Suppliers Lists Suppliers Lists To ensure all prospective suppliers of goods and services are afforded a 'fair, transparent and equitable' process in applying for business opportunities, the City has set up a single supplier database. Director: Supply Chain Management Unit TO ensure all prospective suppliers of goods and services are afforded a "fair, transparent and equitable" process in applying for business opportunities, the City has set up a single supplier database. Thembisa Peele, Director of Supply Chain Management Unit in the City, says the City's current and prospective suppliers should apply to be accredited and registered on the database. According to the Municipal Finance Management Act of 2003, Johannesburg is required to create and maintain a "credible and accredited" supplier database of prospective providers of goods and services. "The Act makes it obligatory that the City utilises only accredited suppliers registered on the database when acquiring and procuring different goods and services," Peele says.