TENDER NOTICE AND INVITATION TO TENDER (Incorporating SBD1)

 CLOSING DATE (AT 11:00): 15 March 2024

 The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) invites tenders for the provision of the concept and preliminary design of East London bypass linking R72 and N2 on national route R72 section 4 and N2 section 15.  This project is in the province of Eastern Cape and in the local municipality of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and the approximate programme is for preliminary design documentation to be completed by June 2026.

 Only tenderers who are registered on the National Treasury Central Supplier Database and meet the minimum requirements for the key persons as stipulated in Clause C.2.1 at the tender closing date, are eligible to tender.

 Joint Ventures (JV) will be allowed on condition that one JV partner is a Targeted Enterprise. The JV partner will, however, not contribute to sub-contract target for Targeted Enterprises. 

 TENDER DOCUMENTS

 Tender documents are available from 09 February 2024 at no cost in electronic format downloadable from the SANRAL’s website by following the link:  https://www.nra.co.za/sanral-tenders/status?region_id=national . Tenderers must have access to Microsoft © Office 2013 and Acrobat Adobe © 9.0 or similar compatible software.

Tenderers must submit, via email, the duly completed Form A1.1 Certificate of Intention to Submit a Tender prior to 16 February 2024. Failure to submit this certificate would result in the tenderer not receiving addenda or additional issued information and may result in the tenderer being non-responsive, if “any material amendment/s” contained in the addenda or additional information is not included in the tender offer/submission.

 TENDERER’S MEETING

 Non-compulsory clarification meeting

 A tender clarification briefing presentation is available to be downloaded from the SANRAL website by

the following link https://www.nra.co.za/sanral-tenders/status?region_id=national 

 A non- compulsory clarification briefing meeting will be held via a virtual platform on 23 February 2024 at 11:00 where the project will be presented. A link to the clarification briefing meeting will be sent to tenderers who complete and submit a Certificate of Intention to Submit a Tender (Form A1.1).

 A tenderer’s representative cannot represent more than one tenderer at the tender briefing meeting

 CLOSING TIME, COMPLETION AND DELIVERY OF TENDERS

 The closing time and date for receipt of tenders is 11:00 on 15 March 2024

 Telegraphic, telephonic, telex, e-mail, facsimile and late tenders will not be accepted.

 Tenders may only be submitted in the format as stated in the Tender Data.

 Requirements for completing, sealing, addressing, delivery, opening and assessment of tenders are stated in the Tender Data.

 Queries relating to issues arising from these documents may be addressed to:

 E-mail: Procurementsr4@sanral.co.za