right to award this bid as a whole or in part.
8.4 The IDC reserves the right to conduct site visits at bidder’s corporate offices and / or at
client sites if so required.
8.5 The IDC reserves the right to consider the guidelines and prescribed hourly
remuneration rates for consultants as provided in the National Treasury Instruction
01 of 2013/2014: Cost Containment Measures, where relevant.
8.6 The IDC reserves the right to request all relevant information, agreements and other
documents to verify information supplied in the bid response. The bidder hereby gives
consent to the IDC to conduct background checks, including FICA verification, on the
bidding entity and any of its directors / trustees / shareholders / members.
8.7 The IDC reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to appoint any number of vendors to
be part of this panel of service providers, if applicable (i.e., where a panel is
considered).
8.8 The IDC reserves the right of final decision on the interpretation of its tender
requirements and responses thereto.
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independently reviewed financial statements and/or Cashflow Budget for new
entities with no financial records.
12.3.14 Copy of Joint Venture/ Consortium/ Subcontracting Agreement duly signed by all
parties (if applicable)
12.4 Schedule 3:
12.4.1 Response to Section 2 of this document, in line with the format indicated in this
RFP document.
12.4.2 Annexure 5 of this RFP document, duly completed and signed
12.5 Schedule 4: Price Proposal (response to Section 3 of this RFP document) (Must be
submitted as a separate file/document marked Schedule 4: Price Proposal)
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Failure to comply with the requirements assessed in Phase 1 (compliance), may lead to
disqualification of bids.
Bid responses will be evaluated in accordance with the Functional criteria as follows:
With regards to the other Functional Requirements, the following criteria (set out in more detail
in section 2 of this RFP document) and the associated weightings will be applicable:
ELEMENT WEIGHT
Bidder’s Governance Structures 30
Public Sector Experience 20
Experience, Skills, and Qualifications of the key personnel of the audit
20
Team
Bidder’s Proposed Methodology 30
TOTAL 100
Note: The minimum qualifying score for functionality is 70%. All bidders that fail to
achieve the minimum qualifying score on functionality shall not be considered for further
evaluation on Price and BEE.
All bids that achieve the minimum qualifying score for Functionality (acceptable bids) will be
evaluated further in terms of the applicable preference point system, as follows:
CRITERIA POINTS
Price 80/90
B-BBEE 20/10
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SECTION 2: FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
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SECTION 2: FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION
1.1 Should a bidder have reason to believe that the Functional Requirements are not
open/fair and/or are written for a particular service provider; the bidder must notify IDC
Procurement within five (5) days after publication of the RFP.
1.2 Bidders shall provide full and accurate answers to the questions posed in this RFP
document, and, where required explicitly state either “Comply/Not Comply” regarding
compliance with the requirements. Bidders must substantiate their response to all
questions, including full details on how their proposal/solution will address specific
functional/ technical requirements; failure to substantiate may lead to the bidder being
disqualified. All documents as indicated must be supplied as part of the bid response.
1.3 Failure to comply with Mandatory Requirements may lead to the bidder being
disqualified.
2. Background Information
Established in 1940, the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited
(“IDC”) is a national development finance institution set up to promote economic growth
and industrial development. IDC is owned by the South African government under the
supervision of the Economic Development Department.
According to section 25(1) (b) of the Public Audit Act, 2004 (Act No. 25 of 2004) (“Public
Audit Act”), the audit of the IDC is conducted by independent auditors in public practice.
The appointed external auditors have a responsibility to perform specific procedures in
terms of the Public Audit Act and make necessary submissions to the Auditor-General as
specified in the Act. The audit of IDC is currently conducted jointly by two external
auditors.
IDC intends to appoint External Auditor/s for the 2022/2023 financial year. The
appointed successful bidder/s will be required to conduct the audit jointly. The IDC
reserve the right to allocate different percentage of IDC audit work to the two
auditors.
Bidders must clearly indicate in the table below, the Audit Firm Category the
bidder falls under and must substantiate the basis for this indication.
Bidder’s
Audit Firm Category -
Audit Firm Category Definition Substantiation
Category (Please tick
(✓)
Mid-Tier Audit Mid-Tier Audit Firm: Is defined for
Firm purposes of this tender as a medium
sized audit firm with a national footprint
which may / may not form part of a global
network of audit firms and does not need
to trade under the same brand or trading
name on a global basis.
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Top Tier Audit Top Tier Audit Firm: Is defined for
Firm purposes of this tender as a large audit
firm with an international footprint trading
under the same trading / brand name on
a global basis.
The objective of the audit is to provide an independent audit opinion of the accounts,
financial statements and annual financial reports of the IDC and the group for the
financial year covered by the audit appointment. The external auditor must adhere to and
meet all statutory requirements of the Public Audit Act, the International Auditing
Standards (ISA), and such requirements as may be set by the Auditor–General (SA)
(AGSA).
4.2 The scope of the FULL audit comprises of the sections detailed below:
• Audit of the IDC;
• Audit of administered subsidiaries (listed below):
• Audit of the IDC group consolidation;
• Audit of performance information, legal and other matters as required by the
AG (Auditor-General);
• Review and clearance of pack to National Treasury; and
• Review of Integrated Reporting.
