Re-advertisement: Tenders/Quotations are hereby invited for repairs of the grave site of Steve Biko in King Williams Town, Ginsburg cemetery, Eastern Cape. Scope of services: 1. The service provider must carefully remove the paving around the area where the pillars are installed and preserve the paving bricks for reinstallation after the procured pillars have been reinstalled, 2. The maximum area whose paving installation must be removed is 8 square metres, 3. The service provider must carefully dismantle, remove and dispose of the three pillars currently installed on the gravesite of Steve Biko. Great care must be exercised so as not to damage the rest of the grave, 4. The service provider must source three Zimbabwean granite polished pillars for installation. Two of the pillars must be vertically erected while the third must be horizontally mounted on top of the two pillars, 5. The two vertical pillars must be a total of 2000mm. Pillars must be dug to a depth of 444mm and held by a footing of 500mm x 500mm high strength concrete mixture, The height of the pillars after being installed must be 1556mm, excluding the horizontal pillar, 6. The breadth and width of the pillars must be 270mm x 200mm, 7. Base trimmings at the foot of each of the two vertical pillars must be 340mm x 280mm x 100mm high, 8. Both vertical pillars must be 110mm away from the grave on each side, 9. A horizontal pillar measuring 1430mm long, 320mm x 280mm must be sourced and mounted and fastened on top of the vertical pillars, 10. The Horizontal Pillar must be engraved with the name of Steve Biko in the same font size and type as is currently on the site, 11. This horizontal pillar must be reinforced by two 12mm reinforcement steel rods on each end to hold it to the vertical pillars. A high strength stone adhesive must also be used, 12. The service provider must procure two hands carved in marble for installation at the back of the grave, 13. The hands must be a total of 200mm high, 14. The carved hands must be mounted on a 30mm thick base of polished Zimbabwean granite measuring 465mm x 240mm, 15. The service provider is to consider all costs related to this setting up on site and setting up of works and should be included in the Final Offer, 16. A retention fee of 10% will be withheld on interim payment certificates. The retention is payable after six (6) months of project completion, 17. The service provider must include a 10% contingency amount on the pricing. 18. The service provider must make alternative arrangements for electrical connection as no electrical power is available at the cemetery, 19. The service provider must clean up the site and remove all rubble and all construction associated waste generated during construction, 20. The service provider is responsible for the safekeeping of his goods and appoint at his/her own costs suitable and qualified security to the site/s during the period of contract (from date of Site Handover until Practical Completion), 21. The service provider is to consider all costs related to this setting up on site and setting up of works and should be included in the Final Offer, 22. The service provider is expected to provide a breakdown of the programme of works with the submission of the quotation, 23. The project completion is estimated at 40 days from the date of site handover. (Tender №112469237)