tender for cable car feasibility

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Industrial Development Corporation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1: GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BID 3

1. Proprietary Information 4

2. Enquiries 4

3. Bid Validity Period 4

4. Instructions on submission of Tenders 4

5. Preparation of Bid Response 5

6. Supplier Performance Management 5

7. IDC’s Rights 6

8. Undertakings by the Bidder 6

9. Reasons for disqualification 7

10. Response Format (Returnable Schedules) 8

11.

Evaluation Criteria and Weight ings 9

SECTION 2: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION 10

1. Special instructions to bidders 11

2. Background Information 11

3. Scope of Work/ Terms of Reference 12

4.

Project Timelines 13

5. Technical Evaluation Criteria 13

SECTION 3: PRICE PROPOSAL 15

SECTION 4: ANNEXURES 19




SECTION 1: GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BID



1. Proprietary Information

Industrial Development Corporation of SA Ltd (IDC) considers this Tender and all related

information, either written or verbal, which is provided to the respondent, to be proprietary

to IDC. It shall be kept confidential by the respondent and its officers, employees, agents

and representatives. The respondent shall not disclose, publish, or advertise this

specification or related information to any third party without the prior written consent of

IDC.

2. Enquiries

All communication and attempts to solicit information of any kind relative to this Bid should

be channelled to:

Contact person (all technical questions should be in writing)

Name: Ms Shirley Mampuru

elephone Number: +27 11 269 3583

Fax Number: 086 210 3583Email address: [email protected]

3. Bid Valid ity Period

Responses to this tender received from vendors will be valid for a period of 120 days

counted from the closing date of the tender.

4. Instructions on submission of Tenders

4.1 Tenders should be submitted in duplicate (2 hard copies) all bound in a sealed

envelope endorsed, T16/02/13: Request for proposal to conduct a feasibility study

for the development of a cable car of Blyde river canyon nature reserve and one

electronic copy (on CD) in PDF format. The sealed envelope must be placed in the

tender box at the Main Reception area of the IDC Building, 19 Fredman Drive Sandton

by no later than 12:00 noon on Tuesday, 19 March 2013.

4.2 Tenders must be submitted in a prescribed response format herewith reflected as

Response Format.



4.5 No tender received by telegram, telex, email, facsimile or similar medium will be

considered.

4.6 Where a tender document is not in the tender box at the time of the tender closing,

such a tender document will be regarded as a late tender. The IDC reserves the right

not to evaluate any late tender response.

4.7 Amended tenders may be sent in an envelope marked “Amendment to tender” and

should be placed in the tender box before the closing time.

5. Preparation of Bid Response

5.1 All the documentation submitted in response to this bid must be in English.

5.2 The tenderer is responsible for all the cost that they shall incur related to thepreparation and submission of the tender document.

5.3 Tenders submitted by Companies must be signed by a person or persons duly authorised

thereto by a resolution of a Board of Directors, a copy of which Resolution, duly certified

be submitted with the Tender.

5.4 Bidders should check the numbers of the pages to satisfy themselves that none are

missing or duplicated. No liability will be accepted by IDC in regard to anything arising

from the fact that pages are missing or duplicated.

5.5 A list of all references (minimum of 3) must be included in the bid response.

5.6 A valid tax clearance certificate must be included in the bid response.

5.7 A copy(s) of certificates from the organizations/ bodies that the tenderer is affiliated to

must be included in the bid response.



the supply agreement. The SLA will l serve as a tool to measure, monitor and assess the

supplier‘s performance level and ensure effective delivery of service, quality and value-

add to IDC’s business.

Bidders are required to comply with the above condition, and also provide a scorecard on

how their product / service offering is being measured to achieve the objectives of this

condition.

7. IDC’s Rights

7.1 The IDC is entitled to amend any tender conditions, validity period, specifications, or

extend the closing date of tenders before the closing date. All tenderers, to whom the

tender documents have been issued, will be advised in writing of such amendments in

good time.

