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South African
Port Operations
BEE SUPPLIER POLICY AND STRATEGY
SOUTH AFRICAN PORT OPERATIONS
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South African
Port Operations
SAPO PROCUREMENT POLICY STRIVES TOSAPO PROCUREMENT POLICY STRIVES TO • promote the effective and efficient development of suppliers
and contractors from previously disadvantaged communities
• Ensure that these suppliers build sustainable businesses and
in so doing build long term relationships with SAPO’s
business units
• Ensure that SAPO continues to receive a service of the
highest quality at competitive prices
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South African
Port Operations
TENDER EVALUATIONTENDER EVALUATION • All tenders need to be technically and commercially
compliant. Thereafter evaluation weighting is as follows;
• For contracts of less than R500,000 a weighting of 80% on
price and 20% on BEE
• For contracts exceeding R500,000 a weighting of 90% on
price and 10% on BEE
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South African
Port Operations
BEE EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWINGBEE EVALUATION IS BASED ON THE FOLLOWING • BEE Shareholding and voting rights
• Active Management & Employment equity within the company
• Gender – promotion of female owned business
• Promotion of business owned by disabled persons
• Procurement policies within the company
• Community and social responsibility
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South African
Port Operations
SHAREHOLDING & VOTING RIGHTSSHAREHOLDING & VOTING RIGHTS
• Require proof of Shareholding eg. Share certificates
• Joint ventures will be evaluated on effective % of the JV held
by HDI’s eg Traditional supplier enters into a 50/50 JV with a
company that has 40% BEE shareholding. JV will be rated at
50% of 40% = 20% BEE
• Voting rights must be reflective of shareholding
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South African
Port Operations
ACTIVE MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT EQUITYACTIVE MANAGEMENT & EMPLOYMENT EQUITY
• Preference is given where the BEE shareholders are active
participants in the management of the company as opposed
to merely “investors”
• Evidence of genuine skills transfer to promote continued
involvement and sustainability of the individuals in the
business
• Employment equity polices of the enterprise
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South African
Port Operations
PROCUREMENT POLICIES / SOCIAL PROCUREMENT POLICIES / SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITYRESPONSIBILITY
• Preference is given to enterprises that also promote
the use of BEE subcontractors or service providers
• Enterprises that play an active social responsibility
role are recognised eg. Building of a clinic in a
previously disadvantaged community
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South African
Port Operations
PRESENT STRATEGYPRESENT STRATEGY
• Increasing procurement management resources at SAPO HQ
and port level
• Advertise in appropriate media eg Ilanga, Sowetan, Isolezwe
• Stipulate BEE participation in tender documents
• E-procurement business is only awarded to BEE suppliers
• Relaxation of customary requirements for performance and
retention guarantees depending on scope of work and risk
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South African
Port Operations
PRESENT STRATEGY (cont)PRESENT STRATEGY (cont)
• Setting of internal BEE spend targets – for this year it is set at
45% of total spend
• Certain categories of business is specifically set aside for
enterprises owned by females and/or disabled members of
the community eg. At Durban port all stationery,
refreshments and catering requirements will be allocated to
this group
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South African
Port Operations
PRESENT STRATEGY (cont)PRESENT STRATEGY (cont)
• Campaigns to educate the supplier base of our requirements
and to create awareness of the opportunities. We have held
BEE Open days at
• Durban – February 2003
• Richards Bay – January & September 2003
• Saldanah – July 2002
• Cape Town – April 2003
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South African
Port Operations
CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
• SAPO has achieved our initial objectives for promotion of
BEE opportunities in the port operations environment
• Our intention is to refine and better manage this process
going forward to ensure we are assisting in the creation of
long-term and sustainable empowerment opportunities
• We are committed to ensuring that this is a transparent and
fair process in compliance with good corporate governance
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South African
Port Operations
Thank youThank you