Call to get strict on housing tenders.

Byline: Thabang Mokopanele

Call to get strict on housing tenders THE policy that weights the tender process in favour of black-empowered contractors needs to be changed, especially when it comes to awarding low-cost housing contracts, a developer says. Rawson Developers MD Paul Henry says those who win contracts often are incapable of doing the job efficiently. He says as far as he knows, none of the larger players in SA's development and construction sector has ever objected to the weighting policy. On any private enterprise contract we have to finish on time and to the specifications. If we do not, we are heavily penalised. But on state housing, it appears to be possible for …