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1. How To Contract With
Government for Software
Development Services
Presented by Danie van der Merwe
Danie.vandermerwe@sita.co.za
07 September 2011
State Information Technology Agency
2. Legal Context
Public Finance Management Act, SITA Act, SITA
Regulations, Treasury Practice Notes, Preferential
Procurement Policy Framework Act, etc = Fair and
Transparent Procurement with Taxpayers Money
Government ICT House of Values = Security,
Interoperability, Reduced Duplication, Economies of Scale,
and Digital Inclusion
National Treasury Practice Note 5 of 2009 – Section 6:
Departments may not go out on own bids if the
goods/services are the subject matter of a transversal
contract
Departments must procure from the relevant
supplier(s) under that contract
Departments can procure via SITA or directly from
suppliers that are approved on a transversal contract
State Information Technology Agency
3. Contract 570 – Acquisition of
IT Services
Service types are listed eg. Business Analysis, Enterprise
Architecture, Business Solution Development
Companies are listed per Province
Excludes provision of hardware or software
No labour brokers – “Managed Skill Set” managed by a
contracted service provider
Contract 570 listed at
http://www.sita.co.za/procurement/tenders/contracts.htm
Notices, Client Engagement Model, Vendor Contact List,
Task Directive Template, MOUs Agreements
Quotes for under R500,000 and Formal Bid/Tender for
over R500,000
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4. Actual Contracting
Departments must contract with the named listed supplier for
Transversal Contracts
Two Ways for New Suppliers:
Sub-contract to a listed company but they quote government
and are accountable – should have signed agreement with
listed company
Register with SITA on website under “Supplier Registration”
and produce company details, tax clearance certificate,
certified bank account, then Open or Contract Specific
Engagement
Two Types of Registration at No Cost or Obligation:
Contract Specific – Limited to Listed Suppliers, Could be
Direct Engagement, Specific Windows to Register ie. 570 in
next few Months
Open Bids – Open to Any Registered Supplier to Quote or Bid,
Can Register at Any Time, Usually via SITA, Covers Any ICT
Goods or Services not on Contract
Invites via SITA Website (Open) or to Listed Suppliers as per
Contact Details on Contract
Contract only Valid after Official Government Order Form Issued
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5. Additional Notes
Selected Government Standards/Policy/Acts:
MISS – Minimum Information Security Standards governing
access to information, classification, etc – see
http://www.nwpg.gov.za/Premiers/Office%20of%20the%20p
remier/MISS.pdf
MIOS V4.1 – Minimum Interoperability Standards eg. ODF,
PDF, XML see
http://www.gitoc.gov.za/index.php/documents/cat_view/18-
standards?orderby=dmdate_published
Managing Electronic Records in Governmental Bodies:
Metadata Requirements – see
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/rms/NARS_DMLIB-
4915-v1-NARS_DMLIB-
Managing_electronic_records_metadata_requirements.PDF
FOSS – Free and Open Source Software Policy see
http://www.oss.gov.za/index.php/policy-and-strategy/foss-
policy
Government Wide Enterprise Architecture Framework – to be
used as a Basis for Certification and Validation - see
http://realirmsolutions.co.za/sites/default/files/event_archive
/GWEA%20Framework%201.2%20EA%20Forum%2030%20J
une%2009.pdf
Electronic Communications and Transactions (ECT) Act – see
http://www.acts.co.za/ect_act/
State Information Technology Agency
6. Questions
Q&A
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