SARAO RFQ PEP 003 2020
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Repairs to the Main House & Rondavel at the Swartfontein Farmstead to be used as accommodation space by SANParks
RFQ Number: SARAO RFQ PEP 003 2020
Compulsory Site Clarification Meeting: 10 December 2020 at 10h30. RSVP no later than 7 December 2020 to Anwuli Okecha: Email: anwuli@ska.ac.za
Site Clarification Venue: SARAO Observatory, Swartfontein Farmstead, GPS Coordinates 30°41'6.14"S 21°33'28.44"E
Closing date: 15 January 2021, 11:00 AM
Quotations To Be Submitted To: Anwuli Okecha at email address: anwuli@ska.ac.za, Please note, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, no hard copies will be permitted. Please ensure that all documentation is submitted electronically.
The South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) embarked on a land acquisition programme during 2015 to 2017 to acquire identified portions of land to enable the construction and protection of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Radio Telescope. South Africa, in collaboration with Australia were jointly awarded the SKA Project in 2012.
SARAO has secured 40 portions of land as part of the SKA land acquisition programme. This equates to 135 245 hectares of land which forms part of the NRF-owned land where 80% of the SKA Radio Telescope will be established.
In September 2019 a Management Agreement was concluded between the National Research Foundation and the South African National Parks (SANParks) to appoint SANParks as the land management authority on behalf of the NRF. This appointment is in line with the management outcomes defined in the Integrated Environmental Management Plan approved by the Minister of Environmental Affairs to appoint an appropriate conservation management agency for the
maintenance and management of the NRF owned land. The land management responsibility is derived from South Africa's offer to host the SKA telescope and provide a site for the construction and operation of the radio telescope.
To enable SANParks to undertake their functions as per the management agreement as the land management authority the necessary infrastructure and accommodation need to be made available by SARAO. During March 2020, the NRF-owned land was declared as the Meerkat National Park by the Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries
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