The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is finalising the evaluation of the received tenders for the upgrading of the Vaal River infrastructure to prevent sewage spills.
The tenders were advertised in November, with closure in January, for the expertise required in the areas of civil engineering, mechanical engineering and consultants to implement the work.
Over the next few weeks, the appointment of the contractors will be concluded, enabling the start of the upgrading of infrastructure to prevent the prolonged sewer spills into the Vaal river and households in the Emfuleni local municipality.
“As the evaluation process is at a critical state and on the verge of appointing preferred contractors, the department wishes to stress that it is working tirelessly to ensure that National Treasury, Public Finance Management Act and Supply Chain Management prescripts are meticulously adhered to and that the process has integrity and is beyond reproach,” the DWS said in a statement on May 17.