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Submit one form per enquiry type Please submit a separate form for each enquiry type. Include all related questions for the selected category in a single submission. Choose the category that best describes your enquiry: Bidding requirements: Questions about how to participate in the bidding process (e.g., deadlines, required documents). Bid specifications: Questions about the technical or functional details of the goods/services being procured. Supplier registration: Questions about your supplier registration status e.g. required documents, submission process, or approval are not handled through this enquiry form. Please contact the VotaQuotes Helpdesk directly at [email protected] for assistance with supplier registration matters. Your enquiry will be reviewed, sent to the relevant department related to the category you have chosen, and the response published on the website. Navigation tip: Press the Tab* key to move through each field and accept the pre-filled information.*

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Please select view under file to view auction specifications and conditions/requirements. Participation in eProcurement tenders of the Electoral Commission requires the placement of an online bid as well as this auction and the submission of supporting documentation (written submission/proposal) if the latter is required. Please note that non-conformance to the auction conditions and/or specifications shall invalidate your bid. It is imperative to confirm requirements and compliance with auction specifications and conditions with the relevant Electoral Commission contact person BEFORE submitting a bid and/or written submission and/or any sample/s that may be required!! Delivery timeframes are critical and MUST be adhered to! A supplier's registration status shall apply as it was at the time and date of the award of the auction. Approved and limited (tax non-compliant) suppliers will be able to place bids. However, an auction shall ONLY be awarded to a bidder that is tax compliant. Any bid with a non-compliant tax status shall be rejected at the time of the award of the auction. Limited (tax non-compliant) status bidders are, therefore, encouraged to continuously monitor their tax compliance status on the National Treasury Central Supplier Database (CSD) and must ensure that their registration status remains approved on eProcurement. Bidders must resolve any pending tax matters with SARS timeously as it takes time for status changes to be effected from the SARS Tax Compliance System (TCS) to the CSD! The Electoral Commission’s eProcurement system verifies tax statuses against the CSD and a non-compliant status will change the registration status to limited (tax non-compliant). Once a bidder has resolved any pending matters with SARS it takes approximately 48 hours for such changes to reflect on the supplier registration status in eProcurement. The Electoral Commission will not accept bids for any goods/services that are not in line with acceptable market related prices for similar goods/services that are available. The Electoral Commission shall give consideration to alternative procurement options in such instances to ensure cost effective procurement processes. Bids for this auction will be scored based on the 80/20 scoring principle. The scoring whilst the auction is active is, however, only a reflection of the potential outcome of the bid adjudication process. As such, the scoring as reflected in the auction will be based on the bid price as well as the verified and validated B-BBEE status level of each respective bidder. The potential scoring and ranking of all bids received in respect of the auction promote fairness, equity, transparency, competition and the overall cost effectiveness of the Electoral Commission’s tender processes. Furthermore, transparency in the bidding process and potential ranking of bids encourages B-BBEE compliance throughout the bidding process. A tender that fails to obtain the minimum qualifying score for functionality as indicated in the tender documents is not an acceptable tender. Bid prices are fixed at time of bid closure and a bidder’s B-BBEE status level has been verified and validated and the status reflected at the time of bid closure is represented on the auction. Only qualifying bids that have been identified through the bid evaluation process will be scored for adjudication purposes. The final bid points for qualifying bids may differ from the bid points reflected on the running/closed auction and bids will accordingly be ranked based on the final bid points achieved. Invoicing for goods or services procured shall be in accordance with the relevant provisions and stipulations of the South African tax laws. Only valid tax invoices shall be acceptable. Bidders may, at the discretion of the Electoral Commission, be requested to submit samples, make presentations and/or written submissions in order for the Electoral Commission to assess compliance with auction conditions, specifications and requirements/provisions. The Electoral Commission reserves the right to consider at its sole discretion alternative options to the exact specifications that may be offered by suppliers that meets or exceeds the specified requirements should the Electoral Commission be of the opinion that it may be economically viable and/or may be a practical solution and/or may be generally beneficial in respect of promoting and reaching the Electoral Commission’s goals, target dates and objectives.

