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Supply Chain Management

The list below details all the relevant information available from the National Treasury's website regarding supply chain management legislation, policies, guidelines, practice notes and circulars. The relevant documents can be downloaded from National Treasury's website (Click on 'Organisation' on the right hand side of the webpage, a list of divisions will appear on the left hand side of the screen, scroll down and click on 'Division: Specialist Functions: Supply Chain Management Norms and Standards.' This list will appear, and the relevant documents can be downloaded in PDF format at no charge).


Policy documents and legislation

• Overview : Promulgation Of Framework For Supply Chain Management
• Policy to Guide Uniformity in Procurement Reform Processes in Government
• Regulations in terms of Section 76(4)(C) of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999 as amended by Act 29 of 1999) (PFMA): Framework for Supply Chain Management
• Amendment to the State Tender Board Act Regulations to Empower Accounting Officers to arrange their own Ad Hoc tenders
• Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA)
• Preferential Procurement Regulations

• Circular: Code of conduct for bid adjudication committees
• Circular: National Treasury Database : List of restricted suppliers
• Circular: Irregular Expenditure
• Circular: Inspections, tests, and analysis conducted by institutions accredited or recognises by SANAS
• Circular: Evaluation of bids/ Calculation of points/ Timeous payment of accounts
• Circular: Implementation of Supply Chain Management

• General Procurement Guidelines
• SCM: A guide for Accounting Officers / Authorities

• Practice Note No. SCM 1 OF 2003: General conditions of Contract (GCC) and Standardised (Bidding Documents (SBDs)
• Practice Note No. SCM 3 OF 2003: Appointment of consultants
• Practice Note No. SCM 4 OF 2003: Code of Conduct for Supply Chain Management Practitioners
• Practice Note No. SCM 1 OF 2004: Tax clearance certificate: Contact details of South African Revenue Service (SARS) Official dealing with Tax clearance certificate
• Practice Note No. SCM 3 OF 2004: Checklist and Questionnaire
• Practice Note No. SCM 4 OF 2004: Strategic Sourcing of Motor Vehicles: Reguest for Estimates to all national and provincial departments
• Practice Note No. SCM 5 OF 2004: Training of SCM Officials
• Practice Note No. SCM 1 OF 2005
• Practice Note No. SCM 2 OF 2005: Threshold values for the procurement of goods & services by means of petty cash, verbal/written price quotations and competitive bids.
• Practice Note No. SCM 3 OF 2005: Projects/Services funded by grants in accordance with Technical Assistance Agreements. Appointment of Transaction Advisors to assist with Public Private Partnerships.
• Practice Note Number SCM 1 of 2006: Tax Clearance Certificate: Revised Application Form: Tax Clearance Certificate for Price Quotations up to the value of R200 000: Threshold for obtaining Tax Clearance Certificate.
• Practice Note Number SCM 2 of 2006: Prohibition of set-asides and the use of cost estimates as benchmarks: Measurables attached to specific goals for which preference points are awarded.
• Practice Note Number SCM 3 of 2006: Tax clearance certificates for price quotations and competitive bids.
• Practice Note Number SCM 4 of 2006: Standard bidding documents: Declaration of bidders past Supply Chain Management practices.
• Practice Note Number SCM 5 of 2006: Restrictions of Suppliers and Augmentation of General Conditions of Contract