Top ICT tenders: eTenders Portal gets upgrades

As government procurement departments begin to wind down for the year-end break, National Treasury’s eTenders Portal has seen some enhancements rolled out.

The biggest change to the online portal is new functionality that allows for the online submission of tender responses. National Treasury has opted to tie the login function to its Central Suppliers Database (CSD). This means that only service providers that are already registered on the CSD will have access to new supplier functionality, while the public sector will have immediate confirmation that bidders are appropriately registered.

Other functions new to the portal include expanded search functionality and the ability for service providers to bookmark and set alerts on individual tenders. The last two options also require service providers to be logged in to the system.

While the enhancements will be welcomed by the public and private sectors, the rollout isn’t without glitches. The expanded search function, in particular, is resulting in limited returns, whereby attached tender documentation is excluded. Additionally, there are errors in the resetting of the search function, which means service providers have to go back to the home page and then start a new search.

Tenders that make this week’s top 10 include:

• The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) wishes to appoint a service provider for the provisioning of hardware maintenance, selected software support and replacement of wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN and LAN servers) equipment for SAPS. In the tender documentation, the agency notes that most of the ICT equipment has either reached end of life and end of support, or is operated out of original equipment manufacturer warranty.
• SITA is also advertising for the replacement of backup infrastructure in its Numerus and Beta data centres. This backup infrastructure is a critical component of the infrastructure used to deliver hosting services to SAPS, it says, and has run out of storage capacity.
• As part of the Gauteng growth and digitisation strategy, the Gauteng Department of e-Government is looking for an accredited Microsoft licensing solution provider for the provision of Microsoft Campus licences for the province’s Department of Education (GDE). The tender document reveals the requirement is part of its aim to improve and modernise the teaching and learning process in Gauteng’s schools through the introduction of ICT.
• The South African Post Office, meanwhile, wishes to appoint a service provider to perform necessary data centre hosting that will result in a “working SAPO data centre in the selected location”.
• The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is advertising for the enhancement, support, maintenance and integration of its existing long-term solution for Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative. This second phase of the project will extend the initiative from farmers and cooperatives, to support household producers, both vulnerable and subsistence, with agricultural production inputs and services to promote growth and development.
• The South African Human Rights Commission is looking for an expert consultant, experienced in monitoring systems, data sourcing and measurement indicators, to assist it with the development of an integrated human rights monitoring and assessment framework. The framework will be instrumental in establishing a national mechanism for reporting and follow-up through which organs of state will report on human rights matters and allow the commission to timeously monitor, analyse and respond to matters within a rights-based context.
• The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) follows with a request for a privileged access management solution. The aim of the project is to better manage and monitor the use of privileged accounts across various assets within the IEC and, by so doing, isolate the use of privileged accounts to reduce the risk of those credentials being misused or stolen. The solution is expected to improve information security, assure responsible governance, comply with various mandates, provide visibility and reduce operational costs associated with the management of privileged accounts, it says.
• In a second notice, the IEC is calling for the provision of an enterprise information architecture review. The commission explains that its enterprise information architecture and business process management capability maturity within is disjointed and at different levels. The project also aims to address the disconnection between business planning and ICT planning within the organisation.
• Similarly, the Office of the Valuer-General requires a service provider to provide enterprise architecture services. It notes it is in the process of implementing its own governance structures, systems and processes that will enable it to effectively execute on the critical mandate of ensuring high-quality and impartial property valuations for the purpose of land reform.
• Eskom closes the issue with a request for information on the acquisition and implementation of a fleet-wide early warning condition monitoring system. This type of system is used to determine when an asset or group of assets is performing poorly, or is likely to fail, and includes electrical, mechanical and process aspects of the asset or group of assets.