Auction enquiries

Enquiry submission cut-off time: 13 Apr 2026 17:00

No	Reference number	Date Received	Enquiry Type	Enquiry Description	Response
8.	0010559263-008	13 Apr 2026 14:11	Specifications related	Good Day, Please could you advise what the front-end capacity is and what is your retention policy .
7.	0010559263-007	09 Apr 2026 12:03	Bidding requirements	We need some clarity please. The bidding close time and the submission close time is exactly the same time. on the 16th at 11:00. This does not allow us to bid until it closes. In the session it was mentioned that we could bid until the close time. However this makes it impossible for us to then upload the documents. Could the upload time be reconsidered or relooked at. Thank you	The latest upload for documentation files has been amended to 16 April 2026 at 15:00. Bidders have an additional 4 hours to submit their supporting documents post auction close. Refer to the Portal
6.	0010559263-006	09 Apr 2026 12:01	Specifications related	1.Front-end workload (in terabytes) per site (11 sites in total) 2.Number of virtual servers per site, including the hypervisor in use 3.Number of physical servers per site that require protection 4.Workload description per site-For example: 2x Active Directory servers and 5x SQL servers, or 1x file server and 1x MongoDB server 5.Estimated annual percentage of data change per site
5.	0010559263-005	01 Apr 2026 11:25	Bidding requirements	We have been on the zoom session for 25 minutes but its not allowing us in. It states that its waiting for the host to let us in. Will there be another session we can attend?	We acknowledge the error and apologise for the mix-up. The issue has been rectified on VotaQuotes. The amended link will allow bidders to register for the briefing session on 09 April 2026
4.	0010559263-004	26 Mar 2026 15:14	Bidding requirements	Please clarify on the questions below. 1. What is the backup software currently being used? 2. What is the retention period of the backup per site? 3. What type of data is being backed up?
3.	0010559263-003	23 Mar 2026 17:40	Bidding requirements	The link for the virtual briefing session says that the website cannot be loaded. Please advise if the link is loaded correct. We have tried this from various user laptops	There was a technical glitch with the previous link. This has now been resolved, and a new link has been uploaded on Votaquotes. Bidders will be able to register for the session
2.	0010559263-002	20 Mar 2026 11:00	Specifications related	1.What is the backup software currently being used? 2.What is total backup size per site before it is backed up to the storage device? 3.What is the retention period of the backup per site? 4.What type of data is being backup up? Eg. General virtual machines (advise which hypervisor), databases, media files. If possible, please share estimate percentage of each.
1.	0010559263-001	17 Mar 2026 14:54	Specifications related	Is IEC looking at keeping the existing devices? Or can a new solution be offered that can migrate to the current HW	As per the specifications, each device is required to be compatible with the current device for data migration purpose. Migration is part of the scope of work. Please refer to the table under Section 3.1 MINIMUM TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION, requirement 9 on page 4 of the Specification

Auction files

No	File name	File size
1	Auction 0010559263 - Backup Storage Appliances.pdf	432 kb
2	ISP Auction Briefing Link.pdf	28 kb
3	0010560512 Briefing Notes.pdf	181 kb

Auction items

Segment	Family	Class	Commodity	Item	Specification	Quantity	Image	File
Information Technology Broadcasting and Telecommunications	Computer Equipment and Accessories	Computer data storage management systems	Storage virtualization system	Storage virtualization system	Backup Storage Appliances	11	None	None

Auction conditions

Are you aware that bidders must place bids online on the Electoral Commission’s eProcurement website by not later than the stipulated closing date and time on the auction?

Are you aware that the bidder must be authorized to sell the proposed product and that an OEM proof of reseller authorization is required?

Are you aware that the pricing must be firm for a minimum of one hundred and eighty (180) days from close of auction?

Are you aware that the price you submit on eProcurement must be inclusive of VAT and will be used for bid adjudication?

Are you aware that the successful bidder will have the primary responsibility of ensuring that the proposed product complies with the required specifications in terms of functionality and technical specification including quantity and quality?

Bids received

Potential ranking	Bidder	Bid amount including VAT	Bid points
	ESK SUPPLIERS (PTY) LTD	R69,003,000.00	100.00
	NEXIO (PTY) LTD	R89,960,571.14	75.70
	SITHABILE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (PTY) LTD	R89,199,871.42	74.58
	COCRE8 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS (PTY) LTD	R94,752,863.37	70.15
	BOA TECHNOLOGIES (PTY) LTD	R98,000,000.01	66.38
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