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Businesses are categorised based on their Annual Turnover. This determines the type of verification required.
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EXEMPTED MICRO ENTERPRISE - EME

Turnover less than R10 million
Automatic Level 4 (100%) Recognition
At least 51% black owned - Level 2 recognition
100% Black owned - Level 1 recognition
No verification required

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QUALIFYING SMALL ENTERPRISE - QSE

Turnover between R10 and R50 million
At least 51% black owned - Level 2 recognition
100% Black owned - Level 1 recognition
Other QSE's to comply with all the scorecard elements
Verification required

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GENERIC

Turnover more than R50 million
Company to comply with all the scorecard elements.
Verification required

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DVS BEE is your #1 B-BBEE verification agency in the North-West Province, Gauteng (Pretoria & Johannesburg) and nation wide.

We are proudly Level 2 BBBEE

At DVS BEE verification agency we know that the process to get your B-BBEE Certificate can be daunting and time consuming but we aim to assist and guide you as quick as possible through the BEE Verification process.

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We are a SANAS accredited BEE verification agency who can assist with you with your company’s BEE Certificate in North-West, Gauteng and nation wide.

Are you aware that your firm’s BEE certificate is only valid for 1 year from the date of issue? Yes, your company needs to go through the B-BBEE verification process once a year. We at DVS BEE Services, a SANAS accredited verification agency in Rustenburg (operating in Pretoria, Johannesburg and the rest of South Africa) can advise you what documents you need for your firm’s BEE Certificate. Contact us and one of our specialists can provide you with a checklist of what documents are needed for your B-BBEE verification file. The BEE verification analyst may request additional documents, such as a sworn affidavit depending on your company’s BEE initiative and claims. We’ll ensure that you’re aware of all the BEE requirements for small businesses.

You might wonder why is it important to be B-BBEE certified? Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment was initiated in 2003 by the South African government. If your company is BEE compliant other BEE companies will do business with you because they will increase their own score on the BEE scorecard. It will also benefit your company’s score under the Preferential Procurement section on the B-BBEE scorecard if you support other BEE companies. Don’t unnecessarily lose out on any business, to be BEE complaint is a requirement for all government tenders, let DVS BEE assist you to get your B-BBEE certificate.

B-BBEE verification is an independent audit process and DVS BEE can assist your company to authenticate and certify the BEE procurement recognition level and B-BBEE status of your firm. A BEE rating is the B-BBEE status level you achieve after the verification process. The BEE Level can range from a Level 8, with a 10% procurement recognition to a Level 1, with a 135% procurement recognition. Enquiry now for the cost of BEE verification services.

Have a look at the different companies that can apply for a B-BBEE Certificate under our BBBEE Services. The following elements can improve and increase your firm’s BEE level on the B-BBEE scorecard: % of black ownership, management control, procurement, supplier and enterprise development, the up-skilling and employment of disabled black candidates and the training and development of your company’s black employees and unemployed learners.

At DVS BEE Services we offer expert, efficient, reliable and cost-effective B-BBEE Verification services. We carry out the BEE Verification Audit in line with the current BEE Code of Practice and SANAS requirements. At DVS BEE verification agency we are a team of highly qualified staff. Our core team consists of BEE specialists, Chartered Accountants and Attorneys. We don’t just offer our services for BEE verification in Rustenburg, but also Pretoria and Johannesburg. We can assist you with your B-BBEE certification anywhere in the North West (Rustenburg), Gauteng (Pretoria, Johannesburg and Midrand), and throughout South Africa. You can also go through the process of getting your BEE certificate online by reaching out via email.

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Are you aware that your firm’s BEE certificate is only valid for 1 year from the date of issue? Yes, your company needs to go through the B-BBEE verification process once a year.

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You might wonder why is it important to be B-BBEE certified? Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment was initiated in 2003 by the South African government.

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Impartiality lies at the heart of DVS BEE SERVICES’s commitment to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment and related verifications.

DVS BEE SERVICES base its impartiality policy on the underlying values of: objectivity, independence, freedom from conflict of interest, freedom from bias, lack of prejudice, neutrality, fairness and open mindedness.

