Tender Summary: Hiring of a Honey Sucker

Objectives

The primary objective is to procure a qualified service provider to supply and operate specialized suction vehicles for municipal liquid waste and effluent management over a fixed six-month contract period.

Scope of Work

The contract entails monthly service provision across multiple municipal facilities from October 2026 to March 2027. Required service locations include:

• Tugela Mouth Beach (6,000-litre tank capacity)
• Dokodweni Beach (6,000-litre tank capacity)
• Isithebe Hall (3,000-litre tank capacity)
• Nembe/Nombe Community Hall
• Msunduzi Sports Field

Each site requires dedicated monthly deployment throughout the contract term.

Technical Requirements

• Provision of compliant suction vehicles matching specified tank capacities (3,000L and 6,000L).
• Mandatory registration on the National Treasury’s Central Supplier Database (CSD), with verified tax compliance, banking details, and director identification.
• Completion and submission of Mandatory Bid Documents (MBDs 1, 4, 8, and 9).
• Valid proof of vehicle ownership or lease agreement/logbook for each deployed unit.
• Quotations must be issued on official business letterhead, clearly state unit prices and total amounts, and remain valid for 30 days.
• Submission of the most recent municipal account for the registered business, or a landlord certificate/affidavit confirming no arrears on rates, electricity, or water.
• Full compliance with the municipality’s Supply Chain Management policy and clearance against the National Treasury’s Defaulters Database.

Skills and Experience Requirements

• Minimum of one successfully completed reference project involving the hiring or operation of similar municipal plant or suction equipment.
• Supporting evidence including a purchase order, award letter, and recommendation letter confirming satisfactory project completion.
• Evaluation follows an 80/20 preferential procurement model, awarding points for socio-economic goals: local Mandeni Municipality presence, disability ownership, black-owned EME/QSE status, women ownership, and youth ownership.

Clarification of Specialized Terms

• Honey Sucker: Industry term for a vacuum truck or jet vac, a municipal vehicle equipped with a high-capacity tank and industrial suction pump used to empty septic tanks, pit latrines, stormwater drains, and liquid sludge.
• MBDs: Mandatory Bid Documents are standardized South African municipal procurement forms designed to verify legal, financial, health, safety, and operational compliance before contract award.
• PPPFA 2022: The Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act establishes the 80/20 scoring system, where 80% of evaluation points are allocated to price competitiveness and 20% to designated socio-economic development targets.
• CSD: The Central Supplier Database is the official national registry for all government contractors, utilized to authenticate corporate registration, tax standing, banking credentials, and directorship details.