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The accounting officer, even if signing off without picking up irregularities, must raise valid errors and take the decision to cancel the bid; the City will then deal with any court challenge from bidders accordingly.

“Even if you pick up an error from the beginning of the process, you have a duty to raise that ... If it is an error that is valid, that might lead to a regularity, you cannot ignore that. We do take a decision to cancel that bid. We then leave that on us on any supplier who says, no, but you should not have cancelled this bid ... If a bidder chooses to take the City to court, we will then deal with it at that stage ... That is the process that we follow at the City from a practical perspective.”

The Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC) raised concerns about inconsistencies in the probity report regarding a bidder flagged for non-10 compliance who was nonetheless recommended for award without adequate explanation.

“Specifically, the BAC noted a discrepancy where a bidder which was flagged by the probity team for non-10 compliance was nonetheless recommended for award without adequate explanation.”

The certification of independent tender determination is done by the bidder who makes a commitment to the accuracy of the bid information.

“It is the bidder, Chair. In short, they make a commitment that all the information completed here is from us as the bidder, and we stand by it.”

One of the bidders was unfairly disqualified for failing to attend a compulsory briefing session.

“One of the bidders was unfairly disqualified for failing to attend a compulsory briefing session”

Deputy Chief Dlamini denies assisting any bidder directly or indirectly during the procurement processes for tenders TMPD 2 2016-17, TMPD 1 24-25, and TMPD 3 24-25.

“I have not assisted directly or indirectly any bidder during the procurement stage processes.”