Tenders are invited for Ehlanzeni district municipality invites tenders for the siting, drilling and equipping two (2) new solar boreholes in nkomazi local municipality. ehlanzeni district municipality hereby invites tenderers for the above-mentioned tender who are capable and experienced in siting, drilling, equipping and commissioning solar boreholes with a cidb grading of 3me or higher. 1. only tenderers who have provided the following mandatory information and documents to be used to evaluate the tenderers’ responsiveness will be considered for further evaluation on functionality and preference specific goals. 1.1 only bidders who are registered on the central supplier database (csd) will be considered and the copy of the csd report not older than three months be submitted, 1.2 form of offer must be firm, vat and other tax inclusive and valid at least ninety (90) days from the closing date. 1.3 no tender shall be considered for the person who are in the service of the state, 1.4 valid sars pin certificate must be attached, 1.5 attached certified copy of company registration documents issued by the companies and intellectual property commission (cipc) and tenderer must attach shareholder’s certificates where applicable. 1.6 attach certified copies of identity documents (id) of all company directors, 1.7 attach verifiable municipal account/s not older than three months for both the tenderer and entity owner or directors. in areas where the municipalities are not issuing municipal accounts, attach valid lease agreements or confirmation of residence or address for both the tenderer and entity owner or directors issued by a relevant authority not older 1.8 attach proof of registration with cidb for a grading of 3me or higher. 1.9 attach verifiable valid letter from department of employment and labour for coida registration. 1.10 fully completed tender document as issued and signed and submitted on the pdf document that has been issued. all certified copies must not be older done three months. 1.11 tenderers are advised not to commit any fraudulent activities, including forgery of documents. all abuses of the supply chain management (scm) systems including but not limited to forgery of returnable documents, may be reported to the south african police service (saps) and restricted from doing business with any public institution or organ of the state for a period not exceeding 10 years in line with the prevention of fraud and corrupt activities act 12 of 2004. 2. this tender will be evaluated in terms of the 80/20 preference points system approved preferential procurement policy of the ehlanzeni district municipality. the preference points system will be applied as follows: - 2.1 the 80 points will be for price 2.2 the 20 points will be allocated for the specific goals on a proportional or pro rata basis as mentioned below: - points for contracting an enterprise owned by historically disadvantaged persons or individuals historical