Region
South Africa

Sector
Business Support Services

Summary:

BEE verification is essential for businesses competing for their spot in the South African business environment. Without a valid BEE certificate your clients will hesitate to purchase from you because 20% of their BEE score is dependant on the BEE score of their suppliers.

Contact
Dr Willem Mostert

Email
willem@bee-verification.com

Tel
+27 21 930 1811

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has shaped the South African business environment for over 10 years. It is an essential consideration for every business.

The BEE Verification Agency CC has rendered BEE Verification services since the inception of the draft BEE Codes of Good Practice in 2006. To date we have verified more than 1500 companies. On 6 February 2009 we received BEE accreditation status from the South African National Accreditation System (SANAS) to act as a BEE Verification Agency. SANAS BVA-014.

BEE verification is essential for businesses competing for their spot in the South African business environment. Without a valid BEE certificate your clients will hesitate to purchase from you because 20% of their BEE score is dependant on the BEE scorecard of their suppliers.

Additionally, without a valid BEE certificate you are not allowed to tender for any government work.

Vision

BEE Verification Agency cc has as vision to verify 4000 companies (5% of the market) per year by the end of 2011.  The infrastructure required for such a task has been established in terms of technology, human resources and a national foot print.

Services

BEE Verification Agency cc provides BEE verification audits nationwide.

We assist clients in maximising their BEE procurement points by giving them access to our database where BEE certificates of suppliers are stored.

We position ourselves in the BEE market as a verification agent who competes on price, quality of service and adding value to the client.

Our nationwide footprint

We have representation in all nine provinces of the country and can render BEE verification wherever a business is located.

Our staff complement is as follows:

• 38 trained and competent certified BEE analysts.
• 9 Sales/Call Centre staff
• 2  Compliance Managers
• 9 Admin staff

What makes us unique

1. We prepare the key players in your business for the BEE verification by training them in the appropriate BEE codes and by giving them a detailed checklist explaining what evidence they need to provide.
2. We collect the evidence at a predetermined date, check it for completeness and if some evidence is still missing we allow you a few days to submit it to us.
3. We use our extensive database consisting of thousands of BEE certificates to match your suppliers with certificates in our database in order to improve your procurement score.
4. We phone all your suppliers to obtain their BEE certificates if you contract this service.
5. We use accurate, sophisticated software and tools to provide excellent service.
6. We are very competitive in terms of price.
7. We only use competent analysts and provide BEE services nationwide. The analyst will have personal contact with you from the beginning of the verification process until the end.
8. We provide free telephonic interpretation of the BEE codes.
9. Our agency contacts existing clients, automatically, well before their certificate expires for renewal quotations.
10. We verify companies in terms of the DTI codes and the following sector codes: Construction sector codes; transport sector codes; forestry sector codes; tourism sector codes

To request a QUOTE or any other information about BEE Verification Services, contact:

Dr Willem Mostert,
Managing Director
Tel: +27 21 930 1811
E-mail: willem@bee-verification.com

Web: www.beever.co.za