Procurement

Appointment of a service provider to render Medicine Courier Pharmacy Services to GEMS for a period of one year commencing on 01 January 2022, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of four more years

Bid reference: GEMS/MedicineCourierPharmacy/2021/ CON008

Please quote the applicable reference number in all correspondence. Correspondence without a reference number will not be attended to.

Pre-qualification criterion:

Bidders must commit, over and above all other B-BBEE requirements, to spend at least 30% of its fees paid by GEMS, on B-BBEE subcontracting or forming of JVs on courier companies that are at least a Level 1 or 2 contributor with at least 51% Black ownership and/or in combination with employing B-BBEE individuals on the project; with further options and conditions detailed in the bid document.  The bidder must also commit to, if successful, purchase pharmaceuticals from B-BBEE pharmaceutical companies, as further detailed in the bid document.

Required service description:

Appointment of a service provider to render Medicine Courier Pharmacy Services to GEMS for a period of one year commencing on 01 January 2022, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of four more years

Compulsory briefing session:

Date: 25 May 2021 @ 15h00 to 17h00

Location: Online via Webex  

Attendees joining the session more than 15 minutes after the starting time noted i.e. after 15h15 will be deemed not to have attended the briefing session.

Prospective service providers are required to notify the relevant person at the respective email address indicated below for this requirement, before 10h00 on 21 May 2021 whether they will attend the briefing session. Bidders will be provided with a link to connect and join the session on confirmation of attendance.  Attendees must have their own copies of the bid document in the briefing session.      

Request for and submission of bid:

Bid documentation will only be available electronically in PDF or other format, on request by email, from Monday 10 May 2021 from the following persons: 

Rosetta Beya for GEMS/MedicineCourierPharmacy /2021/CON008 by email at CON008.21MedicineCourier@gems.gov.za

The bid documents can be requested electronically at any time, but will be distributed during office hours which are between 08h00 and 16h30, Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays. Completed bid documentation must only be submitted in electronic format as per the bid document instructions. No hard copy submissions will be considered.

Closing date: 09 July 2021 @ 11:00

The time stipulated is in accordance with Telkom time, available by dialing 1026. Further submission details are contained in the bid document. No faxed responses will be accepted. Submission will be strictly electronic. No late submissions will be considered

Appointment of a Panel of service providers to provide Internal Fraud Investigation Services to the Government Employees Medical Scheme for a period of one (1) year commencing 01 March 2022, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of two (2) more years

Bid reference: GEMS/InternalFraudInvestigationPanel/2021/CON012

Please quote the applicable reference number in all correspondence. Correspondence without a reference number will not be attended to.
 

Required service description:

Only bidders with a proven minimum of 51% black ownership will be considered for this bid. The rest of the other B-BBEE requirements will be covered in the bid document.
 

Non-compulsory Briefing Session:
Date: 15 December 2021

Time: 13h00 to 14h30

Location: Online via Webex

Prospective service providers are required to notify the relevant person at the respective email address indicated below for this requirement, before 12h00 on 14 December 2021 whether they will attend the briefing session. Bidders will be provided with a link to connect and join the session on confirmation of attendance. Attendees must have their own copies of the bid document in the briefing session.

Queries:

Queries received from Monday, 13 December 2021 till Friday 17 December 2021 at 16h30, will be responded to within the indicated timelines. Query consideration will thereafter only resume on Tuesday 04 January 2022.

 
Closing date: Date: 24 January 2022  Time:11h00

The time stipulated is in accordance with Telkom time, available by dialling 1026.

Further submission details are contained in the bid document. No faxed responses will be accepted. Submission will be strictly electronic. No late submissions will be considered

Request for and submission of bid document:

Bid documentation will only be available electronically in PDF or other format, on request by email, from Monday 13 December 2021 from the following person:

Boipelo Sithole by email at Con012.21FraudInvestigationPanel@nexia-sabt.co.za

The bid documents can be requested electronically at any time, but will be distributed during office hours which are between 08h00 and 16h30, Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays. Completed bid documentation must only be submitted in electronic format as per the bid document instructions. No hard copy submissions will be considered.

Appointment of service providers to render Medicine Courier Pharmacy Services to GEMS for a period of one year commencing on 01 January 2023, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of four more years

Bid reference: GEMS/MedicineCourierPharmacy/2022/ CON003

Please quote the applicable reference number in all correspondence. Correspondence without a reference number will not be attended to.  

Pre-qualification criterion:

Bidders must commit, over and above all other B-BBEE requirements, to spend at least 30% of its fees paid by GEMS, on B-BBEE subcontracting with further options and conditions detailed in the bid document. The bidder must also commit to, if successful, purchase pharmaceuticals from B-BBEE pharmaceutical companies, as further detailed in the bid document.

Compulsory  Briefing Session:

Date: 22 February 2022

Time: 13h00 to 15h00

Online via Webex   

Attendees joining the session more than 15 minutes after the starting time noted i.e. after 13h15 will be deemed not to have attended the briefing session.

Prospective service providers are required to notify the relevant person at the respective email address indicated below for this requirement, before 10h00 on 18 February 2022 whether they will attend the briefing session. Bidders will be provided with a link to connect and join the session on confirmation of attendance.  Attendees must have their own copies of the bid document in the briefing session.  

Request for submission of bid documents:

Bid documentation will only be available electronically in PDF or other format, on request by email, from Wednesday 09 February 2022 from the following person:

Requirement :  Boipelo Sithole by email at  Con003.22MedicineCourierPharmacy@nexia-sabt.co.za

The bid documents can be requested electronically at any time, but will be distributed during office hours which are between 08h00 and 16h30, Mondays to Fridays, excluding public holidays.  Completed bid documentation must only be submitted in electronic format as per the bid document instructions. No hard copy submissions will be considered.

  
Closing date: Date:11 April 2022  Time:11h00

The time stipulated is in accordance with Telkom time, available by dialling 1026.  Further submission details are contained in the bid document.  Submission will be strictly electronic to the relevant email address.  No late submissions will be considered.