State Information Technology Agency
The agency wishes to appoint a service provider for the provisioning of hardware maintenance, selected software support and replacement on wide area network (WAN) and local area network (LAN and LAN servers) equipment for SAPS for a period of three years.
Compulsory briefing: 18 Jan – Microsoft Teams.
Tender no: RFB 2692/2022
Information: Tebogo Moloisane, Tel: (012) 482 3108, E-mail: Tebogo.Moloisane@sita.co.za.
Closing date: 3 Feb 2023
Tags: Hardware, Software, Services, Networking, Support and maintenance

Proposals are invited for the replacement of backup infrastructure in the Numerus and Beta data centres, including maintenance and support for a period of three years.
Tender no: RFB 2646-2022
Information: Madikana Magooa, Tel: (012) 482 3510, E-mail: madikama.magooa@sita.co.za.
Closing date: 30 Jan 2023
Tags: Hardware, Backup, Services, Storage, Data centre, Support and maintenance

Department of e-Government, Gauteng
The provincial department is looking for an accredited Microsoft licensing solution provider for the provision of Microsoft Campus licences on behalf of the Gauteng Department of Education for a period of three years.
Tender no: GT/GDeG/113/2022
Information: Sizwe Sibisi, Tel: (011) 689 8270, E-mail: Sizwe.sibisi2@gauteng.gov.za.
Closing date: 3 Feb 2023
Tags: Software, Software licensing

South African Post Office Limited
SAPO is looking for a service provider to provide a data centre hosting a working SAPO data centre in the selected location.
Tender no: RFP22/23/20/Data Centre Hosting/AVW
Information: Anton Van Wyk and Amos Matjutla, Tel: 083 276 4397, E-mail: anton.vanwyk@postoffice.co.za.
Closing date: 30 Jan 2023
Tags: Services, Managed services, Hosting, Cloud computing, Data centre

Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
The national department wishes to appoint a service provider for the enhancement, support, maintenance and integration of the already-developed long-term solution for Presidential Employment Stimulus Initiative (PESI:2) for a period of 12 months.
Compulsory briefing: 14 Dec
Tender no: 5/2/2/1- DALRRD 0043(2022/2023)
Information: Technical: Mfanafuthi Gama, Tel: (013) 312 8777, E-mail: Mfanafuthi.Gama@dalrrd.gov.za. Bid related: Tshepo Mlambo or Abie Olyn, Tel: (012) 312 9786/9518, E-mail: Tshepo.Mlambo@dalrrd.gov.za, Abie.Olyn@dalrrd.gov.za.
Closing date: 25 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Software development, Services, Integration, Support and maintenance

South African Human Rights Commission
Proposals are invited for the appointment of a consultant for the development of an integrated human rights monitoring and assessment framework.
Tender no: SAHRC RFP 20-2022
Information: Tender office, Tel: (011) 877 3600, E-mail: tenderoffice@sahrc.org.za.
Closing date: 9 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, Software development, Services, Professional services, Consulting

Electoral Commission
The IEC is advertising for a privileged access management solution.
Tender no: IEC/ICT-03/2022
Information: Siviwe Gwadiso, Tel: (012) 622 5700, E-mail: gwadisos@elections.org.za.
Closing date: 17 Jan 2023
Tags: Software, privileged access management, Security

Bids are also invited for enterprise information architecture review services.
Non-compulsory briefing: 18 Jan – Virtual.
Tender no: IEC/ICT-04/2022
Information: Siviwe Gwadiso, Tel: (012) 622 5700, E-mail: gwadisos@elections.org.za.
Closing date: 27 Jan 2023
Tags: Services, Professional services, Consulting, Software, Enterprise information architecture

Office of the Valuer-General
The OVG is also looking for a service provider to provide enterprise architecture services for a period of six months, as well as business analysis services for a period of 36 months.
Non-compulsory briefing: 11 Jan – Microsoft Teams, Link.
Tender no: OVG (05) (2022/2023)
Information: NK Moatshe or C Shumbambiri, Tel: 083 723 9836, E-mail: kabelo.moatshe@ovg.gov.za.
Closing date: 26 Jan 2023
Tags: Services, Professional services, Consulting, Software, Enterprise architecture, Business analysis

Eskom
The utility is looking for information on the acquisition and implementation of a fleet-wide early warning condition monitoring system.
Tender no: MWP1676CX
Information: Violet Beetha, Tel: (011) 800 3012, E-mail: BeethaVM@eskom.co.za.
Closing date: 2 Feb 2023
Tags: Software, Software development, Early warning, Monitoring, Business intelligence