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Subsidiary Nature
Konbel (Pty) Ltd Administrative
Konoil (Pty) Ltd Investment
Arengo (Pty) Ltd Property
African Chrome (Pty) Ltd Property
Impofin (Pty) Ltd Dormant
4.3 The appointed External Auditor/s will be required to perform audit functions in terms of
the Public Audit Act, as well as the following:
• provide an audit opinion in accordance with the Industrial Development Corporation
Act and the Public Finance and Management Act No. 1 of 1999 (“PFMA”); and
• in accordance with the directives of the Auditor-General, report on performance
against predetermined objectives, non-compliance with laws and regulations, internal
control and the report thereof to comply with the guidance and guidelines of the
Auditor-General.
4.4 The appointed External Auditor/s will also be required to:
• Carry out such work as is necessary to form an opinion as to whether the company
annual financial statements and group annual financial statements fairly present the
financial position, financial performance and cash flows for the company and group
respectively, in accordance with IFRS and the PFMA;
• Determine their scope, methodology and approach as per the AGSA guidelines and
legislative requirements (i.e., Public Audit Act);
• Communicate audit findings and make recommendations to management;
• Provide a final report with management responses on corrective actions and the
presentation thereof to the Audit Committee, where necessary; and
• Review of the financials in the annual report prior to publishing.
4.5 The appointed External Auditor/s will be required to adhere to the following during the
different phases of the annual audit:
• Submit detailed Audit Planning Memorandum;
• Submit detailed budget in line with the Audit Planning Memorandum;
• Draft and issue audit reports upon completion of audit assignments;
• Attend Audit Committee meetings; and any other relevant meetings as required; and
• Present External Audit Report to the Audit Committee.
Note: The latest IDC audited financial statements are available on the IDC website to
help understand the scope of the IDC audit.
4.6 The IDC reserves the right to recommend the successful bidder/s for appointment
as Group Auditors to any of its major subsidiaries i.e., *Foskor (Pty) Ltd, Grinding
Media (Pty) Ltd, Cast Products (Pty) Ltd and *Small Enterprise Finance Agency
SOC Ltd subject to the adherence of due governance processes. Refer to the
relevant Schedules, Schedules 1 to 4 hereunder, for further details on these major
subsidiaries to ensure that comprehensive technical – and cost proposals are
provided.
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5. Deliverables
The following deliverables are required at the end of each audit:
• Final report with management responses on corrective actions and the
presentation thereof to the Audit Committee;
• Sign off on the final National Treasury Template; and
• Review of the Integrated Report prior to publishing.
6. Term of Engagement
IDC seeks to appoint external auditor/s for the 2022/2023 financial year. However, the
IDC reserves the right to extend the period of appointment of its external auditor/s for a
longer term but not exceeding five years subject to approval by the shareholder and in
consultation with the Auditor-General.
The service provider must indicate their compliance/ non-compliance to the following
requirements and to substantiate as required. The bidder must respond in the format below,
where additional information is provided/ attached somewhere else; such information must be
clearly referenced.
Not
7.1.1 IRBA REGISTRATION Comply
Comply
The bidder and each of the Engagement Partners/ Directors proposed to work
on the IDC engagement must be registered and in good standing with the
Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA).
Bidders must attach the following documents as part of this proposal:
• Documentary proof of their regulatory registration and must also
provide IRBA certification for each of the Engagement Partners
proposed to work on the IDC audit including the lead audit
partner(s)/ Director (s).
• The latest IRBA review of the proposed Engagement Partner or
Director.
Substantiate / Comments
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Not
7.1.2 IRBA MANDATORY AUDIT FIRM ROTATION Comply
Comply
In compliance with section 10(1)(a) of the Auditing Profession Act, 26 of 2005,
an audit firm, including a network firm as defined in the IRBA Code of
Professional Conduct for Registered Auditors, shall not serve as the
appointed auditor of a public interest entity for more than ten (10) consecutive
financial years. Thereafter, the audit firm will only be eligible for reappointment
as the auditor after the expiry of at least five (5) financial years.
The bidder is thus required to certify that they have not performed audit
services to the IDC and its major subsidiaries for more than 10
consecutive financial years with at least the 5 year break / cooling
period since the last audit cycle.
Substantiate / Comments
Not
7.1.3 JSE ACCREDITED AUDITORS Comply
Comply
Not
7.1.4 NON-AUDIT SERVICES Comply
Comply
The IDC accepts that there are occasions when the external auditors are
requested to undertake non-audit services on behalf of the Company, the
costs thereof are to be monitored and should not exceed 25% of the total
audit fees applied each year by the external auditors. Bidders can refer to the
published financial statements to obtain the amount for the annual audit fees.
The bidder is thus required to certify that they do not intend to perform non-
audit services for IDC and it’s * major subsidiaries which will exceed 25% of
the total audit fees applied each year by the external auditors. Where non-
audit services are currently being performed, the bidder should give details
about the contracts and confirm that the work does not exceed 25% of the
total audit fees applied each year.
