Standing: Patrick and Pascal Aengenvoort, Akhmuth Sayed (ROTOCON), Lizelle du Preez, Bruce Sutcliffe (Blue Print Labelling)Seated: Devlin Brodowicz, Michael Aengenvoort, Wade Brodowicz Purchased was an RFP flexographic printing press and RSI slitter rewinder with inspection. Cape Town, South Africa – Blue Print Labelling has signed another order to add additional ECOLINE equipment to their label production fleet. Purchased was an ...

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (“the Department”) formally invites interested parties to register prospective bids under Bid Window 5 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme. Prior to accessing the RFP, each prospective bidder is required to pay a non-refundable documentation fee of twenty five thousand Rand (R25 000) per prospective Project and to complete an ...

Renewable energy developers are cautiously optimistic about the announcements made by the South African government that Bid Window 5 (BW 5) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) is going ahead, but the documents specifying requirements are still not available, says energy, mining, public and private consultancy Economic Development Solutions (EDS) MD Janine Espin. The Department of Mineral ...

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The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has launched the Request for Proposals (RFP) for the Fifth Bid Window under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The RFP calls for proposals from independent power producers to develop new generation capacity of 2,600MW, which must include 1,600MW from onshore wind energy and 1,000MW from solar PV power plants. ...

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) intends to convene a virtual bidders conference in April to provide information on the qualifying criteria and bid submission expectations for the fifth bid window (BW5) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The department formally launched the request for proposals (RFP) for BW5 after midnight on March 19, ...

Brazil’s industry association Abicalçados announced a string of actions designed to advertise Brazilian shoes around the world in digital form next year, including joining online trade shows and platforms. São Paulo – In a bid to counteract the impact of the economic crisis triggered by the novel coronavirus on exports, the Brazilian Footwear Industry Association (Abicalçados) announced a string of ...

MTN Group names Omnicom Group as MTN’s lead agency partner across its footprint following a competitive pitch process. Cementing a partnership that commenced in 2017, group chief executive officer at TBWA South Africa, Luca Gallarelli says he is extremely excited to enter into this new chapter with MTN. “We are thrilled by this announcement which is certainly reflective of the hard ...

Koeberg nuclear power plant. In a consultation paper gazetted on Monday, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) outlined government plans to add 2,500MW of nuclear power to South Africa’s electricity mix by 2030. The NERSA paper states that the department of mineral resources and energy (DMRE) will be responsible for procuring the new nuclear build. The consultation paper ...

The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Facebook have announced that, following their collaborative request for proposals to support interdisciplinary independent academic research, the duo has identified eight awardees. The initiative aims to support research across Africa in the field of AI, ethics, and human rights. The duo says that it is anticipated that the work to be undertaken by the awardees ...

South Africa’s Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office has confirmed an extension to the bid submission deadline, to December 22, for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), under which government aims to procure some 2 000 MW of dispatchable generation capacity for operation by mid-2022. The original bid submission deadline was November 24. In a briefing note, the IPP ...

IT services company Gijima has secured a R339 million tender from the State IT Agency (SITA). The contract will see the company provide a fully-managed health information system to the Gauteng Department of Health. The tender, RFB 1843/ 2018, was first advertised at the end of November 2018, with the deadline for the complex, high-value system set for just two weeks ...

National treasury has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a multibillion-rand government tender to supply mobile services to government workers – and its main requirement is that they get completely uncapped mobile Internet access. The RFP, published on the treasury website, is for a five-year supply agreement. Vodacom previously won the tender, but this contract is coming to an end next ...

New information about the ongoing ballot printing procurement saga shows that the foreign companies won the contract bid about Shs18b higher than the local firms. According to the information obtained by Daily Monitor, the local printers quoted Shs41.7b for the six lots of ballot printing while the foreign firms quoted Shs59.5b. Six local printing companies: Picfare Industries Ltd; Graphic Systems ...

Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson, the winners of the 2020 Nobel prize in economic sciences | TT NEWS AGENCY / A. WIKLUND / VIA REUTERS Economists like to think of themselves as mathematicians — or, if feeling momentarily humbler, as physicists. This year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in economics, however, seem to conceive of themselves more as ...

A request for proposal due out this Thursday (15) will seek private sector players looking to manage Brazilian parks Aparados da Serra and Serra Geral, at the Santa Catarina-Rio Grande do Sul state border. São Paulo – The Brazilian Ministry of Environment is expected to publish this Thursday (15) a government request for proposals from private sector players interested in ...

