- Title
- Procurement challenges faced by Eskom contractors during the tender stage
- Creator
- Hlalutye, Thandiwe
- Subject
- Management -- Procurement -- South Africa -- Northern Cape
- Subject
- Project management -- South Africa -- Northern Cape Contractors' operation -- South Africa -- Northern Cape -- Finance
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSc
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/30260
- Identifier
- vital:30913
- Description
- The procurement process within South Africa has become an increasing focus in open market access for local economic development. The government introduced Preferential Procurement Policy Frame Act 5 of 2000 (PPPFA) which must be followed by all government owned organisations, including parastatals. Eskom, therefore, has to abide to this regulation and, since it started utilising the Act in its tendering process, there has been a challenge to getting contractors who are commercially and technically approved to be able to execute work or projects. The aim of this study is to examine challenges faced by Eskom Northern Cape Operating Unit contractors during the tender stage in terms of tender requirements, whereby they fail to submit all required tender returnables and fail to meet a set threshold in order to be successful and being awarded with the contract. This study undertook an empirical study using a case study of Eskom after a literature review. A questionnaire was used to collect data from all the active contractors on the Eskom Northern Cape Operating Unit data base. The key findings included that; contractors agreed that they still lack understanding of a quality management system. However they disagreed that they are not complying with safety health and environment and that they lack knowledge of technical requirements which leads them to not submitting objective evidence. The study concluded that contracting firms still do not comply with procurement requirements during the tender stage.
- Format
- xiii, 146 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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