*Foskor (Pty) Ltd, Small Enterprise Finance Agency (sefa) SOC Ltd,
Grinding Media (Pty) Ltd and Cast Products (Pty) Ltd.
Substantiate / Comments
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Not
7.1.5 CONFLICT OF INTEREST Comply
Comply
The bidder is required to certify that they are independent of IDC and its major
subsidiaries, and that nothing has transpired that would compromise their
independence during the conduct of the audit as required by the Public Audit
Act. The bidder will be required to complete the IDC’s declaration template
which will include provisions of any business transactions which the bidder
and / or its directors and /or its shareholders may have with the IDC. The IDC
will assess responses submitted and reserves the right to disqualify bidders
based on the IDC’s assessment concerning the conflict of interest.
Substantiate / Comments
Not
7.1.6 FUNCTIONAL EXPERTS/ SPECIALISTS Comply
Comply
The bidder must have capacity to provide the following Functional audit
expertise: IT Audit, Corporate Tax, Technical Accounting and Sustainability
Services / Integrated Reporting.
The bidder must provide a company profile detailing the bidder’s capacity to
provide the Functional expertise.
Substantiate / Comments
Not
7.1.7 FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Comply
Comply
Substantiate / Comments
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7.1.8 CRITICAL TIMELINES FOR IDC GROUP Not
Comply
(INCLUDING THE REFERENCED 4 MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES) Comply
The bidder must commit and confirm compliance to the following critical
timelines:
Draft Audited financial statements for BAC approval Mid July 2023
.
Substantiate / Comments
The service provider must indicate their compliance/ non-compliance to the following requirements and to
substantiate as required. The bidder must respond in the format below, where additional information is
provided/ attached somewhere else; such information must be clearly referenced.
It is a requirement that bidders must comply with the requirements of the Auditing Profession Act No 26 of 2005 (“Auditing
Profession Act”) relating to its professional conduct associated with the audit function. Bidders are therefore required to
provide the following information as part of its bid response and to indicate any mitigation controls in lieu of these
requirements:
7.2.1.1 Group or Corporate Structure of the bidder
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7.2.1 Partially Not Substantiate /
BIDDER’S GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE Comply
Comply Comply Comments
It is a requirement that bidders must comply with the requirements of the Auditing Profession Act No 26 of 2005 (“Auditing
Profession Act”) relating to its professional conduct associated with the audit function. Bidders are therefore required to
provide the following information as part of its bid response and to indicate any mitigation controls in lieu of these
requirements:
Policy and procedures regarding the treatment of
7.2.1.4 clients with Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
and Special Interest Persons (SIPs).
Policies and procedures around ethical conduct
7.2.1.5 and controls implemented to ensure compliance
thereto.
Assessment of Audit partners to ensure
7.2.1.6 independence and is there a rotation policy in
place for partners?
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Partially Not
7.2.2 PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE Comply
Comply Comply
Partially Not
7.2.3 QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS OF KEY PERSONNEL Comply
Comply Comply
The bidder’s key personnel of the proposed audit team must have
relevant qualifications, skills, and experience.
The bidder must submit, as part of its proposal, the following:
• The structure and composition of the proposed team,
clearly outlining the main disciplines/ specialties of this
audit and the key personnel responsible for each
specialty. Please refer to Table (b) Annexure 5 of this
document for the format in which the required information
must be provided.
Please provide CVs of the key personnel; and the CVs must
clearly highlight qualifications, areas of experience/ competence
relevant to the tasks and objectives of the assignment as outlined
above.
Substantiate / Comments
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Partially
7.2.4 BIDDER’S PROPOSED METHODOLOGY Comply Not Comply
Comply
Substantiate / Comments
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8. Schedule 1: Additional information pertaining to IDC’s Major subsidiary - Foskor (Pty) Ltd
Foskor is a producer and exporter of phosphate-based fertilisers and phosphoric acid. Foskor
mines phosphate rock in Phalaborwa and transfer it to its Richards Bay facility to produce
phosphoric acid and granular fertilisers – mono-ammonium phosphates (MAP), di-ammonium
phosphates (DAP) and MAP with zinc (MAPz). Foskor also produces sulphuric acid, which is used
to produce phosphoric acid and sells magnetite, a by-product of phosphate beneficiation.
Foskor is the leading domestic manufacturer and supplier of phosphate-based granular fertilisers.
Foskor also supplies phosphoric acid and fertilisers to international markets.
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9. Schedule 2: Additional information pertaining to IDC’s Major subsidiary – SEFA (SOC)
Limited
Sefa’s mandate is to foster the establishment, survival and growth of SMMEs and Co-operatives
and thereby contributing towards poverty alleviation and job creation.
Sefa is a wholly owned subsidiary of the IDC and was established on 01 April 2012 to contribute
towards job creation and economic growth by providing financial and non-financial support to
SMMEs and Co-operatives. Sefa derives its legislative mandate to be a catalyst of SMME and Co-
operative enterprise development, growth and sustainability from the IDC Act of 1940 (as amended
in 2001).
