Question NW765 to the Minister of Public Works
11 April 2019 - NW765
Mathys, Ms L to ask the Minister of Public Works
What total number of (a) tenders that were advertised by (i) his department and (ii) entities reporting to him in each (i) month and (ii) province in the past 10 years required tender briefings and (b) the briefings were compulsory in each year since 2010 up into 2018?
Reply:
In respect of the Department of Public Works:
The scope and magnitude of the information requires the Department to engage with all Regional Offices to download the data of advertised tenders for the requested period. Therefore, the requested information cannot be provided at this stage due to the short-time frame within which this reply must be tabled in Parliament.
In respect of Entities reporting to the Department of Public Works:
Agrément South Africa (ASA)
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YEAR |
NUMBER OF TENDERS ADVERTISED |
NUMBER OF BRIEFING SESSION |
(b) COMPULSORY (YES/NO) |
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2015-2017 |
ASA has advertised five tenders since 01/04/2017 (since the inception of the Agrément South Africa Act, 2015 (Act No. 11 of 2015) |
Five Briefing Sessions |
All five required compulsory tender briefings. |
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2018 |
Two were advertised in March 2018 and cancelled in July 2018. The one tender was subsequently re-advertised in November 2018 and was awarded in February 2019. |
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2019 |
One was advertised in March 2019, and the closing date was 29 March 2019. |
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TOTAL |
5 |
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Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
a) One tender was advertised.
|
YEAR |
NUMBER OF TENDERS ADVERTISED |
NUMBER OF BRIEFING SESSION |
(b) COMPULSORY (YES/NO) |
|
2017 |
1 |
1 |
Yes, 21 February 2017 |
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
- 57 tenders were advertised
|
ii) YEAR |
NUMBER OF TENDERS ADVERTISED |
NUMBER OF BRIEFING SESSION |
(b) COMPULSORY (YES/NO) |
|
2010 |
3 |
0 |
N/A |
|
2011 |
4 |
0 |
N/A |
|
2012 |
2 |
1 |
YES |
|
2013 |
5 |
2 |
YES |
|
2014 |
3 |
1 |
YES |
|
2015 |
12 |
1 |
YES |
|
2016 |
7 |
0 |
N/A |
|
2017 |
11 |
1 |
YES |
|
2018 |
10 |
1 |
YES |
|
TOTAL |
57 |
7 |
|
Independent Development Trust (IDT)
The requested data is not readily available at this point in time due to the high volumes of data that must be sifted through and the short time-frame within which this reply must be tabled in Parliament.