Notice and Invitation to submit an Expression of Interest

The University of Mpumalanga invites expressions of interest from targeted enterprises for admission to a data base of potential subcontractors to access subcontracting opportunities on construction projects on the Mbombela Campus. Enterprises who are admitted to the database, depending upon their capabilities, capacities, and the required work, may be invited to submit quotes to perform a portion of a main contractor’s contract. Enterprises which are awarded subcontracts and who satisfy additional criteria, may be provided with enterprise development support in accordance with the requirements of the CIDB Standard for Indirect Targeting for Enterprise Development.

Enterprises targeted for development include 50% black owned or 30% black woman owned, CIDB registered contractors having a CIDB contractor grading designation 4, 5 or 6 and who operate from premises in the Mpumalanga Province and can demonstrate compliance with criteria stated in the Submission Data. 

An application for admission to the data base may be made by fully completing the application form on the website www.ump.ac.za from Thursday 27 January 2022.

Queries relating to the issuing of these documents may be addressed through the tender query function on the website.

The closing time for receipt of submissions is 1 July 2022. Submissions received prior to this date will be admitted to the database as and when they are received and after they have been processed. The database will become operational and applied in procurement processes from 14 February 2022.

Requirements for sealing, addressing, delivery, opening and assessment of submissions are stated in the Submission Data.