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10. Schedule 3: Additional information pertaining to IDC’s Major subsidiary – Grinding
Media (Pty) Ltd
Grinding Media is in the business of manufacturing forged grinding balls and high chrome grinding
media products supplied to the platinum, gold, ferrochrome, base metals and power generation
industries
For further information on Grinding Media, please visit their website on www.grindingmedia.co.za
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11. Schedule 4: Additional information pertaining to IDC’s Major subsidiary – Cast
Products (Pty) Ltd
Cast Products is in the business of manufacturing quality cast product used in the mining, railway,
power and general engineering industries.
For further information on Grinding Media, please visit their website on www.castproducts.co.za
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SECTION 3: PRICE PROPOSAL
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SECTION 3: Cost Proposal
1 NOTE: All prices must be VAT inclusive (where applicable) and must be quoted in South
African Rand (ZAR).
2 Are the rates quoted firm for the full period of the contract?
YES NO
Important: If not firm for the full period, provide details of the basis on which price adjustments shall be
applied e.g. CPI etc.
3 All additional costs associated the bidder’s offer must be clearly specified and included in the Total
Bid Price.
4
Is the proposed bid price linked to the exchange rate? Yes No
If yes, the bidder must indicate CLEARLY which portion of the bid price is linked to the exchange
rate:
5
Payments will be linked to specified deliverables after such deliverables have Comply Not Comply
been approved by the IDC. Payments will be made within 30 days from date of
invoice.
6
The IDC reserves the right to consider the guidelines on consultancy rates as Comply Not Comply
set out in the National Treasury Instruction 01 of 2013/2014: Cost
Containment Measures which took effect from 01 January 2014, where
relevant.
The bidder must indicate if their proposed rates are in line with the provisions
of the referenced National Treasury Instruction: Cost Containment Measures.
Substantiate / Comments
8 COSTING MODEL
Note: The IDC audit will be performed jointly by two external auditors and the work is to be split fairly
between the two external auditors on a mutually agreed premise. However, the bidder is required to
provide the proposed annual audit fees for the full scope of the IDC audit for price comparison
purposes. The pricing to be provided with this tender response should include costing for a period of
five (5) years, however the IDC will exercise its right to appoint its auditors on an annual basis after
obtaining due approval from relevant stakeholders in this regard.
Senior Manager
Manager/ Supervisor
Audit Staff
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Hourly Rate Total Cost
Resource(s) Number of hours
per resource (VAT Excl.)
Specialists: refer to section 2 functional requirement, paragraph
7.1.6 (Functional Expects/ Specialist)
Specialist 1
Specialist 2
Specialist 3
Disbursements
Table 8.1 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Excl.)
VAT (15%)
Table 8.1 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Inclusive.)
Senior Manager
Manager/ Supervisor
Audit Staff
Specialist 2
Specialist 3
Disbursements
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Hourly Rate Total Cost
Resource(s) Number of hours
per resource (VAT Excl.)
Sub-Total Annual Audit Fees Year 4 (VAT Excl.)
Table 8.2 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Excl.)
VAT (15%)
Table 8.2 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Inclusive.)
Senior Manager
Manager/ Supervisor
Audit Staff
Specialist 2
Specialist 3
Disbursements
Table 8.3 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Excl.)
VAT (15%)
Table 8.3 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Inclusive.)
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8.4 GRINDING MEDIA AUDIT FEES
Senior Manager
Manager/ Supervisor
Audit Staff
Specialist 2
Specialist 3
Disbursements
Table 8.4 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Excl.)
VAT (15%)
Table 8.4 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Inclusive.)
Senior Manager
Manager/ Supervisor
Audit Staff
Specialist 2
Specialist 3
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Hourly Rate Total Cost
Resource(s) Number of hours
per resource (VAT Excl.)
Disbursements
Table 8.5 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Excl.)
VAT (15%)
Table 8.5 Sub-Total for a period of five (5) years (VAT Inclusive.)
Note on pricing:
Disbursements (incidental expenses other than professional fees e.g., travel and accommodation,
printing costs, etc.) must be clearly defined, outlining all assumptions. It is of utmost importance to
submit clear and comprehensive cost proposals to allow the IDC to fairly compare bid price / cost
proposals. If there is no additional fee envisaged for Disbursements, then the bidder must clearly
indicate “No Charge / Free of Charge”. Failure to clearly indicate this, would result in IDC penalising
your bid response by taking the cost of the highest bidder and adding 50% thereto and apply this rate
for purposes of price comparisons. Bidders are therefore requested to respond clearly and
comprehensively on this aspect of their bid response.
Bidders should specify the functional audit specialist proposed and costed herein, in line with the
requirement of this tender (i.e., specialist 1,2 and 3 as listed in the tables above)
Total Disbursements
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Price Declaration Form
Dear Sir,
Having read through and examined the Request for Proposal (RFP) Document, RFP no. T33/08/22, the
General Conditions, and all other Annexures to the RFP Document, we offer to provide External Audit
Services to the IDC and its major subsidiaries over a five (5) year period at the following total amount:
In words
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
We confirm that this price covers all activities associated with the service, as called for in the RFP
document. We confirm that IDC will incur no additional costs whatsoever over and above this amount in
connection with the provision of this service.
