The Sishen Iron Ore Company-Community Development Trust SIOC-CDT was established in 2006 by SIOC owned by Kumba Iron Ore to invest in the development of the communities in which the mine operates. The trust focuses primarily on bene?ciary communities adjacent to the SIOC mining activities in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces. SIOC-CDT has invested signi?cantly in community development projects aimed at ensuring sustainability beyond mining operations.
SIOC-CDT invites all qualified and experienced service providers and entities operating in the small, medium, and micro enterprise SMME development sector to submit a Request for Information RFI for the implementation of the trusts Growth Fund Programme. Interested parties should show special attention to the development and administration of funding packages or mechanisms geared towards supporting SMMEs to fulfil their purchase order mandate and long-term contracts.
Services are aimed at supporting businesses operating only within the beneficiary communities of the Gamagara, Ga-Segonyana, Joe Morolong and Tsantsabane Local Municipalities in the Northern Cape, as well as the Thabazimbi Local Municipality in Limpopo.
The successful service provider will be responsible for managing the trusts Growth Fund Programme under the following: