1. Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI) was appointed via a bid process (SARS reference number RFQ 39-2010).
2. (a) RFQ 39-2010 was advertised on 09 December 2010 and officially closed on 10 January 2011 at 11h00.
(b) SARS issued a bid invitation letter on 08 December 2010 as part of a limited bid. A compulsory briefing session was requested with five (5) bidders attending and on the closing two (2) bids were received.RFQ 39-2010 was then approved by the Bid Adjudication Committee at that time.
c) Two (2) bids were officially received on the closing date 10 January 2011 at 11h00.
Bidder 1 – Ethics Institute of South Africa. Bidder 2 – Public Affairs Research Institute (PARI)