South Africa’s High Court has ordered the City of Tshwane to present documents showing why it awarded a R585 million IT contract to Brilliant Telecommunications when it doesn’t seem capable of completing the work, News24The contract’s requirements specified that the winning bidder must have accreditation from Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei.
According to the report, Judge Irene de Vos highlighted that the City of Tshwane awarded Brilliant Telecommunications a contract valued at R585 million despite the company’s bid being only R74 million. “The ruling has been appealed. I suggest we wait for SCA judgment. The issue has been properly ventilated in our court papers. We don’t wish to get into the merits and demerits of the case as the matter is before the court,” he said.
Altron’s court papers alleged that Brilliant Telecommunications couldn’t do the work it was contracted for and should never have been awarded the tender.