Procurement

Appointment of a service provider for the provision of Systems Quality Assurance Services for the Government Employees’ Medical Scheme for a period of one (1) year commencing 01 October 2023, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of (2) two more years

Bid reference: GEMS/QualityAssurance/2023/CON010

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

Pre-qualification criteria: 

GEMS will only consider bids from bidders who are EMEs or QSEs and who have at least a proven minimum of at least 51% Black ownership in terms of B-BBEE
 
Compulsory Briefing Session:

Date: 23 June 2023

Time: 11h30 to 13h00

Online via Webex

Attendees joining the session more than 15 minutes after the starting time noted i.e. after 11h45 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 22 June 2023 on 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.

Closing Date:19 July 2023 Time: 11:00

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.

Request for and submission of bid document:

Bid documentation will only be available electronically in PDF or other format, on request by email, from Tuesday,  20 June 2023 from the following person:

Boipelo Sithole by email at CON010.23QualityAssurance@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 a service provider for the provision of ICT Server Infrastructure, HPE Maintenance and Support Services for the Government Employees’ Medical Scheme for a period of one (1) year commencing 01 December 2023, which contract may be annually renewable for a maximum of (2) two more years.

Bid reference: 
GEMS/ICTServerInfrastructureSupport/2023/CON011

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

Compulsory Briefing Session:

Date: 25 July 2023

Time: 09h00 to 10h30

Online via Webex/MS Teams

Attendees joining the session more than 15 minutes after the starting time noted i.e. after 09h15 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 24 July 2023 on 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.

Closing Date:15 August 2023 Time: 11:00

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.

Request for and submission of bid document:

Bid documentation will only be available electronically in PDF or other format, on request by email, from Tuesday, 18 July 2023 from the following person:

Boipelo Sithole by email at CON011.23ICTServerInfrastructureSupport@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.

Reminder to Suppliers who want to register on the GEMS Supplier Database

There is a Training/ Guiding session available to support you in completing your Database application. This is the second session and is not compulsory.

Should you be interested in attending the session, please send an email to database@gems.gov.za indicating your interest and provide the company name and email address to which the invitation can be sent to.

Date:  20 November 2023        Time: 11h00-13h00

All enquiries should be directed by mail to database@gems.gov.za.

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 08 December 2023 @ 11h00