a) The company failed to prepare its costing in compliance with the terms and conditions of the request for proposal (RFP), thereby rendering its bid non-responsive b) The supply chain management committee awarded the contract to the company based on the Goods, Services and Property Advisory Board's recommendation, notwithstanding the fact that the company was ranked number 6 in the evaluation Committee's assessment. c) The National Department of Human Settlements was not represented in the evaluation committee even though the RFP stipulated it would comprise officials from all spheres of government. d) No formal contract was entered into with the company. e) The company lacked in-house and specialist expertise to perform various project management functions, with the result that the company obtained a third-party specialist and the company raised a 10% mark-up, on these services. f) The project management fees paid to the company exceeded the industry norm by 4% and were not performance based, as the company was paid 254% of the original tender amount (R12 080 653) although the N2 Gateway Project had not yet been completed.