The SA National Roads Agency (Sanral) has resumed the awarding of contracts for road design since clarity on important issues relating to bid evaluation was received from the National Treasury. More than 50 have been issued since July and Sanral is confident we will soon erase the backlog that was built up while the technical issues were being resolved. Sanral recognises the impact its tender decisions have on the engineering and construction sectors. They also have wider implications for emerging enterprises, black-owned companies and start-ups that form part of the supply chains of larger engineering companies. At one stage the unfortunate impression was created that the delays in awarding contracts could be attributed to Sanral’s internal processes or its newly adopted transformation policy. Some of these misperceptions were perpetuated in statements and Sens announcements made by companies in the construction sector. The reason for the delays can be attributed to a technical pro...
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