This question arises in many people’s minds because if your supplier has an invalid certificate or affidavit, you will not be able to claim any points in the procurement element for any spending made at that supplier.
Each certificate or affidavit has various prerequisites that must be met before it is deemed a valid BEE certificate or affidavit. Firstly, one must distinguish between a certificate and an affidavit. Once you have identified that it is a certificate, you must ensure the following: That the certificate was issued by a SANAS accredited verification agency, the latest financial year-end figures were utilised during the verification and not just any 12-month period or the previous financial year, the certificate was issued and valid at the time of the company’s procurement taking place, or the certificate is valid at the time of verification.
With an affidavit, the following is applicable: it too must be based on the latest financial year-end figures, it must have been commissioned and valid at the time of the company’s procurement taking place, or it must be valid at the time of verification, and further the affidavit must be in line with the DTI’s prescribed form.
After receiving your suppliers’ BEE certificate or affidavit, it is important to establish that the relevant prerequisites as mentioned above are met. If they are met, you can utilise them to claim procurement points based on the amounts procured from the specific supplier.
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