We undertake to hold this offer open for acceptance for a period of 120 days from the date of submission
of offers. We further undertake that upon final acceptance of our offer, we will commence with the
provision of the required service when required to do so by the IDC.
We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any offer, and that we must bear all costs
which we have incurred in connection with preparing and submitting this bid.
We hereby undertake for the period during which this bid remains open for acceptance, not to divulge to
any persons, other than the persons to whom the bid is submitted, any information relating to the
submission of this bid or the details therein except where such is necessary for the submission of this bid.
SIGNED DATE
Designation
Tel No
Fax No
Cell No
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SECTION 4: ANNEXURES
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Industrial Development Corporation
Authorised signatory:
Name of Authorised
Signatory
Position of Authorised
Signatory
By signing above the bidder hereby accept full responsibility for the proper execution and fulfilment of all
obligations and conditions devolving on him/her under this RFP.
[Note to the Bidder: The Bidder must complete all relevant information set out below.]
Bidders are required to be registered on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) of National Treasury.
Failure to submit the requested information may lead to disqualification. Bidders are therefore
required to submit as part of this proposal both their CSD supplier number and CSD unique
registration reference numbers below:
Supplier Number
BIDDING STRUCTURE
Individual Bidder
Other
REQUIRED INFORMATION
If Individual Bidder:
Name of Company
Registration Number
Contact Person
Telephone Number
Cellphone Number
Fax Number
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If Individual Bidder:
Email address
Postal Address
Physical Address
Partner 1
Name of Company
Registration Number
Contact Person
Telephone Number
Cellphone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Postal Address
Physical Address
Scope of work and the value as a % of the total value of the contract
Partner 2
Name of Company
Registration Number
Contact Person
Telephone Number
Cellphone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Postal Address
Physical Address
Scope of work and the value as a % of the total value of the contract
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If bidder is a Prime Contractor using Sub-contractors, indicate the following:
Prime Contractor
Name of Company
Registration Number
Contact Person
Telephone Number
Cellphone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Postal Address
Physical Address
Sub contractors
Name of Company
Contact Person
Telephone Number
Cellphone Number
Fax Number
Email address
Postal Address
Physical Address
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Annexure 2: Tax Compliance Requirements
IF THE ANSWER IS “NO” TO ALL OF THE ABOVE, THEN, IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN A TAX
COMPLIANCE STATUS / TAX COMPLIANCE SYSTEM PIN CODE FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN REVENUE
SERVICE (SARS) AND IF NOT REGISTER AS PER 1.3 ABOVE.
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Where a person/s are listed in the Register for Tender Defaulters and / or the List of Restricted Suppliers, that
person will automatically be disqualified from the bid process.
2. Bidder’s declaration
2.1 Is the bidder, or any of its directors / trustees / shareholders / members / partners or any person having a
controlling interest 1 in the enterprise,
employed by the state? YES/NO
2.1.1 If so, furnish particulars of the names, individual identity numbers, and, if applicable, state employee
numbers of sole proprietor/ directors / trustees / shareholders / members/ partners or any person having a
controlling interest in the enterprise, in table below.
1
the power, by one person or a group of persons holding the majority of the equity of an enterprise, alternatively, the person/s having the
deciding vote or power to influence or to direct the course and decisions of the enterprise.
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2.2 Do you, or any person connected with the bidder, have a relationship with any person who is employed by
the procuring institution? YES/NO
……………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………
2.3 Does the bidder or any of its directors / trustees / shareholders / members / partners or any person having
a controlling interest in the enterprise have any interest in any other related enterprise whether or not they
are bidding for this contract? YES/NO
…………………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………………….
3 DECLARATION
3.2 I understand that the accompanying bid will be disqualified if this disclosure is found not to be true and
complete in every respect;
3.3 The bidder has arrived at the accompanying bid independently from, and without consultation,
communication, agreement or arrangement with any competitor. However, communication between
partners in a joint venture or consortium2 will not be construed as collusive bidding.
3.4 In addition, there have been no consultations, communications, agreements or arrangements with any
competitor regarding the quality, quantity, specifications, prices, including methods, factors or formulas used
to calculate prices, market allocation, the intention or decision to submit or not to submit the bid, bidding
with the intention not to win the bid and conditions or delivery particulars of the products or services to
which this bid invitation relates.
3.4 The terms of the accompanying bid have not been, and will not be, disclosed by the bidder, directly or
indirectly, to any competitor, prior to the date and time of the official bid opening or of the awarding of the
contract.
3.5 There have been no consultations, communications, agreements or arrangements made by the bidder with
any official of the procuring institution in relation to this procurement process prior to and during the bidding
process except to provide clarification on the bid submitted where so required by the institution; and the
bidder was not involved in the drafting of the specifications or terms of reference for this bid.
