DIKANA CONSULTING SERVICES
Currently, our business model is based on the following:
1. Conducting workshops to both SMEs and QSEs to assist them on how best they can utilise the available legislation to their advantage.
This involves:
• The 3 bid committees
• The importance of Standard Bidding Forms (SBD) and Municipal Bidding Forms (MBD) forms
• Basic pieces of Legislation regulating tendering
• Unsolicited Bids
• The meaning of the Two Envelope System
• Joint Ventures and Consortiums
• Sub-contracting
• Firm & Non-Firm Prices
• Tax matters
• Local Production Content
• The importance of functionality
• The importance of administrative compliance
• Evaluation of Bids that Scored equal points
• Cancellation and Re-invitation of Bids
• Compilation of tender/bid documents
• The role of pricing when submitting tenders
• The importance of registration on the Central Supplier Database (CSD) of National Treasury
• Implications of being requested to assist in drafting terms of reference/specifications
These workshops also help tenderers/bidders with respect to how:
• bidders can understand basic tendering processes
• tenders are issued by government departments
• suppliers should compile and submit their bids
• bidders can benefit from attending tender briefing sessions
• bidders can benefit from observing on tender closing dates
• tenders are evaluated and awarded to the successful bidder
• tenders are awarded in case bidders score equal points
• bidders can benefit from the use Promotion of Access to Information Act
• to claim incentive points under the 90-10 / 80-20 Point Systems, respectively
• to claim your Preference Points
• to know upcoming tenders in advance and cheaper
• to get funding after a bidder has been awarded a tender
• bidders can assist in order to be paid on time
• bidders can avoid causing irregular expenditure for the buying entity
2. Assisting businesses and government in the evaluation and adjudication of tenders
3. Assist Bidders/Tenderers with quality checks on completeness of Bid/Tender Proposals as follows:
• Searching for relevant potential tenders on various platforms and distribution to management
• Checking tender documents for completeness
• Ensuring compliance to tender administrative and mandatory requirements
• Assisting in Preparing the Tender Proposal Table of Contents
• Consult with respect to advice on the issues of procurement related litigation
OUR REQUIREMENTS
• Submit complete tender documents in a file with contents page
• Submission done not less than 2 days before the bid closing date
• Delivery of documents to our Pretoria place of business directly or via courier services
• We can come and work at client’s premises within 20 km radius at no additional cost
• For clients further than 20 km, AA rates will apply
• We recommend that one person work with us
• Delivery times: 09h00-16h30
• We work on 2-3 hours turnaround times per file subject to the size of the file .
VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS:
Each workshop is three hours long and arranged at bidders’ own preferences..
