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BEE and the new Preferential Procurement Regulations

28 February 2023

Following the Constitutional Court judgment in February 2022 where the 2017 Preferential Procurement Regulations were declared invalid, there has been... a misconception that this court decision has resulted in the wholesale scrapping of BEE when it comes to public procurement. Now with the new Preferential Procurement Regulations taking effect as of 16 January 2023, many tenderers are unsure of the extent to which BEE will still apply in public procurement.

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B-BBEE in state tenders done?

14 June 2022

With all the media attention around the Supreme Court of Appeal’s ‘scrapping’ of the regulations around preferential procurement at the... end of 2020, and recent media statements by the Democratic Alliance that they wish to have B-BBEE removed as criteria from government tendering, one can be excused for being uncertain what role B-BBEE will continue to play in state tendering.

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Is Preferential Procurement really important for your business?

21 March 2022

As much as B-BBEE legislation and scorecards have become a general part of the business landscape for many companies, the... procurement aspect remains a difficult one for businesses to get right and understand how important it is to their overall scorecard result. Below we unpack the Preferential Procurement Element of the B-BBEE Scorecard in more detail to illustrate how careful a business should be not to ignore this crucial element in their planning.

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