3.6 I am aware that, in addition and without prejudice to any other remedy provided to combat any restrictive
practices related to bids and contracts, bids that are suspicious will be reported to the Competition
2
Joint venture or Consortium means an association of persons for the purpose of combining their expertise, property, capital, efforts, skill and
knowledge in an activity for the execution of a contract.
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Commission for investigation and possible imposition of administrative penalties in terms of section 59 of
the Competition Act No 89 of 1998 and or may be reported to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for
criminal investigation and or may be restricted from conducting business with the public sector for a period
not exceeding ten (10) years in terms of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act No 12 of
2004 or any other applicable legislation.
……………………………… ..……………………………………………
Signature Date
……………………………… ………………………………………………
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[Note to the bidder: the bidder must complete the information set out below. If the bidder requires more space
than is provided below it must prepare a document in substantially the same format setting out all the information
referred to below and return it with Returnable Schedule 2.]
Note: The bidder must also attach the detailed Company/ Group Structure where relevant.
Total Black Shareholding % as per the current and valid B-BBEE Certificate
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6.3 Directors
………………………………….. ..……………………………………………
Signature Date
…………………………………. ………………………………………………
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Name of Bidder:
Authorised signatory:
[Note to the Bidder: The bidder must complete the information set out below in response to the requirements stated in Section 2 of this bid document. If the bidder requires
more space than is provided below it must prepare a document in substantially the same format setting out all the information referred to below and return it with this
Returnable Schedule 3.]
Table (a) Details of the bidder's current and previous experience in providing external audit services
Client’ Name and / Brief description of scope of Project Cost Project period
Was this an Auditor Name, title and
or industry / sector services and applicable i.e., < R1
General SA audit telephone contact of
in which client IFRS standard used e.g., million or > R Start Dates End Dates
(Yes/No) describe client
operates IFRS 9 1 million (DD/MM/YY) (DD/MM/YY)
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Table (b) Details of the key personnel of the bidders’ proposed team:
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The IDC encourages existing vendors and prospective bidders to support the objectives of B-BBEE and
as far as possible strive to improve their B-BBEE contribution status. For bid evaluation purposes,
bidders are allocated points in terms of a preference point system based on the B-BBEE Contribution
Level status that is in accordance with a valid B-BBEE certificate.
Bidders are therefore required to submit a B-BBEE improvement plan in view of the new B-BBEE
Codes of Good Practice. Bidders must indicate the extent to which their ownership, management
control, employment equity, preferential procurement and enterprise development will be maintained or
improved over the contract period in the event that they are successful in this bid process.
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Disclosure Statement
In terms of the tender condition 8.6, which allows the IDC to conduct background checks on bidders and
its shareholders and directors, the IDC hereby requires bidders to provide the following additional
information:
9.1 The IDC considers the integrity of its appointed service providers to be of critical importance. The
IDC reserves the right to disqualify from further consideration, any bidder whose integrity, based
on past conduct (during the 5 years immediately preceding the bid submission date), it considers
questionable.
9.2 To this end, the IDC requires each bidder to include in its bid, a disclosure statement which
details the following (with sufficient information and supporting documentation for the IDC to make
its own assessment as to the materiality or seriousness of allegations regarding the bidder’s
integrity or conduct):
9.2.1 any criminal charges made against the bidder or any of its directors, shareholders or
management officials regarding their professional conduct;
9.2.2 any civil proceedings initiated against the bidder or any of its directors, shareholders or
management officials regarding their professional conduct; and
9.2.3 any other enquiry or similar proceedings initiated or threatened against the bidder or any
of its directors, shareholders or management officials regarding their professional
conduct.
9.3 Where the bidder is a consortium, the disclosure statement referred to in paragraph 9.2 above
must be made separately in respect of each consortium partner
9.4 In the event that the bidder’s circumstances change, after submission of its bid, in regard to any
matter referred to in paragraph 9.2 above or in regard to any matter referred to in its disclosure
statement, the bidder must submit a written notification to IDC indicating the nature and extent of
such changed circumstances.
9.5 The IDC reserves the right to seek such additional information from any bidder, in respect of the
disclosure statement referred to in paragraph 9.2 above, as it may, in its sole discretion,
determine, whether such information has been requested under this RFP or otherwise, and may
require the bidder to make oral presentations for clarification purposes or to present
supplementary information, in respect of the disclosure statement if so required by the IDC.
9.6 Based on its own assessment of the contents of the bidder’s disclosure statement and any
publicly available information which is relevant to the contents of such disclosure statement, the
IDC will decide whether the bidder’s conduct or any allegations relating thereto pose a risk,
reputational or otherwise, to the IDC; and if it reaches an adverse conclusion the IDC will in its
sole discretion have the right to disqualify a bidder from further participation in the tender process.
Disqualification on this ground may be done at any stage in the bid evaluation process prior to
contract award.
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This Standard Bidding Document (SBD) must form part of all bids invited. It contains general
information and serves as a declaration form for local content (local production and local content are
used interchangeably).
Before completing this declaration, bidders must study the General Conditions, Definitions, Directives
applicable in respect of Local Content as prescribed in the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017,
the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) approved technical specification number SATS
1286:2011 (Edition 1) and the Guidance on the Calculation of Local Content together with the Local
Content Declaration Templates [Annex C (Local Content Declaration: Summary Schedule), D (Imported
Content Declaration: Supporting Schedule to Annex C) and E (Local Content Declaration: Supporting
Schedule to Annex C)].
