Question NW139 to the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition

Reply:

I have been furnished with a reply to the question submitted, by Ms Thabang Mampane, Commissioner of the National Lotteries Commission.

Ms Mampane’s reply is as follows:

(a) “The total amount for the bid was R460 287.50 all inclusive.

(b) (i) There were a total of 19 bidders.

(ii) The full names of the bidders were as follows;

 

ITEMS	NAME OF BIDDER
1	Apros
2	Digital Republic
3	Insight2lead
4	KTM Knowledge Solutions
5	LM Training
6	Majeke Macheke School of Business Leadership
7	Mgiba
8	Mngotha Project Management
9	Mthente
10	Ndziane Inc Attorneys
11	Pan Africa TMT Group
12	Quest Research
13	Siloam People Development Agency
14	SMEC
15	Surveyfiesta
16	Toma-Now
17	Underhill Corporate Solutions
18	Urban-Econ
19	Wits

(c) The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to appoint a suitably qualified service provider to conduct research on the social, economic and operational impact of the Corona virus pandemic and related emergency measures on funded organisations; and to make recommendations on an appropriate grantmaking strategy in the short, medium and longer term. The study would include an overview of how other international and national grant makers have responded to the pandemic (or to other historical emergencies or crisis) and lessons learned from these experiences.

The service provider was also required to report [sic] should inform discussion and planning about how the NLC should amend its grantmaking strategy in response to the identified trends and factors as well as include in the proposal a process to workshop the research findings with the Commission to facilitate adjustments to its grantmaking strategy, considering the legislative framework within which the Commission operates.

The following work was done by the service provider:

• Inception report.
• Literature review & stakeholder mapping.
• Data collection: Desktop research.
• Stakeholder engagement & interviews.
• Draft report”.

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