7.2 The IDC reserves the right not to accept the lowest tender or any tender in part or in

whole. It normally awards the contract to the tenderer who proves to be fully capable of

handling the contract and whose tender is technically acceptable and/or financially

advantageous to the IDC.

7.3 The IDC reserves the right to award this tender to a purely empowerment company or

may award this tender on condition that a joint venture with an empowerment company

is formed. This will be added to the criteria when evaluating the tenders.

7.4 The IDC reserves the right to award this tender as a whole or in part without furnishing

reasons.

7.5 IDC reserves the right at all material times to extend the scope of work relating to this

tender to include all or some of the IDC’s Subsidiaries. Should this be the case, as a

result thereof all the relevant implications will be negotiated between the IDC and thesuccessful tenderer.

8 Undertakings by the Bidder



8.3 The bidder shall prepare for a possible presentation should IDC require such and the

tenderer shall be notified thereof no later than 4 (four) days before the actual

presentation date.

8.4 The bidder hereby agree that the offer herein shall remain binding upon him/her and

receptive for acceptance by the IDC during the validity period indicated and calculated

from the closing hour and date of the Tender; this Proposal and its acceptance shall be

subject to the terms and conditions contained in this tender document.

8.5 The bidder furthermore confirm that he/she has satisfied himself/herself as to thecorrectness and validity of his/her Tender response that the price(s) and rate(s) quoted

cover all the work/item(s) specified in the Tender response documents and that the

price(s) and rate(s) cover all his/her obligations under a resulting contract and that

he/she accept that any mistakes regarding price(s) and calculations will be at his/her

risk.

8.6 The bidder hereby accept full responsibility for the proper execution and fulfilment of all

obligations and conditions devolving on him/her under this agreement as the Principal(s)

liable for the due fulfilment of this contract.

9. Reasons for disqualification

9.1 The IDC reserves the right to disqualify any bidder which does any one or more of thefollowing, and such disqualification may take place without prior notice to the offending

bidder, however the bidder will be notified in writing of such disqualification:

9.1.1 bidders who do not submit a valid and original Tax Clearance Certificate on the

closing date and time of the bid;

9.1.2 bidders who submitted incomplete information and documentation according to

the requirements of this bid document;9.1.3 bidders who submitted information that is fraudulent, factually untrue or

inaccurate information;

9.1.4 bidders who received information not available to other vendors through

fraudulent means; and/or



10. Response Format (Returnable Schedules)

Tenderers shall submit their responses in accordance with the response format specified

below (each schedule must be clearly marked):

10.1 Cover Page: (the cover page must clearly indicate the tender reference number,

tender description and the tenderer’s name)

10.2 Schedule 1:

10.2.1 Executive Summary

10.2.2 Annexure 1 of this tender document (duly completed and signed)

10.3 Schedule 2

10.3.1 Original and Valid tax clearance certificate(s);

10.3.2 Certified copies of your CIPRO company registration documents listing all

members with percentages, in case of a CC. Or latest certified copies of all share

certificates in case of a company;

10.3.3 Annexure 2 of this tender document (duly completed).

10.3.4 BEE Certificate verified by a SANAS accredited verification agency or a letter

from the supplier’s auditor (option only for Exempted Micro Enterprises with

annual turnover less than R5 million);

Note: If a Consortium, Joint Venture or Subcontractor, the documents listed above

(10.3.1-3) must be submitted for each Consortium/ JV member or subcont ractor.

10.4 Schedule 3: Response to Section 2 of this document

10.5 Schedule 4: Price Proposal (response to Section 3 of this bid document) (Must be

submit ted in a separate envelope)

10.6 One (1) CD with all Schedules listed above



11. Evaluation Criteria and Weightings

Tenders shall be evaluated in terms of the following parameters:

11.1 Technical

Bids will be evaluated in accordance with the following technical criteria:

11.1.1 Mandatory Requirements

All bid responses that do not meet technical mandatory requirements may be

disqualified and may not be considered for further evaluation on the Non-Mandatory technical (If applicable).

