Government procurement and BEE

Today’s Business Report carries this headline on the front page "Coega firm may be forced to award R82m building deal to Scribante".  As it turns out the winner of the tender, Sakhisizwe, did score fewer points on the tender than Scribante (Scribante scored higher based on price, the fact that it was a local business […]

My BEE life revolves around the Business Day.  I do recommend that you read financial publications when it comes to BEE, they don’t spend much time (if any) on the emotional and sensational.  It does give you a somewhat balanced view.  Today’s lesson is taken from an advertorial on page 33 of the 8 August,

So says David Pincus in Sunday’s Business Times (Tenders section page 11).  The report tells of a Coega tender in the Eastern Cape that was awarded to a BEE compliant consortium.  The only problem was that the consortium’s bid was R8 million more than another bidder who was deemed not to be empowered enough. The