Mashaba orders probe into Pikitup tenders
Under investigation is a R36m tender awarded in 2014 to purchase waste crushers now standing idle because they do not meet specifications
Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has ordered an investigation into tenders awarded by the city’s waste management company Pikitup.One of the investigations will focus on a R36m tender awarded by Pikitup in 2014 for six waste crushers. The equipment has stood idle because it does not meet the specifications for the task. Instead‚ the city has had to hire waste crushers from one of the losing bidders.Mashaba said he had been informed that the tender specifications had been manipulated to suit the capacity of the bidder awarded the contract.Mashaba said he had also learned of a R23m tender awarded in 2011 for the construction and operation of weighbridges at the four Pikitup landfill sites.Even though the weighbridges were delivered, without the software to operate them, the service provider received an advance payment.The investigation will be conducted by the city’s Group Forensic and Investigation Services (GFIS) unit."I have also asked the GFIS team to look at other tenders that w...
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