“The SMEET concluded the technical evaluation and SMADA, iMvula and Combined PI were shortlisted for the award after the pricing and B-BBEE evaluation. The source said presentations and site visits were done in January and February 2017.

The companies shortlisted to the next stage of technical evaluations were Bidvest Protea Coin, Fidelity, Combined PI, SMADA and iMvula. This was approved by SCAC and a tender was then issued to all service providers, except TSU Protection Services, which never responded,” said the source.Īccording to the documents, the nine companies, along with their BBBEE grading, were: Bidvest Protea Coin, iMvula Quality Protection, Fidelity Security and Services (all graded at level 2), G4S Security Solutions, TSU Protection Service (level 3), SMADA, SSG and Combined Private Investigation (level 4) and Sibongile Security Services (level 1). 'Nine service providers were presented to the Sourcing Contracts Approval Council (SCAC) in September (2016) to be invited to participate in a closed tender process. Louis Potgieter is said to be a senior security manager of Telkom’s Asset and Revenue Protection Services. These were SMADA, Combined Private Investigations and SSG. Following the process to identify seven companies, two “business requesters, Wayne Louis and Frans Potgieter, added three service providers based on their industry knowledge. “The Subject Matter Evaluation Team (SMEET) reviewed the KPMG recommended service providers and only seven were found to be suitable as the report included suppliers,” the former employee said. In August, a KPMG report identified 21 service providers that could be invited to tender. The criteria given to KPMG included industry overview, supply market analysis, competitor key client overview, best practice contracting models and SWOT on key suppliers. They allegedly bypassed procurement processes and brought in two companies, Combined Private Investigation and SMADA, which got the lion’s share of the lucrative contract.Īccording to documents in the possession of Independent Media, in July 2016 Telkom requested auditing firm KPMG to identify suitable service providers to invite to the tender process for physical guarding and network protection services. Insiders at the telecommunications company have lifted the lid on alleged dodgy dealings by two senior managers, who by allegedly underhand manoeuvres, ensured their preferred companies were awarded R755 million. Telkom stands accused of irregularly awarding a multimillion-rand security tender to two untransformed companies with “lily-white management” which did not meet prescribed market requirements. Telkom in hot water after R755m tender to ‘lily-white’ companies

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