Eskom’s Procurement Department was established to streamline and manage the acquisition of goods and services, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Public procurement is recognized as essential in promoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency in government spending. It ensures that public resources are used effectively and that contracts are awarded fairly.
Eskom has embarked on a transformative journey to achieve world-class capabilities and performance across Procurement, Inventory Management, Warehousing, Logistics, Supplier Management, and Contract Negotiations. These initiatives are designed to not only enhance operational efficiency but also to drive long-term sustainability, fostering economic growth and development within South Africa. By aligning its strategies with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE), Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA), and the Public Procurement Act (PPA), Eskom is committed to creating an inclusive, equitable and transparent procurement landscape that benefits both the company and the broader South African population. This transformation is a critical step toward reinforcing Eskom’s role as a key driver of economic empowerment and social progress in the country.
As per Section 38 (1)(iii) of the Public Finance Management Act, Eskom needs to ensure an appropriate procurement and provisioning system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. Eskom officials follow an internal procedure on how to procure fairly and sensibly and how to obtain the best value for money whilst limiting opportunities for malpractice and other forms of intentional wrongdoing. Eskom and its procurement committees and officials remain bound to respect the rights conferred to third parties and others by statutory instruments, including the rights conferred by the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000 (PAJA); the Public Finance Management Act 1 of 1999 (PFMA) and statutory instruments adopted thereunder, such as National Treasury (NT) Instructions as well as the rights flowing from section 217 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Constitution). The latter provides that when an organ of state such as Eskom contracts for goods or services, it must do so in accordance with a system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost-effective. This constitutional provision is the ultimate yardstick for assessing the validity of procurement actions and decisions. This means that the Procedure is subordinate to legislation and statutory instruments.
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Whenever any person registered as a supplier on the Eskom Supplier Database or an authorised signatory to a tender for a tender, has reason to believe that any other person, including an Eskom employee or agent, either by commission or omission, sought to improperly influence the outcome of any tender process or transgressed any policy, protocol, procedure or rule of Eskom, that person must lodge a written complaint with the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, by emailing [email protected].
The Office of the Chief Procurement Office (OCPO) will attend to your complaint timeously, in a fair and reasonable manner. A reference number for any procurement related complaint will be sent via this email within 24hour working time after the acknowledgement email.