South African national standards may be purchased from:

Standards South Africa
1 Dr Lategan Rd, Groenkloof, Pretoria
Tel: 012 428 7911

These standards may also be purchased on line from the SABS’s web store (see www.sabs.co.za).

Title

Synopsis

SANS 294, Construction Procurement processes, procedures and methods

This standard provides processes, methods and procedures for the establishment within an organization of a procurement system that is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive and cost effective. It:

a) describes generic procurement processes around which an organization may develop its procurement system;
b) establishes minimum requirements for the conduct of an organization’s employees, agents, board members and office bearers when engaging in procurement;
c) establishes the framework for the development of an organization’s procurement policy including any preferential procurement policy;
d) establishes generic methods and procedures for procurements including those pertaining to disposals; and
e) provides standard conditions of tender and conditions for the calling for expressions of interest.

SANS 1914-1, Resource Standard for the Participation of targeted enterprises

These six standard targeted construction procurement standards:

• describe the general requirements for engaging targeted enterprises and / or targeted labour on a contract for the provision of supplies, services or works, as relevant;
• specify the contract participation goal (the value of a percentage of the value of the contract which represents the inputs of targeted enterprises and/or targeted labour in the performance of the contract;
• set out the methods by which the contract participation goal will be measured, quantified and verified in the performance of the contract;
• describe the means by which:
• progress towards the attainment of the contract participation goal is to be monitored;
• compliance with requirements will be verified and monitored; and
• the contract participation goal will be adjusted to accommodate variations to the scope of the contract.

SANS 1914-2, Resource Standard for Participation of targeted partners in joint ventures

SANS 1914-3, Resource Standard for Participation of targeted enterprises and targeted partners in joint ventures

SANS 1914-4, Resource Standard for Participation of targeted enterprises and targeted labour (local resources)

SANS 1914-5, Resource Standard for Participation of targeted labour

SANS 1914-6, Resource Standard for Participation of targeted enterprises in concession contracts

SANS 1921-1, Construction and Management Requirements for Works Contracts: Part 1: General

This standard establishes general construction and management requirements, which are applicable in a wide range of engineering and construction works contracts

SANS 1921-3, Construction and management requirements for works contracts, Part 3: Structural steelwork

This specification contains requirements for managing the fabrication and erection of structural steelwork.

SANS 10403, Formatting and Compilation of Construction Procurement Documents

This standard establishes at both prime and subcontract level:

• a uniform format for the compilation of procurement documents for supplies, services and engineering and construction works contracts; and
• the general principles for compiling procurement documents in respect of supplies, services and engineering and construction works.

SANS 10396, Implementing Preferential Procurement Policies Using Targeted Procurement Procedures

This standard:

• sets out the issues and principles which should be considered when formulating preferential procurement policies and developing associated implementation mechanisms;
• sets out the principles associated with the engagement of targeted enterprises and targeted labour;
• establishes a range of techniques and mechanisms which may be used to provide a framework within which access to markets for targeted enterprises and / or targeted labour can be provided and goals relating to the engagement of such enterprises and / or labour can be set, monitored and evaluated at both project and programme level;
• establishes targeting frameworks and strategies which can be used with a number of different procurement regimes;
• describes techniques for the monitoring and evaluation of the outcomes of a preferential procurement policy;
• provides guidance as to how targeted procurement procedures can be activated in procurement documents; and
• provides guidance on the design and implementation of programmes associated with the implementation of a preferential procurement policy.