11.1.2 Non-Mandatory Requirements

With regard to non-mandatory technical requirements, the following criteria and the

weightings will be applicable:

ELEMENT WEIGHT

Bidder’s Relevant Experience 50

Proposed Methodology 35

Experience, Skills and Qualifications of the Project Team 15

TOTAL 100%

Note: The minimum qualifying score for functionality is 70%. All tenders that fail to achieve the

minimum qualifying score on functionality shall not be considered for further evaluation on Price

and BEE.

11.2 Preference Point System

All tenders that will achieve the minimum qualifying score (acceptable bids) will be evaluated

further in terms of the preference point system as follows:

CRITERIA POINTS

Price 90




SECTION 2: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION



SECTION 2: TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION

1. Special instructions to bidders

1.1 Should a vendor have reasons to believe that the requirement Specification is not openand/or is written for a particular brand or product or service provider; the bidder shall

notify IDC Procurement within five (5) days after publication of the bid.

1.2 Bidders shall provide full and accurate answers to the questions posed in this

document, and, where required explicitly state either “Comply/Not Comply” regarding

compliance with the requirements. Bidders must substantiate their response to all

questions, including full details on how their proposal/solution will address specificfunctional/ technical requirements, failure to substantiate mya lead to the bidder being

disqualified. All documents as indicated must be supplied as part of the bid response.

Failure to comply with Mandatory Requirements may lead to the bidder being

disqualified.

2. Background Information

The Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve is internationally renowned for its natural

splendour. Characterized by striking rock formations, with quartzite layers visible as sheer

cliff faces in the Blyde River Canyon as well as on the edge of the escarpment, it forms

the third largest canyon in the world (after the Grand Canyon in the USA and the Fish

River Canyon in Namibia). Regarded as the largest ‘green’ canyon it has become one of

the key attractions for the international and domestic tourist market in South Africa. It islocated in an area with one of the highest known plant diversity figures for the

Mpumalanga Province and contains many endemic species.

Possibly the best view in the whole of the Blyde River Canyon is of the "Three

Rondavels", huge, round rocks, thought to be reminiscent of the houses or huts of the

indigenous people, known as rondavels. This canyon is part of the Panorama route. This

route starts at the town Graskop and includes God's Window, the Pinnacle and Bourke's

Luck Potholes.

Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency (MTPA) have identified the development of a



creation, income and foreign exchange, empowering the communities that own the land

as well as the multiplier effect within the local and regional economy.

IDC’s Tourism SBU has identified the Cable Car as a project that they are keen to pursuemainly as a result of the anticipated positive impact that the proposed development will

have on the South African economy more specifically in terms of job creation, local

development and empowering the community through equity participation, training, skills

development, employment opportunities etc. It should be noted that the subject property

is under land claims and hence permission is required by the Land Claims Commissioner

to continue with site assessments with regard to the Cable Car development process.

Preliminary studies undertaken by MTPA indicate that this facility will play a major role in

generating tourism demand to the area as well as enhancing the experience of tourists to

the region, without compromising the experience of others. The broad environmental

guidelines for the establishment of a Cable Car have been completed and the project

team has decided to procure the services of a reputable consulting firm that specialises in

conducting studies for the tourism industry to assist with a feasibility study. The purpose of

the study will be to gauge the need, viability, infrastructure requirements, product offeringand packaging, potential market support, forecast usage, costs, benefits and multiplier

effects of the Cable Car project within South Africa.

3. Scope of Work/ Terms of Reference

The study must cover the following areas:

• Municipal, environmental and heritage requirements that may impact on the

establishment of the Cable Car at Blyde River Canyon, e.g. land-use zoning,

building restrictions, disaster management, geological stability of the development

site, environmental impact, heritage impact, etc.

• In consultation with the relevant conservation agency develop the concept

drawings, cost estimates, services report, structural engineering report,

geotechnical studies and project programme.

• The planned concept must be described and industry trends discussed.

• Market Analysis - The market areas are to be defined based on distance from the

site. Demographic characteristics for the resident market need to be analyzed to

provide an indication of support. This will typically include population growth, age



• Determine the warranted development cost or investment based on potential

profitability. This will be the recommended maximum amount that should be spent

to effectively develop the project and return a reasonable return-on-investment to

equity investors. This warranted amount should be compared to the actual

development costs for existing comparable facilities. Relative size to be taken intoconsideration. This comparison should provide guidance as to whether the

proposed project could be developed for its warranted investment.