To ensure that impartiality is both maintained and can be demonstrated the following principles have been established:

  • DVS BEE SERVICES certificates are only issued after review by an independent, authorized and competent technical signatory to ensure that no interest predominate.
  • DVS BEE SERVICES shall not provide both BEE verification and BEE consultation or any other services related to any of the elements of the BEE scorecard to the same measured entity.
  • DVS BEE SERVICES shall not be a beneficiary to an entities BEE scorecard except for the cost of the BEE verification.
  • DVS BEE SERVICES does not have any compromising relationships with companies who offer BEE consultancy or other services that can be construed as having an impact on the impartiality of the BEE verification provided by DVS BEE SERVICES. Any proposed relationship between DVS BEE SERVICES and any other company will undergo a risk assessment prior to the formalization of the relationship
  • Individuals employed by DVS BEE SERVICES are required to document their current relationship and past relationships with all companies specifically if they have provided consultancy in the past four years. Any situation past or present which may present a potential conflict of interest is required to be declared by employees on the declaration form to be completed. Should there be a conflict of interest and it cannot be resolved without compromising objectivity DVS BEE SERVICES shall not provide the verification.
  • All employees will be monitored annually to ensure, amongst other criteria that they remain impartial.
  • DVS BEE SERVICES shall in no way provide a verification that is simpler, faster or less expensive to the entity as a result of the entity making use of a specific consultancy agency
  • DVS BEE SERVICES shall provide accurate and not misleading information to the public.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your BEE rating is the B-BBEE status level you achieve after the verification process. This ranges from a BEE Level 8 (with 10% procurement recognition) through to Level 1 (with 135% procurement recognition).

B-BBEE verification is an independent audit process where we at DVS assist you to certify and authenticate your B-BBEE status and procurement recognition level.

Your BEE certificate is valid for 1 year from the date of issue.

Yes, DVS can definitely assist you with the renewal of your BEE certificate. Contact our office and one of our experts will forward a list of documents that we need from you. You will have to follow the whole verification process every year if you would like to keep your B-BBEE status.

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. This was initiated by the South African government in 2003 and the aim of this initiative was to level the playing field in the economy for the previous disadvantaged society.  ​

B-BBEE verification is an independent audit procedure where we at DVS assist you to certify and authenticate your B-BBEE status and recognition level.

Points that you need to look at for your company’s BEE score / rating / level improvement:

  • The percentage of black ownership.
  • Management control – number of black directors and managers in your company.
  • Procurement – does your suppliers have good BEE scores?
  • Supplier and Enterprise development – Assistance of black owned enterprises and suppliers .
  • The up-skilling and employment of disabled black candidates
  • Training and development of you black employees and unemployed learners.

Before the audit can be done, we at DVS need the following information and documentation from your company. This information will determine which scorecard you will be evaluated on. In short you can start to compile the following information for these different categories:

  • Ownership of your business; who are the shareholders? Their names, gender, nationality, % shareholding.
  • Management and Employment Equity; list of the directors and all the employees. Their names, gender, nationality, status of disability and job category.
  • Skills Development; training received by the employees. Their names, type and description of training provided and expenses of the training.
  • Preferential Procurement; a list of all your suppliers for the past year with their BEE status and expenditure per supplier.
  • Enterprise Development; the names of all the Small and Medium sized (at least 51% black owned) Enterprises (SME) that you assisted the past year, their ownership status, BEE status and the type of contribution made.
  • Socio-economic development; list of all the charities that your business made contribution to in the past year; the amount contributed or the type of contribution and their % of black beneficiaries.

Click here to download our application form, once we have received your completed application form we will forward you a detailed B-BBEE scorecard verification checklist of all the documents that we require from you for the audit.

Companies will do business with your company if you are BEE compliant for the main reason that it will boost their own score under the Preferential Procurement element on the BEE Scorecard. You are not forced in any way to have a BEE Certificate but you might lose out on business if you don’t have one and you will not be able to tender in the public sector and will not be able to receive state funding.
 
 

A BEE certificate is a requirement for all government tenders.

Often your contractors and clients require your BEE certificate as this impacts their BEE level through the procurement recognition process.

The cost of a BEE certificate (on completion of the verification) depends on the annual turnover and size of your business. Complete the application form for an obligation free quote.

A BEE consultant will assist your company to become BEE compliant or increase your BEE score during the consultation process. This will involve a snapshot of your current score and advice on the implementation of initiatives such as the training of black learners or assistance to black suppliers to increase your BEE score.

B-BBEE verification is the audit process of the BEE initiatives you implemented. During the verification process the analyst will review your verification file and decide on the points to be awarded. This will determine your BEE status and procurement recognition level.

  • An Exempted Micro Enterprise (EME) is a company that has been in operation for less than 1 year (a start-up company) or have a total annual revenue of less than R10 million.
  • A Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE) is a company with a total annual revenue between R10 million and R50 million.
    Note that some sub-sectors such as Transport and Tourism have different turnover levels for EMEs and QSEs.

