Objectives

The primary objective of this tender is to procure a service provider to conduct a comprehensive Board Evaluation for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) over a three-year period. The evaluation aims to assess the Board’s performance, governance practices, effectiveness, and dynamics for the financial year 2024/25, and to facilitate discussions with the Board and its members. The process will identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement, and provide practical recommendations and an implementation roadmap to enhance governance standards.

Scope

The scope of work includes:

• Assessing the Board, Board Committees, and Chairs’ performance for FY 2024/25.
• Engaging with individual Board members and collecting qualitative and quantitative data.
• Facilitating discussions and feedback sessions to address governance issues.
• Analyzing the Board’s performance and preparing evaluation reports.
• Proposing a transparent, participatory methodology aligned with good governance principles.
• Delivering a final evaluation report and practical recommendations.
• Presenting findings to the Company’s Shareholders and at the Annual General Meeting.
• Developing a proposed implementation roadmap where applicable.

Technical Requirements

The service provider must:

• Propose a robust, transparent, and participatory evaluation methodology, including qualitative and quantitative data collection methods.
• Use interactive facilitation techniques to encourage participation and candor.
• Establish clear criteria for evaluating Board performance.
• Develop a detailed project timeline with key milestones such as kick-off, interviews, analysis, feedback sessions, and reporting.
• Complete the evaluation within specified timeframes: approximately 4 weeks for FY 2024/25 and 12-16 weeks for FY 2025/26.
• Ensure data protection and confidentiality throughout the process.

Skills Requirements

The bidder must demonstrate:

• Experience in conducting Board evaluations, preferably with at least 3 reference letters from state-owned or similar organizations.
• Qualified project management personnel with at least a postgraduate qualification (NQF 8 or equivalent) and experience in governance and Board performance appraisals.
• Experience in designing and implementing evaluation methodologies, facilitating participatory sessions, and analyzing governance performance.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and practical recommendations.
• Knowledge of governance best practices, data protection laws, and confidentiality protocols.