Prasa media statement, 9 February 2012:
“As the country awaits the commencement of the new rolling stock manufacturing procurement process by March this year, Prasa is planning to collect critical information on the South African supplier capability and capacity through the Local Supplier Market Survey and get feedback from international rolling manufactures on the Local Content Document through an online Market Engagement.
“The Local Supplier Market Survey information will be critical for future rolling stock manufacturing during the procurement process as it will enable them to form critical partnerships with local suppliers within the various spheres of rolling stock manufacturing based on the Local Supplier Market Survey outcomes. The Local Supplier Market Survey will focus on manufacturing; assembly and refurbishing as the key survey categories.
“The Local Content Document on the other hand will be aimed at Rolling Stock Manufactures (RSM) and will unpack the context, meaning and various aspects of localisation which has been set out as 65% minimum target by government. The information will be critical in the finalisation of the Request For Proposal (RFP) phase which will precede the procurement process and will be issued by end March 2012.
Where to find the local content document and local market survey:
“Interested parties will be able to access the Local Market Supplier Survey on the Prasa website www.prasa.com and the Local Content Document will also be available. The information will also be advertised in the leading Sunday papers and a business newspaper.
Information submission deadline:
Local Market Supplier Survey:
“The document will be uploaded on www.prasa.com with local supplier survey input cut-off date set at 31 March 2012.
Local Content Document:
“The Local Content Document will be available on www.prasa.com with responses from rolling stock manufacturers required by made by Friday, 9 March 2012 to allow for comments and responses to be incorporated into the Request For Proposal (RFP).
Registration on the Prasa website:
“All communications will be hosted on the Prasa website on www.prasa.com for rolling stock manufactures (RSMs) and other interested parties during the pre-Request For Proposal (RFP) period. All those interested in the documents are invited to register their contact details on the Prasa website, which will be used by Prasa to issue notifications of programme updates as from Sunday, 12 February 2012.
“This announcement is not a request for proposals, is not a request for expressions of interest, is not any form of pre-qualification and does not constitute any form of offer, nor any form of commitment or obligation to any person.”
Contact person: Nana Zenani,
Communications manager – Prasa group
27 71 860 8500 nzenani@prasa.com
www.prasa.com
Original article [Railways Africa]
