​​Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg M...

1 6 BID NO: CoJ/GFIN002/21-22 Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for a period of three years _________________________________________________________________________________________ INITIAL PARTNERSHIP CERTIFICATE We, the undersigned partners in the business trading as _______________________hereby authorize Mr/Ms______________________________ to sign this bid as well as any contract resulting from the bid and any other documents and correspondence in connection with this bid and /or contract for and on behalf of the abovementioned partnership. NAME OF PARTNER IDENTITY NO. SIGNATURE NOTE: Copy of the Partnership Agreement must be attached to this Partnership indicating the allocation of responsibilities of each firm partner to the Partnership. Jo! ure 1 7 BID NO: CoJ/GFIN002/21-22 Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and

short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for a period of three years _________________________________________________________________________________________ INITIAL PART B 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE A bidder is required to take notice of the following in the preparation and submission of this Bid. THIS IMPORTANT NOTICE APPLIES TO THE BID AS A WHOLE AND MUST BE READ AS PART OF EVERY SECTION AND ANNEXURE TO THIS BID DOCUMENT. 1.1 The bidder must read this bid document diligently and where possible take advice or refer to the relevant legislation and regulation applicable to procurement. 1.2 The bid document must be completed in black ink and in full, correctly and truthfully. Provided that its not relevant to the bidder, it must be marked N/A. 1.3 Bid documents must be sealed when submitted. The submission must be at the correct address as it reads from this bid document on or before the closing date and before the closing time. The correct time to be used will be Telkom time. No submission shall be accepted other than the manner described in this paragraph. 1.4 Information requested must be provided. Such information must be genuine. Should information be a copy of the original, such copy must be commissioned as the true copy of the original in terms of the relevant laws. 1.5 Documents requested [including those under returnable documents under specifications/terms of reference] must be attached at the end of that particular annexure requesting such information. Should the information exceed the provided space, an addendum must be attached at the end of that particular annexure requesting such information. 1.6 Any requirement for signature must be signed at the appropriate space provided. It shall be deemed that the signatory is the bidder or a duly authorized person of the bidder. 1.7 Briefing session must be attended if compulsory. If not, the municipality highly recommends that they be attended. 1.8 Error/s made must be scratched and signed next to the error by the same person who signs the bid document. Therefore, no tipex allowed. In addition, error/s made and relating to price must be accompanied by a letter [in the bidders letterhead] pointing out the error made and acknowledging that it is Jo! ure 1 8 BID NO: CoJ/GFIN002/21-22 Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for a period of three years _________________________________________________________________________________________ INITIAL his or her signature and was signed by the bidder for reasons of correcting the error. 1.9 In the event that the bidder: 1.9.1 fails to complete fully this bid document or to provide the information requested, or to sign the bid at the appropriate spaces provided or next to errors, his/her/ its bid may be rejected due to non-compliance or being invalid. 1.9.2 is found to be a role player or commits criminal act/s including fraud, price rigging, corruption, collusion, or forgery, the bidder shall be rejected. In the case of an award already made, the award or contract shall be terminated. 1.9.3 or any of its directors or those of the subcontractor or partner: 1.9.3.1 owe municipal charges and is in arrears for more than three months, 1.9.3.2 had during the last five years failed to perform satisfactory on previous contract with municipality or municipal entity or organ of the state after written notice given to perform satisfactorily; 1.9.3.3 abused the supply chain management of the municipality or municipal entity or committed an improper conduct; and 1.9.3.4 has been listed in the register of tender defaulters, and 1.9.3.5 if you are in the service of the state. THE BID MAY BE REJECTED 1.10 Any steps taken because the bidder has failed to comply as provided in terms of this important notice or breached terms and condition of the bid, shall not prevent the municipality from taking any steps available in law in addition to the remedies taken because of none compliance or breach. 1.11 Failure to take note of the advises and recommendations made under this important notice, it shall be at his/her/its own risk. Jo! ure 1 9 BID NO: CoJ/GFIN002/21-22 Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for a period of three years _________________________________________________________________________________________ INITIAL 1.12 Bidders shall provide full and accurate answers to all (including mandatory) questions posed in this document, and, are required to explicitly indicate either "Comply/Accept id document. Where necessary, the bidder shall substantiate their response to a specific question. 2 CONDITIONS OF BID 2.1 The bidder must read the specifications/Terms of Reference, important notice, the conditions of the bid, the general conditions diligently. It is advised that the bidder takes relevant advice on all the matters relating to the bid and any relevant legislation that impacts on public procurement ignorance is and will not be an excuse. 2.2 Bid documents must be collected at the stipulated address, date and time as advertised. Or be downloaded from the appropriate internet address. 2.3 No bid will be accepted from persons in the service of the state as it is defined in the Municipal Finance Management Act and Regulations. 2.4 The bid terms and conditions remain binding to the bidder for the duration of the validity period or any other extended period. 2.5 A consideration of this bid is subject to the preferential laws and policies including those relating to BBBEE, Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act 5 of 2000 and its Regulations as amended, local content, subcontracting and commissioning of documents. Specifically, and not solely: 2.5.1 relating to economic transformation; 2.5.2 that the tender may not necessarily be awarded to the bidder with the highest point; 2.5.3 about price scoring on 90/10 or 80/20; 2.5.4 about historically disadvantaged individuals [HDI] South African citizens. That a person who obtains SA citizenship after the Interim Constitution came into effect is NOT considered an HDI; and Jo! ure rr 2 0 BID NO: CoJ/GFIN002/21-22 Appointment of a service provider to provide long term and short-term national scale credit rating for the Group Treasury department of City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality for a period of three years _________________________________________________________________________________________ INITIAL 2.5.5 subcontracting and local content. 2.5.5.1 Main contractors/ suppliers are discouraged from subcontracting with their subsidiary companies as this may be interpreted as subcontracting with themselves and / or using their subsidiaries for fronting. Where primary contractor subcontracts with a subsidiary this must be declared in tender documents. 2.6 The bidder is prohibited from participating in any form of price manipulation or bid rigging including those in MBD 9. If found, the bidder will be disqualified, or award be terminated 2.7 Bid documents will be opened after the closing time and all bidders and their prices published in the municipalitys website 2.8 Negotiations will only be conducted with selected bidder/s. 2.9 The bid award shall be published in the municipal websites. 2.10 An award may be made to more than one bidder. 2.11 If considered necessary, the municipality reserves the right to visit the bidders place of business and/or its customers. 2.12 The specifications are the copyright of the municipality. 2.13 The municipality reserves the right to cancel the requests for bids at any time or stage before the award or not to accept any bid. 2.14 Should it be found that the bidder has not been truthful and/or dishonest, then municipality shall cancel the award and negotiate with the next best bidder. 2.15 Any material submitted by the bidder which it considers confidential must be marked as such by the bidder. 2.16 Any dispute arising out of or relating to the bid must first be referred to the Accounting Officer for resolution. Such resolution to be made within 60 days of referral. 2.17 The tender may be divisible and be awarded to more than one bidder. Jo! ure