OPPORTUNITY FOR SECURITY, PRINTING COMPANIES

MBABANE – Eswatini Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (EPTC) has issued two major tenders to benefit security as well as publishing and printing companies.

EPTC was established in April 1986 under Act No. 11 of 1983. This Act regulates all the activities of EPTC. The Public Enterprises - Control and Monitoring Act No. 8 of 1989 classifies the Corporation as a category A Public Enterprise, as a body wholly-owned by Government or in which the latter has a majority interest. The main responsibilities of EPTC are the operation, maintenance and development of postal and telecommunications services nationally. The Corporation invites tenders, from renowned printing and publishing companies for the compilation, selling of advertising space and printing of the Eswatini Telecommunications Directory for 2023.  

The Eswatini Telecommunications directory shall be printed once a year and the date of publication shall be December of each year. “The quality of paper on which the directory shall be printed on, the cover in which these are bound and general lay out should be specified and agreed upon with the Corporation. “The particulars of entries with respect to telephone subscribers, postal boxes and private bag renters involving new additions, deletions, and any other alterations in entry format shall be communicated to the printing company three months before printing. The listing of the various sections of the Telecommunications Directory shall be done on separate pages and marked in different colours,” reads the invitation in part.

Bids

In another tender, Request for Proposals (RFP), EPTC is requesting for bids for cash-in transit services.  “It is a reputable company with adequate technical knowledge, professional qualification, and wide experience with regards to the tender requirement,” reads the invitation in part. The bidder must have adequate financial stability and status to meet the stipulations under the contract. It should be financially solvent and without current judgments or any other financial background which could prevent it from operating bank accounts, raising finance and conducting other activities which are essential to the running of a business. The prospective tender must also have an adequately qualified and experienced team assigned for the work under this tender. “A tender document submitted by a joint venture (JV) of two or more companies must be accompanied by a document forming the joint venture; which precisely defines the conditions under which the joint venture will function, its period of duration, the persons authorised to represent it and obligated thereby, the participation of the several companies forming the joint venture, and any other information necessary to permit a full appraisal of its function.

Submitted

“The JV agreement should be submitted with the tender documents,” reads the invitation. All bids must be in by August 2 for both tenders.

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