• A financial analysis for the Cable Car based on potential usage. Financial

estimates for the first five years of operations must include revenues by category,

operating expenses, operating profit, and return-on-investment for equity investors

etc.

• Links with and benefits for local industries, e.g. servicing of equipment, arts and

crafts, transport, etc.

• Number of permanent and temporary jobs to be created during the construction

phase and first five years of operation. Special reference should be made to skills

requirements related to the job opportunities to be created by the project and the

economic multiplying effect of such job creation.

4. Project Timelines

The bidder must start immediately after the tender award and the project must be

completed within a period of four (4) months from the commencement date.

5. Technical Evaluation Criteria

5.1 Non-Mandatory Technical Requi rements

5.1.1 Bidder’s Relevant Experience ComplyNot

Comply

The bidder must have experience in conducting feasibility studies

for commercially viable stand-alone tourism attractions.

The bidder must provide three (3) references of similar work done



5.1.2 Proposed Methodology ComplyNot

Comply

The bidder must demonstrate the thorough understanding of the

project, its tasks and deliverables.

Please provide a detailed proposal of the methodology to be used

to carry out the scope of work outlined above and clearly

demonstrating how the project deliverables will be achieved. A

schedule of timelines and deliverables must also be provided.

Substantiate / Comments

5.1.3 Experience, Skills and Qualifications of the Project Team ComplyNot

Comply

The bidder’s proposed project team must have relevant skills,

qualifications and experience.

The bidders must submit, as part of its proposal, the following:

• The structure and composition of the proposed team, clearly

outlining the main disciplines/ specialties of this project andthe key personnel responsible for each specialty. The project

team leader/s should have played key roles in at least two

similar projects. Please refer to Annexure 2 for a response

format.

• CVs of the key project team members; and the CVs must

clear highlight the areas of experience/ competence relevantto the tasks and objectives of the assignment as outlined

above.




SECTION 3: PRICE PROPOSAL



SECTION 3: Cost Proposal

1 Please indicate your total bid price here: R…………………………… (compulsory)

2 NOTE: All prices must be VAT exclusive and must be quoted in South African Rand (ZAR).

3 Are the rates quoted firm for the full period of the contract?

Important: If not firm for the full period, provide details of the basis on which adjustments shall be applied

e.g. CPI, and also details of the cost breakdown.

4

The bidder must indicate CLEARLY which portion of the bid price is linked to the

exchange rate.

Comply Not Comply


5

All additional costs must be clearly specified and included in the total bid price. Comply Not Comply


6

Payments will be linked to specified deliverables after such deliverables havebeen approved by the IDC.

Comply Not Comply


8 COSTING MODEL

Proposal to conduct a feasibili ty study for the development of a cable car of Blyde

river canyon nature reserve

Activi ty/ Deliverable Resource(s)Rate/Hour per

resource

Number

of hours

Cost

(VAT Excl.)

YES NO



7 SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSAL

DESCRITPION BIDDER’S PROPOSAL

Number of resources (personnel)

Project Duration (in weeks)

Project Duration (in hours)

Commencement Date



Price Declaration Form

Dear Sir,

Having read through and examined the Request For Proposal (RFP) Document, RFP no . T16/02/13 the

General Conditions, The Requirement and all other Annexures to the RFP Document, we offer to conduct

a feasibility study into the development of a Cable Car at Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve as detailed

in the Tender document for a period 4 months at the following total amount (including escalation fees):

R......................................................................................................................... (Excluding VAT)

In words

R..............................................................................................................................(Excluding VAT)

We confirm that this price covers all activities associated with the project management and consulting

service, as called for in the Tender document. We confirm that IDC will incur no additional costs

whatsoever over and above this amount in connection with the provision of this service.

