Aurecon denies impropriety in Tshwane tender award, welcomes probe

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The ANC in Tshwane said it was going to lay charges with the Hawks and lay a complaint with the public protector. The City has launched its own investigation into the awarding of the tender. The party alleged that Lambert, the former deputy director of the City’s property portfolio, was in cahoots with the municipality to “fix” the contract.The company said that it had no relationship with Lambert before the contract commenced, and said there was “no informal or formal communication that we are aware of” between Aurecon and Lambert before she left the City, on April 2, 2018.

“We are aware that her name was erroneously included as a contact person on the Contract Award letter. At that point in time , she had already left the City’s employ. The City of Tshwane can provide more information on this, but we certainly cannot be held responsible for any administrative errors on its part,” the company said.

The ANC also alleged that the scope of work of Aurecon was irregularly extended. Aurecon said this was “completely untrue”. It said that its initial proposal included agreements with sub-consultants, and so the City was aware that it would be using these.“We take particular offense at suggestions that our project is ‘yet another tender scandal’, and comparisons with other City of Tshwane tenders that may have been brought into question. There is no basis for these comparisons – because there is no ‘scandal’, only disinformation.

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