A reservoir gets built by the people who deliver to it. We keep a standing list of approved suppliers and subcontractors across KwaZulu-Natal, and this page is how you get onto it.
Registered Since
1991
CIDB 7CE / 7GB. B-BBEE Level 2 contributor. 92 completed projects.
Categories
Most of our spend sits in bulk water, heavy civils and building works. Register against the categories you can genuinely deliver — a narrow, accurate registration gets more enquiries than a broad one.
Readymix, cement, sand, stone and admixtures, with batch records on delivery.
Cut-and-bend rebar, mesh, structural sections, and fixing subcontract.
Wall and soffit systems, falsework, access scaffolding, hire and erection.
Steel, HDPE, uPVC and concrete pipe, penstocks, actuators and specials.
Earthmoving plant, cranes, pumps, tippers and abnormal load transport.
Pump sets, switchgear, reticulation, instrumentation and telemetry.
Waterproofing, potable linings, joint sealing, piling, roofing and finishes.
PPE, surveying, materials testing laboratories, security and site accommodation.
The Process
Four steps. Registration is free, and it is not a guarantee of work — it is how we know who to call when a project needs your category in your area.
01
Complete the form below and email your statutory documents. One submission per company, not per branch.
02
Statutory documents are checked and banking details confirmed by telephone. An incomplete file is held, not rejected.
03
Loaded against the categories and regions you can actually service, with your B-BBEE status recorded for procurement reporting.
04
Requests to quote arrive from an @uniconsa.co.za address when a live project needs what you supply.
Before You Submit
Have these ready as PDFs. Most registrations stall because one of them is missing or expired.
Once You Are Listed
Our sites run on paperwork discipline. Knowing this in advance is the difference between being paid on time and chasing an invoice.
Every supply is against a written purchase order. Verbal instructions from site are not an order, and we cannot pay against one.
Deliveries are signed for by the site agent or storeman. Keep your copy — it is what an invoice is checked against.
An invoice without a purchase order number cannot be matched, and payment terms only start once it can be.
Anyone working on our sites is inducted and carries an approved health and safety file. This applies to a one-day delivery crew as much as a term subcontractor.
Batch records, mill certificates and test results are handed over on delivery. On water-retaining work they form part of the client handover pack.
Contractors of our size get impersonated. A genuine Unicon enquiry comes from an @uniconsa.co.za address and carries a purchase order number. We never change our banking details by email. If you receive an order, an invoice or a change of account details that you did not expect, phone the head office on +27 66 483 4709 and confirm it before you deliver or pay anything.
Local Content
Public infrastructure contracts carry local labour and local enterprise obligations, and we would rather meet them properly than on paper. On most of our municipal work a share of the value is subcontracted to enterprises based in the district where the project is being built.
Where we can, work is split into packages an emerging contractor can actually carry and finance.
Setting out, quality control and safety guidance from our site team, not a handover and good luck.
Completion references you can put behind your next CIDB upgrade or tender submission.
Unicon is a Level 2 B-BBEE contributor. If you are an EME, a sworn affidavit is enough — you do not need a verification certificate to register.
Step One
This form opens the file. Once you have sent it, email your statutory documents to the procurement desk with your company name in the subject line.
Send Documents To
info@uniconsa.co.zaProcurement Desk
+27 66 483 4709
Hilton, Pietermaritzburg
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Fields marked * are required.
Your details are with our procurement desk. Now email your statutory documents to info@uniconsa.co.za with your company name in the subject line — the file is only opened once they arrive.
Questions
No. Registration puts you on the approved list for your categories. You are invited to quote when a project needs them, and awards follow price, programme and past performance.
Only if you are offering construction works as a subcontractor. Suppliers of materials, plant hire and transport do not, though we still need the statutory documents.
For specialist materials and equipment, yes. For general supply and subcontract packages we prefer enterprises based in or near the district where the project is being built.
It is held rather than discarded. We will tell you which document is missing so you can send it, and the registration continues from there.