The appointment of a panel of service providers was finalised in September 2017.
(a) A panel of four consultants were appointed and they are:
The assessment work for the whole City of Ekurhuleni was split amongst the three assessment consultants mentioned above.
(b) The contract is due to finish at the end of June 2019.
(c) The contract value is about R13 million excluding VAT. This was based on the fact that the consultants had each tendered on the whole City of Ekurhuleni network. After the split of the work amongst the three assessment consultants, it is expected that the contract will be R6 million excluding VAT.