CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT BID DETERMINATION. 1 This Standard Bidding Document (SBD) must form part of all bids¹ invited.
CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT BID DETERMINATION. I, the undersigned, in submitting the accompanying bid: in response to the invitation for the bid made by: do hereby make the following statements that I certify to be true and complete in every respect: I certify, on behalf of: that: (Name of Bidder)
CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT BID DETERMINATION. This Municipal Bidding Document (MBD) must form part of all bids¹ invited.
CERTIFICATE OF INDEPENDENT BID DETERMINATION. (MBD 9)
1. This Municipal Bidding Document (MBD) must form part of all bids¹ invited.
2. Section 4(1)(b)(iii) of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No 89 of 1998), as amended, prohibits an agreement between, or concerted practice by firms, or a decision by an association of firms, if it is between parties in a horizontal relationship and if it involves collusive bidding (or bid rigging).² Collusive bidding is a per se prohibition meaning that it cannot be justified under any grounds.
3. Municipal Supply Chain Regulation 38(1) prescribes that a Supply Chain Management Policy must provide measures for the combating of abuse of the Supply Chain Management system, and must enable the accounting officer, among others, to:
a. take all reasonable steps to prevent such abuse;
b. reject the bid of any bidder if that Bidder or any of its Directors has abused the Supply Chain Management system of the District Municipality or municipal entity or has committed any improper conduct in relation to such system; and
c. cancel a contract awarded to a person if the person committed any corrupt or fraudulent act during the bidding process or the execution of the contract.
4. This MBD serves as a Certificate of Declaration that would be used by institutions to ensure that, when bids are considered, reasonable steps are taken to prevent any form of bid rigging.
5. In order to give effect to the above, the attached Certificate of Bid Determination (MBD 9) must be completed and submitted with the bid: ¹ Includes price quotations, advertised competitive bids, limited bids and proposals. ² Bid rigging (or collusive bidding) occurs when businesses, that would otherwise be expected to compete, secretly conspire to raise prices or lower the quality of goods and / or services for purchasers who wish to acquire goods and / or services through a bidding process. Bid rigging is, therefore, an agreement between competitors not to compete. I, the undersigned, in submitting the accompanying bid: in response to the invitation for the bid made by: CAPE WINELANDS DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY (CWDM) do hereby make the following statements that I certify to be true and complete in every respect: I certify, on behalf of: that: (Name of Bidder)
1. I have read and I understand the contents of this Certificate;
2. I understand that the accompanying bid will be disqualified if this Certificate is found not to be true and complete in every respect;
3. I am authorized by the Bidder to sign this Certificate, and to...
