North West DG dumps Sita tender as broadband rollout begins

The procurement had reached adjudication

- By Tshwarelo eseng Mogakane

The North West provincial government cancelled a cybersecurity tender that had already reached the adjudication stage through the State Information Technology Agency (Sita), with the province declining to disclose the value of the procurement despite repeated questions from Sunday World.

Documents seen by Sunday World show that Sita had already begun procuring endpoint protection and cloud services for the province when the process was halted by the Office of the Premier under director-general Paul Mogotlhe, whose contract is due to end in April.

The procurement had reached adjudication, the final phase where bids are evaluated before a contract is awarded, when the province informed Sita that it would no longer proceed with the tender through the agency.

Sita confirmed the cancellation, saying, “Sita received correspondence dated 19 November 2025 on 15 January 2026 notifying Sita that the endpoint protection has been procured using alternative mechanisms at a lower cost by the client.