Supplier Enquiry.
Date: 06 March 2026
United Manganese of Kalahari (‘UMK‘) has appointed OpenTRD (‘Daedalis‘), a cloud-based trade hub that connects buyers with suppliers to facilitate the collection and processing of all UMK-approved vendors’ statutory business documents. The documents outlined below are essential compliance documents for the UMK entity to engage in business with the vendors.
UMK will no longer be using the internal legacy supplier application form; instead ensure your company is active on OpenTRD.
Vendors are therefore requested to cooperate with OpenTRD by making the required documents available either by uploading them directly to the OpenTRD platform or by emailing them to neal@daedalis.com.
Failure to comply with this request may potentially disrupt the business activity between UMK and the vendor.
Existing and active suppliers, please make sure to complete this exercise by 5pm on the 24th of April 2026. by using the links and resources below.
For potential new suppliers and old-inactive suppliers, onboard your business onto OpenTRD (free of charge). This will gain you access to applicable requests from UMK and other companies that subscribe to OpenTRD via their hub portal. OpenTRD is there to help and guide you through every step; from successfully registering and train you to manging your business to receiving applicable RFx opportunities and completing submissions.
Next Steps???
1. Onboard onto the OpenTRD platform with the below link: Upload valid documents listed below. This approach is the most preferred method because it lets you self-manage using automated tools functionality.
OR Alternate short link:
https://tinyurl.com/UMK-Daedalis
OR Scan Alternate QR Code:
2. Alternatively, should you be unable to access the OpenTRD platform, you may email the latest documents via neal@daedalis.com and cc ndivhuho@daedalis.com.
3. The documents required include:
a) Company CIPC documents
b) Valid B-BBEE certificate
c) Valid letter of good standing (COIDA)
d) SARS Tax pin
For further guidance and support, OpenTRD will host a webinar from the 13th of March 2026 at 10am to 11am until Friday 24th of April, 10:00am to 11:00am. This webinar will provide details on how to make changes, update information and other related topics.
Join the meeting with either this link or the manual meeting details below.
Direct Microsoft Teams Meeting Join Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/34090190700645?p=i9XyOYxR5Pb57D5YMI
Or Join Teams Meeting Manually:
Meeting ID: 340 901 907 006 45
Passcode: kF3is3gw
Download the official authority letter here.