BY BUSINESS EDITOR
SIPHOFANENI – Lulane Conglomerate (Pty) Ltd t/a Construction Boys has been enlisted as the best-evaluated tenderer to be awarded the construction of homesteads tender.
The tender was issued by the Eswatini Water and Agricultural Development Enterprise, LTD (EWADE) and a total of eight companies expressed their intention for the contract. This was revealed by the Eswatini Public Procurement Regulatory Agency (ESPPRA) on their website.
The intention to award the company was published on Thursday and they are expected to begin executing it after a period of 10 working days, should they not be contested.
According to the regulator, ESWADE was looking for a company to supply and install a solar PV plant for KaShongwe potable water supply scheme. The proposed contract price by the best-evaluated tenderer was E872 222.04.
As the requesting entity, EWADE was also in charge for the procuring of the tender as well as its approvals. EWADE requested unsuccessful bidders to submit an application for review with the agency within 10 working days. “All tenderers who submitted bids are hereby notified that a period of 10 working days is hereby allowed to for submission of any application for review,” said EWADE.
All local construction works except for foreign works increased.
This was mentioned by the Construction Industry Council (CIC) in the Eswatini Construction Industry Performance Report. CIC said under the leading building works, the number of construction works awarded increased from 16 per cent in 2020 to 58 per cent in 2021 supported by COVID-19- related policy stance that construction works should continue as the industry was deemed to be rendering an ‘essential service’ by the government.
The council said the overall hike in construction works observed between the years 2020/21 and 2021/22 was as a result of moving from an initial halt in operations during the earlier stages (2019/2020) of the advent of COVID-19 to commencement of operations in a number of construction works with projects.
They said the projects include the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MoPWT) completion of the remaining Manzini traffic circle to Mbadlane LOT2; construction of Siphambanweni-Nsalitje road; Siteki- Tikhuba road and Siphocosini-Sigangeni road.
Other projects cited include the Eswatini Investment Promotion Authority (EIPA) Kellogg Tolaram factory and the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development (MEPD)-Micro-Projects COVID-19 project at TB hospital; water harvesting dams.
CIC said the above-mentioned were the projects that were included in the sum of contract share for the financial year 2020/21-2021/22. They said some of the companies awarded construction works for the above projects in 2021/22 were Construction Associates, Inyatsi Construction, Stefanutti Stocks Swaziland, J&E Constructions, Roots Civils, SR & GZ Construction, Scats Construction, Hydroware Mabili (Pty) Ltd, Sipimpi Investments, D.G.S.R Construction (Pty) Ltd, Zethu Engineering, Buhle BeLubombo Investments PTY LTD, Grand Obtuse Electrical (Pty) Ltd and Contis Developers.
