The Ekurhuleni metro has appointed new service providers for the supply of mobile toilets in informal settlements across the metro, in line with the mission to reinstate the dignity of the people.
The new service providers will render the service between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2022.
The metro appointed all 15 qualifying service providers that met all the conditions of the bid out of a total of 229 applications.
The intention was to appoint a maximum of 20 but only the 15 qualified and thus were all appointed. This followed after an inspection was undertaken by Ekurhuleni for all bidders that passed the general criteria of the bid to determine that they have capacity in line with the mandatory requirements and the specification – and they did.
These companies will invoice the municipality as per the rates approved in the bid document.
It must further be emphasised that it was the responsibility of the bidders to comply with the conditions of the bid.
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The conditions of the bid stipulated that the services providers must provide toilets for people with disabilities; they must attach the cleaning schedule for all the toilets on the door of each toilet; and that they provide the metro with a laboratory test certificate for the chemicals to be used in the toilet tanks.
All service providers are appointed following Supply Chain Management (SCM) processes that are highly regulated and transparent.
Ekurhuleni runs a transparent SCM process and the Bid Adjudication Committee is open to the public. As per the SCM processes, specifications were formulated before the tender was advertised.
An evaluation was then undertaken before the adjudication process, which is open to the public. The metro prides itself as a leader in the introduction of the public adjudication process, which is informed by our stance to undertake a transparent procurement process at all times.
Furthermore, the metro would like to emphasise that local government is highly regulated by COGTA and SALGA, and to govern effectively and properly, all processes must be undertaken within the ambit of such legislative framework.
It is worth noting that when the current administration came into office in 2016, this leadership adopted a ‘PRO POOR’ agenda, which is aimed at ensuring among others that our people’s dignity is restored.
At the time when the leadership came into office in August 2016, the ratio (toilets vs families) stood at 1 (toilet) : 10 (per structure), and it was resolved that this must be improved to 1 (toilet) : 5 (per structure) – an intervention that has been appreciated by the beneficiaries.
The metro also wishes to inform the community that it is looking forward to high levels of professionalism on the side of the contractors who have all signed inspection forms for the number of toilets on site.
The metro further appeals to communities, beneficiaries and community leaders among others to assist the municipality render a quality service to the people by reporting vandalism, and anything sinister that may jeopardise the rendering of this service to the people.
The City remains committed to providing quality sanitation and restoring the dignity of our people and shall always continue to seek better ways of achieving this resources permitting.
The metro has a constitutional responsibility to provide basic services to communities such as water and sewer within a formalised township with the intention of building houses later as and when Gauteng Department of Human Settlements allocate budget to the City of Ekurhuleni to build houses.