Tips on how to align the RFP with the needs of intensive energy users. An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but the health of your private Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) requires more than prevention, it needs a proactive, strategic approach to crafting your Request for Proposal (RFP). At Harmattan Renewables we’ve seen all too often the impact ...

The Peroa cluster, located off the coast of Espirito Santo state, would be among the first all-gas offshore fields sold by Petrobras RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO: A consortium of Brazil‘s 3R Petroleum and Norway-linked DBO Energy is in bilateral talks with Brazil’s Petrobras to purchase a cluster of offshore natural gas fields, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The Peroa ...

Clyde Mallinson Energy expert Clyde Mallinson is calling on government to urgently overhaul its Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which he says not only fails to address the country’s immediate electricity needs, but will also lock in dirty and expensive energy for the next 20 years. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy formally initiated the procurement process for 2 000 MW of so-called emergency power under the ...

São Paulo state, Brazil’s economic center, is resuming its auctions for private investment in large infrastructure projects. The Brazilian state of São Paulo, the industrial engine of the country and home to 22% of its population, last month announced the resumption of public auctions in the infrastructure sector, which had been suspended since early 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ...

Where are the bold steps that were promised in December 2019? Why is the ANC blocking municipalities from purchasing directly from Independent Power Producers (IPPs), and the opening of the grid? Why did Minister Gwede Mantashe not raise the limit for exemptions from licensing of generation from 1MW to 10MW? Where is the negotiation with existing IPPs to take up ...

The Vodacom Group has confirmed that its integrated through-the-line marketing services business is out to pitch. The incumbent agency, Ogilvy South Africa, was appointed in 2015. The process is expected to be concluded by January 2021. ACA-approved “Vodacom Group has invited Advertising and Communications Association (ACA)-approved agencies, including its incumbent, to participate in a closed tender for its integrated through-the-line ...

Cape Town – The Strategic Fuel Fund (SFF), a subsidiary of the Central Energy Fund (SEF), reached an agreement this week for a draft out-of-court settlement with resources conglomerate Glencore in a matter that was heard before the Western Cape High Court’s Judge Owen Rogers on the last day of a three-day long virtual hearing where implicated parties were shown ...

The head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office, which performs the IPP procurement function on behalf of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), says discussions are under way with the department to finalise the roll-out plan for the Section 34 determination that caters for the procurement of 11 813 MW of new generation capacity. Speaking during a ...

RFP No: 674-C-13-0004/2020/0001 Date of Issuance: September 1, 2020 Questions: September 7, 2020 Answers: September 9, 2020 Closing Date/Time: September 14, 2020 17:00 pm SA time, submit full application to contractsrfp@pactworld.org Award Type:   Fixed Price Contract (multiple awards) Award Ceiling: ZAR 15,769.991 Geographic Scope:                   Area A: Gauteng, City of Johannesburg and/or Area B: Limpopo, Capricorn Estimated Award Date:           September 28, 2020 ...

I previously wrote about how post-pandemic infrastructure stimulus spending could take us even further backwards because of the way “local content” is structured. We are getting closer to the point where we need to think about this, with the onset of level two. Government policy for major tenders requires that 30% be awarded to local contractors to promote local skills development ...

Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo Johannesburg – Free State Human Settlements Department staff members did not follow internal supply chain and National Treasury regulations when an unsolicited bid for a multimillion-rand asbestos tender was approved, the Zondo commission heard. On Friday, the inquiry heard testimony from Nthimotse Mokhesi, the former head of the department. Mokhesi took the stand after his ...

“Although the provision of devices is extremely urgent as part of the government’s response to COVID-19, a formal, transparent, competitive tender process was followed,” Nzimande said on Wednesday. The Minister said this as he responded to complaints regarding the delays in the procurement of laptops. While there is a delay in the procurement of devices for students, proper administrative processes were ...

The sale is part of a multi-billion plan by the state-controlled oil company, known as Petrobras, to divest assets, with interest from ethanol and fuel distribution company Raizen and conglomerate Ultrapar powered by deep-pocketed foreign investment firms SAO PAULO/RIO: Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA is set to receive binding offers on Thursday for its Presidente Getulio Vargas refinery, with local firms Raizen and ...

The PPE procurement scandal, which saw vital Covid-19 funds channelled to politically connected business people, has brought the vexed issue of South Africa’s tender system into the spotlight once more. What can be done to make government procurement more corruption-proof? “The tender system should be re-looked into,” said Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane this week, speaking at a webinar on corruption. Mkhwebane ...