At DVS we offer efficient, reliable and cost effective BEE verification services. We carry out the BEE Verification Audit in line with the current BEE Code of Good Practice and SANAS requirements. We don’t just offer our services for BEE verification in Pretoria, we can assist you with BEE certifications in Gauteng, North West and anywhere in South Africa.  We have been involved in BEE Verification audits under IRBA since 2010 and have highly qualified staff to assist you with the BEE Verification process.

​SANAS (South African National Accreditation System) is the only national recognised accreditation body responsible for carrying out accreditations on behalf of the DTI (Department of Trade and Industry). SANAS is responsible for the development and maintenance of the rating standards in the BEE Industry. DVS is a SANAS accredited BEE Verification Agency that can assist you with your BEE Certificate.
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A B-BBEE scorecard is a guideline to determine a business’ BEE score. B-BBEE compliance of a company is measured by this scorecard. There are different elements on the scorecard. These are elements on the scorecard:

  • Ownership – % of black shareholding in the company.
  • Management Control – management throughout the company, from director to junior management.
  • Skills development – amount of money spent on training for black employees and black people.
  • Preferential Procurement – procurement spend on your suppliers based on their BEE status and recognition level.
  • Enterprise and Supplier development – the amount contributed to the growth of other black owned enterprises, suppliers to your company as well as non-suppliers.
  • Socio-Economic Development – the amount contributed to assist black beneficiaries to become economically active. This may include contributions to charities.

All businesses can apply for a BEE Certificate. Businesses are grouped into 3 different categories based on their turnover:

1. Exempt Micro Enterprises (EME); annual turnover of less than R10 million.

  • B-BBEE Level 1 if the business has a 100% black shareholding or
  • B-BBEE Level 2 – 51% or more black shareholding or
  • B-BBEE Level 4 – 50% or less black shareholding

2. Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE); annual turnover between R10 million and R50 million.

  • B-BBEE Level 1 if the business has a 100% black shareholding or
  • B-BBEE Level 2 – 51% or more black shareholding

3. Generic; annual turnover above R50 million

  • These businesses will be audited on a generic B-BBEE scorecard.

To obtain a BEE certificate you need to be verified by a SANAS accredited B-BBEE verification agency on the different elements of the scorecard. The BEE scorecard requirements are ownership, management control (employment equity of your managers), skills development (training of black people), procurement, supplier development, enterprise development and socio-economic development.

You need to score a certain number of points to be BEE compliant and receive a B-BBEE rating and recognition level.

The BEE verification fee depends on the annual turnover and size of your business. Complete the application form for an obligation free quote.

The B-BBEE verification manual was developed and published by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to guide SANAS accredited BEE Verification Agencies in terms of conducting BEE verifications and issuing certificates. The BEE verification manual was developed by SANAS to clarify the functions of accredited BEE verification agencies.

The B-BBEE Act was put in place to promote and increase the participation of black people in all spheres of the economy.

The number of BEE points you score during the verification process determines your B-BBEE status and subsequent procurement recognition level. This score is used by your clients during their verifications under the procurement element.

A score below 40 points results in a Non-compliant certificate with 0 procurement recognition.

BEE CONTRIBUTOR STATUSBEE POINTS ON SCORECARDBEE PROCUREMENT RECOGNITION LEVEL
Level 1>100 Points135%
Level 2≥95 but <100 Points125%
Level 3≥90 but <95 Points110%
Level 4≥80 but <90 Points100%
Level 5≥75 but <80 Points80%
Level 6≥70 but <75 Points60%
Level 7≥55 but <70 Points50%
Level 8≥40 but <55 Points10%
Non-Compliant<40 points0%

Yes, DVS BEE Services have a generic document checklist to guide you when compiling your B-BBEE verification file. The verification analyst may request additional documents depending on your BEE initiatives and claims. Contact DVS BEE for the document checklist.

BBBEE certificates for EME’s are issued by the CIPC. To get the certificate you will need to follow these really easy steps.

Step 1: Visit the CIPC website. The quickest way to get where you need to be is to Google “CIPC BBBEE certificate”

Step 2: Login to the site, go to the e-services section and then to the transaction section, and then select the BBBEE Certificates option.

Step 3: Select apply for a new BBBEE certificate. From there you can follow the steps needed to apply.

Alternatively, if you already have a certificate, you can opt to retrieve the certificate using the same site. You can also choose to have a BEE affidavit in place of the certificate.

If you are a Contractor with a turnover of less than R3 million, then you can do a Construction sector affidavit.

All Construction related companies earning more than R3 million turnover MUST get a SANAS accredited BEE certificate from an accredited agency

For Built Environment Specialists (BEPs) like architects, you can do the affidavit if your turnover is less than R1.8 million. More than this, then you also need a BEE certificate.

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