We undertake to hold this offer open for acceptance for a period of 120 days from the date of submission

of offers. We further undertake that upon final acceptance of our offer, we will commence with the

provision of service when required to do so by the IDC.

We understand that you are not bound to accept the lowest or any offer and that we must bear all costs

which we have incurred in connection with preparing and submitting this tender.

We hereby undertake for the period during which this tender remains open for acceptance not to divulge

to any persons, other than the persons to which the tender is submitted, any information relating to thesubmission of this tender or the details therein except where such is necessary for the submission of this

tender.

SIGNED DATE

(Print name of signatory)

Designation



SECTION 4: ANNEXURES




Annexure 1 – Acceptance of Bid Conditions And Bidder’s

Details

Request for Proposal No:

Name of Bidder:

Authorised signatory:

Name of Authorised

Signatory

Position of Authorised

Signatory

By signing above the bidder hereby accept full responsibility for the proper execution and

fulfilment of all obligations and conditions devolving on him/her under this agreement as the

Principal(s) liable for the due fulfilment of this contract.

[Note to the Bidder: The Bidder must complete all relevant information set out below .]

BIDDING STRUCTURE

Indicate the type of Bidding Structure by marking with an ‘X’:

Individual Bidder

Joint Venture/ Consortium

Sub Contractors

Other

REQUIRED INFORMATIONIf Individual Bidder :

Name of Company

Registration Number



If Joint Venture or Consortium, indicate the following for each partner:

Partner 1

Name of Company

Registration Number

Vat registration Number

Contact Person

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email address

Postal Address

Physical Address

Partner 2

Name of Company

Registration Number


Contact Person

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email address

Postal Address

Physical Address



If using sub-contractors, indicate the following:

Prime Contractor

Name of Company

Registration Number


Contact Person

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email address

Postal Address

Physical Address

Sub contractors

Name of Company

Company Registration Number


Contact Person

Telephone Number

Fax Number

Email address

Postal Address

Physical Address

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Annexure 2 - Supply chain management practices questionnaire

Request for Proposal No:

Name of Respondent:


[Note to the Respondent: the Respondent must complete the information set out below. If the Respondent

requires more space than is provided below it must prepare a document in substantially the same format setting

out all the information referred to below and return it with Returnable Schedule 2.]

The Respondent must complete the following questionnaire.

Respondent's past supply chain management practices:

Item Question Yes No

3.1 Is the Respondent or any of its directors listed on the South African National

Treasury’s database as companies or persons prohibited from doing business

with the public sector?

(Companies or persons who are listed on this database were informed in

writing of this restriction by the South African National Treasury after the audi

alteram partem rule was applied).

Yes No

If so, provide particulars:

3.2 Is the Respondent or any of its directors listed on the Register for Tender

Defaulters in terms of section 29 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt

Activities Act No 12 of 2004?

To access this Register enter the National Treasury’s website,www.treasury.gov.za, click on the icon “Register for Tender Defaulters” orsubmit your written request for a hard copy of the Register to facsimilenumber +27123265445.

Yes No


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Item Question Yes No


3.4 Was any contract between the Respondent and any organ of state (within the

Republic of South Africa or within any foreign territory) terminated during the

past five years on account of failure to perform on or comply with the

contract?

Yes No


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Annexure 3: Response Format for Section 2Bidder’s Experience and the proposed Project TeamRequest for Proposal No:

Name of Respondent:


[Note to the Bidder: The bidder must complete the information set out below in response to the requirements stated in Section 2 of this bid document. If the bidder requires

more space than is provided below it must prepare a document in substantially the same format setting out all the information referred to below and return it with this

Returnable Schedule 3.]

The bidder must provide the following information:

(a) Details of the bidder's current and past (over the past ten years) projects of similar type, size and complexity to the required services set out in Section 2 of

this document:

Client’ Name Project description Project Cost

Project period

(Start and End Dates)

Descript ion of service performed and

extent of Bidder's responsibilities

Name, tit le and telephone

contact of client

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(b) Details of the bidder's proposed project team:

Name Posit ion Role / Duties in this Project Relevant Project Experience

Project description, Client, Project period Project Cost

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