MAYOR MSIMANGA OPENS TSHWANE TENDER PROCESSES

Fri, Sep 16, 2016

Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga has opened the tender process in Tshwane, to make it transparent and open to scrutiny. 

The Mayor issued a written executive instruction to the acting City Manager to open future Tender Bid Adjudication Meetings to the public, so that the spending of public money can be done openly. 

The Mayor said: "Opening the tender process is part of my promise to the people of Tshwane to cut out corruption." 

The Tender Bid Adjudication Meeting is the crucial stage at which a tender is assessed and adjudicated on its merits, and it is the stage where corruption can take place behind closed doors as cronies can be handed contracts contrary to the best interests of the public. 

Forthcoming City of Tshwane tender processes will now be subjected to open Tender Bid Adjudication Meetings. Adverts for the public meetings will be placed for all tenders. 

By opening the Tender Bid Adjudication Meetings the Mayor is making sure that Tshwane's spending can no longer benefit only a selected few insiders. 

Every tender bidder will now have a fair and transparent chance at government contracts in Tshwane, cutting out corruption. 

The Mayor said: "Corruption in tenders happens behind closed doors when politicians sit and make multi-million rand decisions. Now I have opened the doors to the public, and I encourage the public to scrutinise how we spend going forward." 

This marks a new openness and transparency for Tshwane. 

Statement issued by Matthew Gerstner, Acting Spokesperson to the Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, 16 September 2016