Court grants Ministry permission to award P60m tender

On Tuesday, Justice Tebogo Tau dismissed an urgent application by AIPB (PTY) Ltd seeking the Court to temporarily interdict the Attorney General (government legal representative), the chairperson of the Ministerial tender committee of the MTC, the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB), Puma Energy and Vivo Energy concluding contracts for the supply of the P60 million three months tender for the supply of fuel to CTO depots pending a review application.

AIPB (PTY) Ltd had contested the awarding of the tender to Puma Energy and Vivo Energy on the basis that the procuring entity had not sought to bring its decision of choosing restrictive domestic bidding within the confines of the provisions of Regulation 58 of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Regulations.