In March 2013 Professor Phoebe Bolton offered a one-day training course to municipal officials of the Saldanha Bay Municipality. The training focused on the following aspects:
- rules for the acquisition of goods and services and deviations from the prescribed rules;
- the roles and functions of bid committees;
- rules for the determination of responsiveness;
- rules on obtaining clarifications from bidders;
- rules on the disqualification of bidders;
- the submission of tax clearance certificates;
- the supervisory role of the Municipal Manager in the procurement process;
- the receipt of complaints and appeals from aggrieved bidders; and
- the application of case law