A French firm with offices in South Africa is being slapped with a claim of R39 million in damages amid a fallout with a local company over a R115 million Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) biometrics tender.
The Airports Company South Africa has been slapped with a R39 million damages claim over a cancelled biometrics tender. Picture: Armand Hough/IndependentNewspapersA French firm with offices in South Africa is being slapped with a claim of R39 million in damages amid a fallout with a local company over a R115 million Airports Company South Africa biometrics tender.
IOL investigation detailed how a French company, IDEMIA, had clinched the ACSA tender worth R115 million IDEMIA had won the ACSA contract with the provision that 30% of the work would go to a local BEE service provider - and had entered into a written agreement with INFOVERGE to be that provider as part of the tender process.INFOVERGE called on ACSA to cancel the contract as the BEE criteria was not fulfilled as part of the tender requirement and also turned to the courts to challenge the contract awarded to IDEMIA.
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