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How can I do business with the BITOU Municipality?
  1. In terms of the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations 14(1) (a)(i), a municipality must have and maintain a list of accredited prospective providers.
  2. The Municipality must use this list when goods and or services are required through verbal, written or formal written price quotations.
  3. The Bitou Municipality will use the National Treasury Central Supplier Database (CSD) as a platform from 1st of June 2016 and all suppliers and service providers who intends doing business with the Bitou Municipality, must be registered on the CSD.
  4. The benefits for the private sector includes:
    The system aims to reduce red tape and administrative effort, simplify compliance requirements, eliminate duplication of efforts and costs, and issue a unique CSD number to each entity for future references. The system electronically validates and authenticates all information and interfaces with relevant government agencies, including the South African Revenue Service and the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission. The uniform system is expected to optimize the efficiency of service delivery across all government institutions.
  5. New suppliers will have the option to make use of the self-registration portal of the CSD and suppliers who are currently registered on the Western Cape Suppliers Database (WCSD) will be automatically transferred to the Central Supplier Database by 31 March 2016.
  6. However, current legislation still demands that municipalities verify information such as the municipal accounts and acceptability certificates (caterers) of suppliers. This is not included in the system because it does not apply to the National and Provincial regulations. Therefore, unless these requirements are retracted, suppliers will still be vetted by municipalities in addition to the Central Supplier Database.