Chairperson of the BAC

The extension of the tender was approved by the Bid Adjudication Committee (BAC), the approval process involves a committee discussion and recommendation signed off by the Chairperson and the accounting officer.

“the extension was approved by the Chairperson of the BAC ... the report is presented by the department to the committee. The committee does obviously discuss the matter between themselves and then it is recommended and the Chairperson of the committee signs off on the report as a recommendation to the accounting officer and then the accounting officer signs off based on the recommendation from the Chairperson”

The Chairperson of the BAC recommends and signs off on tender awards, and the City Manager approves as accounting officer but does not take part in the decision-making process.

“It is that the Chairperson of the BAC recommend and sign off on it ... The City Manager is, as per the System and Structures Act, is the accounting officer for the City, as the number one official. And therefore, whatever the BAC recommend to him, he signs it off as the accounting officer... The BAC Committee is the one who make the decision and resolution, which is then signed off... The City Manager is only in his role as accounting officer signs off on it.”

Gareth Mnisi, as Chairperson of the BAC, recommended and signed off on the tender award, which was subsequently approved by the City Manager.

“The question was, you had said in your statement the approved, but you will see there the signature comes as someone who recommended and signed off. Do you accept that? ... Correct. As I stated, it is that the Chairperson of the BAC recommend and sign off on it. ... That is after the recommendation by Mr Mnisi, the Chairperson of the BAC, the City Manager then also signed off approving.”