Vendors who feared that the recent withdrawal of two major tenders by the SA Revenue Service (Sars) would signal a cutback on ICT spending by the government agency can heave a sigh of relief. Sars seems as determined as ever to use technology to deliver on its mandate.

The agency will reissue its cancelled container scanner and networking tenders in the next few weeks, and also make the long-awaited announcement of the winner of the tax and customs modernisation contract.