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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Eskom has been ordered by a court to scrap a R16 billion tender award for the maintenance of high-pressure boilers and pipes at its 15 coal-fired power stations after it unfairly disqualified one of the bidders.<\/p>\n

The tender must be re-advertised within two months of the court order, and bidders will have two months to prepare their bids. Eskom will have another two months to evaluate the tenders.<\/p>\n

The judgment by the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria was in response to an application by Babcock Ntuthuko Engineering, which was disqualified from the tender awarded in October 2021 because it did not furnish an ISO3484 welding certificate. Babcock argued that this certificate was already in Eskom’s possession when the bid was adjudicated as it provided it for earlier contracts.<\/p>\n

Says the judgment:<\/p>\n

Millar said there was no suggestion that the bidders or the pricing of the tender were tainted in any way. As the role of Eskom in “sustaining the very fabric and life of the Republic could not be overstated.” The court ruled that Actom and Steinmuller should continue to render services to Eskom until a new tender was in place.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Africa<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Eskom has been ordered by a court to scrap a R16 billion tender award for the maintenance of high-pressure boilers and pipes at its 15 coal-fired power stations after it unfairly disqualified one of the bidders. 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