Times of Eswatini

Global Protection Services awarded MTC tender

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MBABANE- Global Protection Services has been enlisted as the best-evaluated tenderer to be awarded the Matsapha Town Council (MTC) security contract.

This was revealed by the (swati ni 3ublic 3rocuremen­t 5egulatory $gency (6335$ on their website. The intention to award the compa ny was published on )riday, and they are e[pected to begin e[ecut ing it after a period of 10 worNing days, should it not be contested. $ccording to the regulator, 0T& was looNing for a company to provide security services for their property.

The proposed contract price was ( . per month. :orth noting, (6335$ and the gov ernment have collaborat­ed to intro duce an electronic government pro curement system as well as a directory for suppliers both entities said this would be beneficial for businesses

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1. Intelligen­ce Security Services

2. Mercy Security Services

3. Delta Force Security Services

4. Top Two Security Services 5. Pitbull Security Protection 6. Fidelity Security Services

Tenders

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and further promote efficiency. They also said they aimed at decreasing the number of procuremen­t defaults and limiting the outsourcin­g of services.

BID PRICE AS READ OUT

E57 557.44

Did not obtain score to qualify for financial proposal evaluation

Did not obtain score to qualify for financial proposal evaluation

Did not obtain score to qualify for financial proposal evaluation

Did not obtain score to qualify for financial proposal evaluation

Did not obtain score to qualify for financial proposal evaluation

that transparen­cy is Ney in the evalua tion of tenders in public procuremen­t. 0eanwhile, (6335$ &(2 9u sumutiwend­vod]a 0atsebula men tioned that unless these gaps and shortcomin­gs were corrected, the public procuremen­t system in (s watini would remain inefficien­t, thus

EVALUATED PRICE

E57 557.44

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TOTAL EVALUATION SCORE

71% 65% 65% 56% 55% 47 %

causing mistrust between the govern ment and the general public.

+e said it was important to state that this milestone has been the result of a collaborat­ive effort, support, and commitment by different pro curement profession­als from within both public entities and private sec tor organisati­ons, and we are for ever grateful for their contributi­on to the developmen­t of the 6%'s. ³The agency in 01 started the Mour ney towards the developmen­t of these standard bidding documents, which has brought us together today.

³This is part of the agency¶s bid to provide standardis­ed documents as currently e[isting bidding documents used by different procuring entities are not harmonised, which opens room for non compliance, unsatisfac­tory adMu dication of tenders, and misinterpr­e tation of obligation­s by both tenderers and procuring entities,” he added.

0T& was the procuring enti ty for the tender, which was ap proved by the authority of the %oard. 0T& reTuested the unsuccessf­ul bidder to apply for review with the agency within 10 worNing days.

³$ll tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 worNing days is hereby allowed for sub mission of any applicatio­n for review,” said 0T&.

The agency also mentioned that the tender does not constitute a contract.

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