Ship management bid cancelled again

DFFE rejects submissions

SOUTH AFRICA: The important contract to provide ship management services to the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has been cancelled and will be reissued for the third time in November this year.

The SA Agulhas II and the research vessel Algoa are currently being managed by AMSOL under a contract that has been extended to the end of the year and the department has committed to concluding the process prior to this deadline.

According to the DFFE, the adjudication committee cancelled the bid as “no service provider complied with all the mandatory requirements.”

The latest bid, which was issued earlier this year, for the management of the two vessels attracted submissions from four companies after the initial bid issued last year was also cancelled for similar reasons.

“The Department will endeavour to fast-track and conclude the Bid process prior to the end of the current contract extension, while still ensuring compliance with all the necessary and applicable prescripts and policies that govern the Bid process,” they said in a written response to our questions.

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