Admits to 'indefensible' processes, reverts to open tender system for routine road maintenance contractors and engineering consultants. The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has abandoned its panel system for procuring services from contractors for routine road maintenance (RRM) and engineering consultants, reverting to using an open tender process. Outgoing Sanral CEO Reginald Demana announced this on Tuesday and said the agency has already started the process to procure these services through an open tender process. Judge Anthony Millar ordered Sanral to procure future RRM services through an open tender process, which shall be evaluated on both functionality and the preference points system. Demana said that given the irregularities identified, Sanral accepted that the procurement processes were indefensible and proposed to the court and the parties that the tenders be declared constitutionally invalid, reviewed and set aside.