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the stipulated procedures as laid out by the relevant policies and governing
legislation must be applied consistently.
What this means is that you should in principle have a fair shot at tendering
for government work provided you can meet their requirements and criteria
and follow the correct procedures. It would also be wise to undertake a study
of the relevant procurement policies of the various government entities you
may consider to tender for to ensure that you follow their procedures fully and
understand their criteria. But are tenders always awarded objectively and fairly?
Commercial help determine whether government has fairly applied its mind and to provide
Probably not, but that is why our courts are approached on a regular basis to
bidders an avenue to challenge any tendering processes that they feel did not
meet our Constitutionally enshrined principles for public procurement.
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