1. General Conditions
1.1. Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017 (Regulation 8) make provision for the promotion of
local production and content.
1.2. Regulation 8(2) prescribes that in the case of designated sectors, organs of state must advertise
such tenders with the specific bidding condition that only locally produced or manufactured goods,
with a stipulated minimum threshold for local production and content will be considered.
1.3. Where necessary, for tenders referred to in paragraph 1.2 above, a two-stage bidding process
may be followed, where the first stage involves a minimum threshold for local production and
content and the second stage price and B-BBEE.
1.4. A person awarded a contract in relation to a designated sector, may not sub-contract in such a
manner that the local production and content of the overall value of the contract is reduced to
below the stipulated minimum threshold.
1.5. The local content (LC) expressed as a percentage of the bid price must be calculated in
accordance with the SABS approved technical specification number SATS 1286: 2011 as follows:
LC = [1 - x / y] * 100
Where
x is the imported content in Rand
y is the bid price in Rand excluding value added tax (VAT)
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Prices referred to in the determination of x must be converted to Rand (ZAR) by using the
exchange rate published by South African Reserve Bank (SARB) on the date of advertisement
of the bid as indicated in paragraph 3.1 below.
1.6. A bid may be disqualified if this Declaration Certificate and the Annex C (Local Content
Declaration: Summary Schedule) are not submitted as part of the bid documentation;
2. The stipulated minimum threshold(s) for local production and content (refer to Annex A of
SATS 1286:2011) for this bid is/are as follows:
The minimum threshold for local content as published on the dtic website and as issued by
National Treasury as instruction notes, should be considered, and will become applicable to this
requirement, where relevant. The dtic’s latest list of designated sectors can be accessed on:
http://www.thedtic.gov.za/sectors-and-services-2/industrial-development/industrial-procurement/
and the National Treasury latest instruction notes can be accessed on
http://ocpo.treasury.gov.za/Pages/default.aspx. In the event of any conflict between dtic and
National Treasury on specified local content minimum thresholds, the IDC reserves the right to
apply the most relevant during the adjudication of this RFP. The inclusion of minimum local
content thresholds is therefore included to this RFP by reference to the relevant websites listed
herein, for products listed (where applicable) if not specified herein.
_______________________________ _______%
_______________________________ _______%
_______________________________ _______%
YES NO
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3.1 If yes, the rate(s) of exchange to be used in this bid to calculate the local content as prescribed
in paragraph 1.5 of the general conditions must be the rate(s) published by SARB for the
specific currency on the date of advertisement of the bid.
Indicate the rate(s) of exchange against the appropriate currency in the table below (refer to
Annex A of SATS 1286:2011):
3. Where, after the award of a bid, challenges are experienced in meeting the stipulated minimum
threshold for local content the dti must be informed accordingly in order for the dti to verify and in
consultation with the AO/AA provide directives in this regard.
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4.
LOCAL CONTENT DECLARATION
(REFER TO ANNEX B OF SATS 1286:2011)
1 The obligation to complete, duly sign and submit this declaration cannot be
transferred to an external authorized representative, auditor or any other third party
acting on behalf of the bidder.
2 Guidance on the Calculation of Local Content together with Local Content
Declaration Templates (Annex C, D and E) is accessible on
http://www.thedti.gov.za/industrial_development/ip.jsp. Bidders should first complete
Declaration D. After completing Declaration D, bidders should complete Declaration
E and then consolidate the information on Declaration C. Declaration C should be
submitted with the bid documentation at the closing date and time of the bid in
order to substantiate the declaration made in paragraph (c) below. Declarations
D and E should be kept by the bidders for verification purposes for a period of at
least 5 years. The successful bidder is required to continuously update Declarations
C, D and E with the actual values for the duration of the contract.
(a) The facts contained herein are within my own personal knowledge.
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If the bid is for more than one product, the local content percentages for each
product contained in Declaration C shall be used instead of the table above.
The local content percentages for each product have been calculated using the
formula given in clause 3 of SATS 1286:2011, the rates of exchange indicated in
paragraph 3.1 above and the information contained in Declaration D and E.
(d) I accept that the Procurement Authority / Institution has the right to request that the
local content be verified in terms of the requirements of SATS 1286:2011.
(e) I understand that the awarding of the bid is dependent on the accuracy of the
information furnished in this application. I also understand that the submission of
incorrect data, or data that are not verifiable as described in SATS 1286:2011, may
result in the Procurement Authority / Institution imposing any or all of the remedies as
provided for in Regulation 14 of the Preferential Procurement Regulations, 2017
promulgated under the Preferential Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), 2000 (Act No. 5
of 2000).
SIGNATURE: _________________________
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Annexure 9: Privacy & Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013
Requirements
Request for Proposal No:
Name of Bidder:
Authorised signatory:
Protecting personal information is important to the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). To do so,
IDC follows general principles in accordance with applicable privacy laws and the Protection of
Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA).
