Times Of Swaziland: DATAMATICS FOR E2.5M FILLING STATIONS TENDER

DATAMATICS FOR E2.5M FILLING STATIONS TENDER
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BY ASHMOND NZIMA on 06/04/2021 07:47:00


MBABANE – Datamatics Swaziland has scored highest in an over E2.5 million
tender issued by ENPC.
ENPC is the Eswatini National Petroleum Company  which is a Category ‘A’
public enterprise with a mandate to secure, market and trade in crude oil and
petroleum products and to carry on the business of supplying and distributing
petroleum and its products into and from the Kingdom of Eswatini, among other
duties. The tender was for consultancy services for the identification of 15
potential sites for filling stations in the country.
Bidders
Datamatics scored an unmatched 94.08 per cent with a proposed contract price of
E2 538 924 to make the cut ahead of two South African companies and one from the
country.  The bidders from the neighbouring country were identified as EPCM and
Crede Capital Partners. This is as per an intention to award notice which was
posted on the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) website.
The information was posted as per Section 45 (3) (b) of the Public Procurement
Act No.7 of 2011. “Following a competitive bidding process, notice is hereby
given that a contract award decision has been reached by the approvals
authority. “The contract award decision does not constitute a contract. All
tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working
days is hereby allowed for submission of any application for reviews,” reads
the posted information in part.
Meanwhile, early this year ENPC had issued a request for proposals (RFP) in a
bid to solicit competitive, sealed proposals for the identification of potential
sites that ENPC could consider for its filling stations particularly in the
rural areas of the country. The scope of work for this proposal will primarily
consist of but not necessarily be limited to an overview of the petroleum sector
and a competitor analysis; mapping of the current filling stations around the
country and identification of potential areas for the filling stations.
Potential
The successful bidder will further collect information on potential sites that
already have land ownership/King’s consent, liaising with stakeholders such as
Commercial Amadoda on top of gathering primary and secondary data on traffic
flow in identified areas around the country.