NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRTTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 2420
DATE REPLY SUBMITTED: TUESDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2010
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: MONDAY, 30 AUGUST 2010 (INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NO 25 - 2010)
Mr S B Farrow (DA) asked the Minister of Transport:
Whether (a) his department or (b) any of its entities has signed any contractual agreements with a certain company (name furnished) or any of its affiliates (i) in the (aa) 2006-07, (bb) 2007-08, (cc) 2008-09 and (dd) 2009-10 financial years and (ii) during the period 1 April 2010 up to the latest specified date for which information is available; if so, (aaa) what is the nature of each contract, (bbb) what is the monetary value of each contract, (ccc) what is the (aaaa) start and (bbbb) end date of each contract, (ddd) what are the details of the process that was followed for the signing of each contract, (eee) who else tendered for each contract that was awarded and (fff) what amount did each tenderer quote in each case? NW2989E
REPLY:
The Minister of Transport:
(a) The Department of Transport did not sign any contractual agreements with General Nyanda Security Services (GNS).
(b) None of the transport entities, except for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA), have signed any contractual agreements with General Nyanda Security Services (GNS). See below for PRASA's responses:
(i)(aa) & (bb)
Not applicable.
(cc) and (dd) (ii)
The said company was contracted in the 2008-09 financial year (October 2008) for a period of two years ending in October 2010.
(aaa)
The services contracted are the provision of security services in respect of security audits, security risk and threat assessments, development of a security strategy, training of security personnel, provision of operational plans and related advice on strengthening the security service provision in the wider operational environment.
(bbb)
The entire contract value is R 28, 495, 166.40 (inclusive of VAT).
(ccc) (aaaa) & (bbbb)
The start date was October 2008 until October 2010.
(ddd)
The process followed for the signing of the contract involved adherence to the provisions of the Supply Chain Management Policy. The contract was awarded using the confinement procedure as provided in the said policy - the work was confined as per policy to one contractor.
(eee) & (fff)
No other suppliers provided quotations.
Issued by Parliament, October 13 2010
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