Joburg cancels R161m fire engine contract, alleging bid evaluation was forged
The City of Johannesburg says it has cancelled a R161m contract for the provision of fire engines. The contract‚ according to mayor Herman Mashaba‚ was awarded on the basis of forged bid evaluation committee documents. "The agreement‚ entered into in 2015‚ was allegedly entered on condition that the contractor furnished the City with a performance guarantee of R16m and that it demonstrated that it had sufficient cash flow to enable delivery‚" Mashaba said. "A purchase order of R19m was also issued in favour of contractor for delivery of the first set of fire engines to the City." Mashaba said the contractor not only failed to provide the performance guarantee but also failed to deliver the 29 new fires engines. The contractor has since been put into business rescue. "Upon investigation by the City’s new head of group legal services‚ Isaac Mogashoa‚ it appeared that the minutes from the bid evaluation committee‚ which sat to adjudicate proposals for the tender‚ were forged. "The City...
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