BOL to float new fuel supply contracts
Friday, June 07, 2024 | 760 Views |
Filling up: BOL will secure longer term contracts from September PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
The new contracts will not be sought through open tender, but rather through suppliers already on BOL’s database and who have undergone due diligence, the organisation’s general manager for supply, Onkutule Masima, told a recent webinar.
“We have contracts running currently and these are until the end of September,” he said. “We have a process where we have registered or done due diligence on suppliers and everyone has to go through that channel. “For fuel supply, we don’t go to an open tender but rather, we send to suppliers that we have already done the due diligence and are happy with.”
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