Building Trust in Public Procurement

Debtor Verified, also known as the Municipal Debt Verification System (MDVS), is an enterprise-grade verification suite designed to audit municipal debtor accounts, ensure financial transparency, and mitigate tender irregularities across South Africa. The platform consolidates debtor information from participating municipalities into a single, secure, POPIA-compliant database, enabling procurement officials to verify the municipal debt status of bidders, suppliers, companies, and their directors in real time — before contracts are awarded.

The platform is built for national departments, provincial departments, municipalities, and state-owned enterprises that must comply with the Municipal Supply Chain Management Regulations, the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), and the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act (PPPFA). It replaces unreliable manual verification — built on submitted municipal accounts, altered statements, invalid lease agreements, and affidavits — with direct access to verified municipal financial systems, eliminating fraud and reducing tender delays.

Debtor Verified is built and maintained by Procurement GR8S, a South African technology company established in 2016 with a mission to promote procurement integrity and accountability across the public sector. By holding suppliers and directors accountable for outstanding rates and taxes, the platform drives faster municipal revenue collection, funds critical service delivery, and ensures every procurement decision is backed by auditable, tamper-proof verification certificates.

From company verification and director checks to real-time ageing breakdowns and certificate generation, Debtor Verified streamlines the entire due diligence workflow — so institutions can award contracts with confidence and the public can trust the outcomes.