The Special Tribunal has set aside a R25.9 million wastewater treatment contract awarded to a company that did not bid for the work, after an investigation found the contract was obtained through a single phone call from a municipal technical director.
https://t.co/f5oxTJmjnM
#SIUWorkingForYou| SIU WELCOMES SPECIAL TRIBUNAL RULING SETTING ASIDE IRREGULAR DITSOBOTLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT CONTRACT OBTAINED VIA A PHONE CALL
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal’s judgment, which reviews and sets aside an unlawful wastewater treatment contract worth R25,884,435.75, awarded irregularly to Rensh Close Corporation after a single telephone call from the municipal technical director of the Ditsobotla Local Municipality in the North West, thereby bypassing a legitimate tender process that had already attracted 17 bids.