High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender

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High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender

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High court orders Prasa to halt ‘irregular’ GladAfrica tender
The high court in Johannesburg has interdicted the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to halt any further implementation of two tenders, one in Salt River and the other in Durban, because of irregularities in how they were awarded. In March, built-environment consultancy GladAfrica was awarded the tender to provide engineering services to Prasa for the upgrade of the Salt River and Springfield rolling stock depots. Prasa did not publicise the awarding of the tender, in breach of procurement legislation. In addition, GladAfrica got the tender despite its price being R346-million more than that of another company, Gibb...
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