Supplier Development
SAOGA has a general role to play in promoting the development of the upstream oil and gas supplier cluster. This involves activities that build knowledge and linkages with and within the cluster and then, on the basis of this information facilitates interventions to improve competitiveness of individual companies and the sector as a whole.
To address the above, SAOGA has entered into a relationship with UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation) who have an internationally tested process and toolset for a competitive supplier development programme (CSDP) – the UNIDO Subcontractor and Procurement Exchange Programme (SPX) which is operating since 1981 in various countries all over the world.
The purpose of the CSDP is to encourage large-scale buyers to support localization through increasing purchase of locally produced content.
The system is based on
• supplier profiling
• regular buyer meetings to establish long and short term opportunities to localize supply chains of participating companies.
• supplier benchmarking and development
• matchmaking between buyer and local supplier
The programme is supported by the dti, DPE, DST and provincial government departments.
Current participating buyers are
Transnet, Eskom, Sasol, PetroSA and their OEMs.
Suppliers gain access to the program exclusively via collaborating industry associations like SAOGA who offers the SPX programme to the membership. Opportunities in all participating industry sectors will be distributed to the membership which has the advantage that the programme is reaching beyond the Upstream Oil & Gas sector. As such regular notifications will go out to all member companies to assess the local capability for for the supply of the respective equipment.
For more information and to take part in the process, please contact ufinckh@offshoreafrica.co.za
UNIDO SPX Brochure [pdf 1.051 MB]
UNIDO SPX Supplier Profiling Form [doc 141KB]
UNIDO SPX Confidentiality Commitment [pdf 109 KB]
UNIDO SPX Framework
