NEW MALKERNS PLANNING SCHEME

MBABANE – The Malkerns Town Board has presented a business opportunity to consultants for the consolidation and modification of the town’s planning scheme and urban agriculture policy.

The town Board hereby has invited proposals from firms that may be interested at taking up the business. In the expression of interest issued by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA), it was mentioned that additional details of required services would be detailed under scope of works in the Terms of Reference (TOR) document.

“A firm will be selected using the Quality Based Selection (QBS) procedure as well as selection criterion described in this Request for proposals (RFP),” explained Town Clerk Melusi Hlanze in the document issued by ESPPRA.
Tenderers were invited to submit as separate documents; the technical Proposal and financial proposal, as specified in the data sheet for consulting services required.

“The proposal(s) will be the basis for contract negotiations and ultimately for a signed contract with the selected firm,” Hlanze explained.
It was stated that the assignment would be implemented in phases. Hlanze said since the assignment comprises of phases, the commencement of a new phase is subject to a written approval of the previous phase indicating that the consultant may proceed with the following phase.

Tenderers were advised of the need to familiarise themselves with the local context and further consider this when preparing proposals.

Responsible

“The tenderers are responsible for obtaining all licenses and permits needed to carry out this assignment,” Hlanze stipulated.
It was also pointed out that all costs associated with preparing the tender document, including all site visits were to be borne by the tenderer.

“The Malkerns Town Board requires that tenderers provide professional, objective, and impartial advice and at all times hold the client’s interests paramount, without any consideration for future work, and strictly avoid conflicts with other assignments or their own corporate interests,” said Hlanze. 

It was also clarified that tenderers would not be hired for any assignment that would be in conflict with their prior or current obligations to other clients, or that may place them in a position of not being able to carry out the assignment in the best interest of the client.
It was also stamped that it remains the Board’s policy to require that consultants observe the highest standard of ethics during the selection and execution of such contracts.
Provision
In pursuance of this policy, the Board defines, for the purposes of this provision, the terms set forth.
Corrupt practice was set out to mean the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of anything of value to influence the action of a public official in the selection process or in contract execution.
‘Fraudulent practice’ means a misrepresentation of facts in order to influence a selection process or the execution of a contract to the detriment of the Board, and includes collusive practices among consultants (prior to or after submission of proposals) designed to establish prices at artificial, non-competitive levels and to deprive the Board of the benefits of free and open competition.

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