Eskom has advanced its forensic investigations backlog project by issuing an Invitation to Tender (ITT) / Request for Proposal (RFP) for a 1 September 2026 commencement.
Eskom’s forensic investigation function is a critical component of the organisation’s governance, assurance, and consequence management framework. It plays a central role in safeguarding organisational integrity, strengthening accountability, and sustaining public, stakeholder, and shareholder confidence.
Eskom operates on a co-sourced model in that all reported allegations are either investigated internally or by the appointed external service providers.
Over the past years, the accumulation of legacy forensic matters has increased the volume of outstanding cases, constraining the organisation’s ability to conclude investigations and disciplinary processes within optimal timeframes and demonstrate effective consequence management.
To address the backlog of cases, the forensic investigation function is implementing an intervention through the appointment of a panel of external service providers with the requisite expertise and capacity to accelerate case resolution.
It is expected of the appointed panel of forensic service providers, to have unique skills and capabilities, which include but are not limited to, conducting digital forensics, the capacity to apply data analytics and artificial intelligence polygraph services, handwriting analysis and document analysis.
While Eskom maintains internal forensic capability, the scale and specialised nature of legacy cases require additional external expertise to support accelerated delivery.
Multiple contracts will be awarded to multiple suppliers with a minimum of eight and a maximum of ten service providers, with work allocated on an equal distribution basis to ensure accelerated case resolution and optimal resource utilisation.
All appointments will be conducted in line with Eskom’s procurement processes to ensure fairness, transparency, and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
This intervention forms part of Eskom’s broader efforts to strengthen governance and accelerate consequence management across the organisation.
Tender information
The tender information for the ‘Provision of forensic and Anti-Corruption services for Eskom and Eskom subsidiaries (Forensic investigations backlog project) for a period of 18 months (12 months with 6 months contingency), can be found in the tender bulletin.
The tender number is: E2955CXMWP.
The closing date and time is 23 June 2026 at 10h00 South African Standard Time (SAST).
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