Investigation of misrepresentation in tender documents
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Authors
Mynhardt, Armand Johann
Issue Date
2011-11
Type
Dissertation
Language
en
Keywords
Financial investigation , Forensic investigation , Procurement fraud , Tender document , Fraud , Fronting practices , Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) , BEE fronting , Misrepresentation , Legislation
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Abstract
Construction companies, in particular, abuse the objectives of BEE in order to secure multimillion-rand contracts. Misrepresentations, specifically to the Department of Public Works, are made in various forms and stages during the submission of tender documentation by contractors. The status of BEE company owners is abused in order to secure contracts. Apartheid in South Africa prevented black citizens from entering the corporate world and thereby attaining a quality education. The South African government has, since 1994, adopted the BEE policy in order to redress racial and economic imbalances of the past. Fronting (which is regarded as fraud) is detrimental to the objectives of BEE, which are governed by legislation. Fronting further negatively affects the transformation of the South African economy which could be globally competitive. Fraud detection and its investigation are two concepts which are closely linked to each other and are vitally important to any fraud investi-gator.
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Citation
Mynhardt, Armand Johann (2011) Investigation of misrepresentation in tender documents, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/5495>