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Q:How will the IT units in departments know what to do to integrate/interface with the CSD?Every department that has a supplier database must consider integration to the CSD. Treasury has published a job aide to assist with this process. You can find these documents on the OCPO website: Buyers Area>Supplier>Documents List. We also have scheduled technical forums to discuss these issues at Sita in Centurion, every Thursday from 10:00 – 12:00. To attend, please contact Lani Coetzee: Lani.Coetzee@accenture.com.
Q:In other departments, LOGIS implementation is currently underway. Must that process be stopped?
No. LOGIS, just like every other service provider, has been given notice to integrate to the CSD. The technical team is in the process of integrating with LOGIS.
Q: LOGIS has LSDB – do we still use the CSD?
Yes, the CSD should be used for all supplier compliance verification.
Q:Double capturing: require Corporate Reference Data on ISS. Must we still capture this in spite of having CSD?
a)If we refer to legislative information:
From an eTender perspective, it is still a requirement to submit all information. This is catered for in the eTender Publication Portal.
A supplier will, however, not be able to submit his information if he does not exist on the CSD database.
b)If we refer to bid pricing information:
The CSD is not responsible for any pricing related matters – just for supplier information.
c)All pricing-related information will be obtained from the eTender Publication Portal.
Q:If the migrating of data is still in progress – how do we manage the issue of potentially missing restricted suppliers?
As soon as a supplier is registered on the CSD, verification against the restricted suppliers will be done. It is therefore important that no supplier be used unless they are registered and compliant on the CSD.
Q:Many fields on existing procurement systems have not been captured for suppliers. Will IT be able to migrate this data?
Yes, as long as the minimum mandatory information is available.
Q:What is the deadline/cut-off date from NT to get LOGIS to link with CSD? Are we still required to double-capture until that time?
Until such time that LOGIS fully integrates with the CSD, supplier records must still be manually captured on LOGIS. Supplier information should be extracted from the CSD. Suppliers should not be required to complete additional forms and provide verification documents.
Q: What will happen with the existing supplier numbers?
The CSD number should be used across government. The internal number can be kept as an additional field for historical purposes.
Q: How current is the data on the CSD?
The CSD has daily system updates, so the data is always less than 24 hours old.
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