Times Of Swaziland: COMPUTRONICS WINS E2M FINCORP COMPUTERS TENDER

COMPUTRONICS WINS E2M FINCORP COMPUTERS TENDER
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Kwanele Dhladhla on 17/09/2019 08:06:00


MBABANE – Computronics stands to be granted a tender worth nearly E2 million
for the supply of computer equipment to the  Eswatini Development Finance
Corporation (FINCORP).
The company which priced their bid at E1 976 703.51 (VAT inclusive) scored 98
per cent during the evaluation undertaken in accordance with the Public
Procurement Act of 2011. In the intention to award issued by the Eswatini Public
Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA), it was announced that a period of 10
working days would be allowed for the submission of any application for review
prior to the eventual signing of a contract with FINCORP. “The contract award
decision does not constitute a contract,” clarified ESPPRA.
Competing
The agency also disclosed that Computronics was competing with Real Image
Internet, PS Systems, NetComm, Slomoes Corporation and Titan Computers for the
multimillion job. The most competitive contender was Real Image Internet, which
had priced their bid at E 1 979 230.90. The company scored 88 per cent during
evaluation. The third best tenderers were PC Systems and NetComm which both
amassed 81 percentage points. This was despite the fact they submitted different
bids of E 2 081 195.25 (PC Systems) and E 2 008 850.00 (NetComm). Slomoes
Corporation scored 72 per cent with their bid of E 2 194 982.47. Titan computers
who submitted a bid of E 2 184 524.60 managed to score 66 per cent during the
tender whose approvals authority was the FINCORP tender committee.
Unresponsive
The ESPPRA mentioned that unresponsive tenderers were; Leading Edge Investments
(Pty) Ltd, MLG Investments (Pty) Ltd, Cowell Technologies (Pty) Ltd, Cheble
Yadah Investments (Pty) Ltd and Mpandla Investments (Pty) Ltd. In its official
website, it was mentioned that FINCORP was launched by His Majesty King Mswati
III in November 1995, with the main objective of economically developing
emaSwati through the provision of accessible financial services.