WorleyParsons RSA partners with SMEs to jointly deliver services
Acknowledging that the growth of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is integral to the development and transformation of South Africa, WorleyParsons RSA’s Enterprise Supplier Development (ESD) initiative seeks to partner with independent, sustainable, black-owned businesses to jointly deliver engineering services in the minerals & metals, hydrocarbons, power, chemicals and infrastructure sectors. The primary aim of the ESD initiative is to encourage skills transfer between WorleyParsons RSA and their ESD partners, and to create more opportunities for their partner companies. While WorleyParsons RSA is able to access specialised services from these businesses and vice versa, the SMEs benefit from increased exposure, a larger operating platform, and access to worldclass delivery systems. Three companies that WorleyParsons RSA has already partnered with as part of the ESD initiative are UNN Surveys, MVD Kalahari, and Blacc Engineering Services.
UNN Surveys is a 100% black women-owned enterprise that specialises in land development, land management and engineering consulting, offering comprehensive solutions in the infrastructure and development sectors. Kimberley-based consulting engineering business MVD Kalahari is a 52% black-owned enterprise that has been providing civil and structural engineering services to various public and private clients in the central South African region for over 50 years.
Blacc Engineering Services is a 100% black-owned business services entity specialising in engineering consulting, impact and infrastructure investments and facilities management in the mining, water, petrochemicals and public sector. For further information about the WorleyParsons RSA ESD programme, visit www.wped.co.za.