City Power CEO Lerato Setshedi has ordered an investigation into an invalid tender that has been awarded.
Setshedi asked City of Johannesburg to task special investigation unit to probe into how the tendering process at the power supplier is being handled in the throughout process procedure.
General Shadrack sibiya will be handed this task investigation.
“Internal investigation by City Johannesburg cannot investigate a situation where our own officials may be suspected of possible wrong doings,” said Sibiya.
While the City did not specifically say which tender it was referring to, bidders had challenged the irregularities of the tender process.
“There are clear irregularities in the scoring and a reasonable suspicion of manipulation process” says Judge Roland Sutherland.
Successful bidders will temporarily continue offering their services for three months while this case will be “reevaluated,” he added.
City Power is expecting its investigations to be complete in six months and the findings will be made public.