IDC’s role as a responsible party, is amongst others to process personal information for the intended
purpose for which it was obtained and in line with legal agreements with its respective/ prospective
clients, third parties, suppliers and operators.
Who is an Operator? A person or body/ entity which processes personal information for the IDC in
terms of a contract or mandate.
Who is a Supplier? a natural or juristic person that provides a product or renders a service to the IDC. A
supplier could also be considered as an operator, an independent responsible party or (together with
IDC) a joint responsible party.
If the supplier or business partner provides IDC with its related persons’ personal information, the
supplier or business partner warrants that the related persons are aware of and have consented to the
sharing and processing of their personal information with/by IDC. IDC will process the personal
information of related persons as stated under a contractual agreement or as required by any related
legislation.
Examples of the personal information of the supplier or business partner where relevant may include
(but are not limited to): financial information, including bank statements provided to the IDC; · invoices
issued by the supplier or business partner; the contract/ legal agreement between the IDC and the
supplier or business partner; other identifying information, which includes company registration
numbers, VAT numbers, tax numbers and contact details; marital status and matrimonial property
regime (e.g. married in community of property); nationality; age; language; date of birth; education;
financial history; identifying numbers (e.g. an account number, identity numbers or passport numbers);
email address; physical address (e.g. residential address, work address or physical location);
information about the location (e.g. geolocation or GPS location); telephone numbers; online and other
unique identifiers; social media profile/s; biometric information (like fingerprints, facial recognition
signature; race; gender; sex; criminal history.
Example of Special personal information is personal information about the following: · criminal
behaviour, or any proceedings in respect of any offence allegedly committed by a data subject or the
disposal of such proceedings; religious and philosophical beliefs; trade union membership; political
beliefs; health, including physical or mental health, disability and medical history; or biometric
information (e.g. to verify identity).
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The respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators and its members
will ensure that information is only processed for the justifiable reason and
processing is compatible with the purpose of the collection.
Purpose Specification
11.3 Yes No
All respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators and its members
will process personal information only for specific, explicitly defined, and
legitimate reasons. The respective clients, third parties, suppliers and
operators will inform IDC of reasons prior to collecting or recording their PI.
Further Processing Limitation
11.4 Yes No
Personal information will not be processed for a secondary purpose unless
that processing is compatible with the original purpose. Thus, where the
respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators seek to process
personal information it holds for a purpose for which it was originally collected,
and where this secondary purpose is not compatible with the original purpose,
respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators will first obtain
additional consent from the IDC.
Information Quality
11.5 Yes No
The respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators will take
reasonable steps to ensure that all personal information collected is complete,
accurate and not misleading. Where PI is collected or received from third
parties, the respective clients, third parties, suppliers and operators will take
reasonable steps to confirm that the information is correct by verifying the
accuracy of the information directly with the data subject or by way of
independent sources.
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I, _____________________________ (print name) hereby certify that the information, facts and representations
are correct and that I am duly authorized to sign on behalf of the company.
________________________________
________________________________
Date
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1. The bidder is required to certify that they are independent of IDC and its subsidiaries, and that
nothing has transpired that would compromise their independence during the conduct of the
audit as required by the Public Audit Act. The bidder’s directors / trustees / shareholders /
members and all parties represented in this tender represent and warrant that no litigation
arbitration or administration proceedings are present, pending or threatened against it. If any
such action is present, pending or threatened against the bidder’s directors / trustees /
shareholders / members or any party (which may include a guarantor to an IDC business
partner) represented in this tender, full details should be disclosed to IDC and on its own
assessment of the contents of the bidder’s disclosure statement and any publicly available
information which is relevant to the contents of such disclosure statement, the IDC will decide
whether the bidder’s conduct or any allegations relating thereto pose a risk, reputational or
otherwise, to the IDC; and if it reaches an adverse conclusion the IDC will in its sole discretion
have the right to disqualify a bidder from further participation in the tender process.
2. In order to give effect to the above, the following questionnaire must be completed and
submitted with the bid.
a. Identity Number:……………………………………………………………………………………
2.2.1 The names of all directors / trustees / shareholders / members, their individual identity
numbers, tax reference numbers and, if applicable, employee / persal numbers must be
indicated in paragraph 3 below.
¹“State” means –
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(a) any national or provincial department, national or provincial public entity or constitutional
institution within the meaning of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of
1999);
(b) any municipality or municipal entity;
(c) provincial legislature;
(d) national Assembly or the national Council of provinces; or
(e) Parliament.
²”Shareholder” means a person who owns shares in the company and may and / or may not be actively
involved in the management of the enterprise or business and exercises control over the enterprise.
…………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………….
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2.2.5 Are any of your directors / trustees / shareholders / members
or any party represented in this tender listed on
IDC delinquent register YES / NO
…………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………….
…………………………………………………………………….
3 Full details of directors / trustees / members / shareholders of the bidding entity.
5. Please provide us with a schematic representation of the shareholding structure of the bidding
entity, listing all shareholders.
6. DECLARATION
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