Question NW640 to the Minister of Finance
14 October 2019 - NW640
Langa, Mr TM to ask the Minister of Finance
Whether the National Treasury and/or any entities reporting to him contracted the services of certain companies (details furnished) or any of their affiliated companies; if so, (a) what services did each company render, (b) what was the total monetary value of each contract, (c) what amount was paid to each company, (d) what was the duration of each contract, (e) who signed off on each contract and (f) was each contract in line with the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and relevant departmental regulations?
Reply:
NATIONAL TREASURY
No
(a) - (f) N/A
ASB
The Accounting Standards Board has not entered into any transactions with of these certain companies or any of their affiliated companies
CBDA
The Co-operative Banks Development Agency (CBDA) did not utelise the services of these certain companies.
DBSA
NO- none appear on the SAP System
(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f) N/A
FAIS OMBUD
No contracts were entered into with any of the entities listed in the question.
FIC
The FIC did not contract any services from of these certain companies.
(a) Not applicable
(b) Not applicable
(c) Not applicable
(d) Not applicable
(e) Not applicable
(f) Not applicable
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FSCA
The Financial Sector Conduct Authority (and the former Financial Services Board) has never contracted of these certain companies.
GEPF
Government Employees Pension Fund did not contract with the any of of these certain companies.
GPAA
The GPAA have none of the of these certain companies listed on our databases.
IRBA
The IRBA hereby declares that we have not contracted any of of these certain companies.
LAND BANK
Land Bank has never contracted the services of Forensic Data Analysts, Muvoni Technology Group, Muvoni Investment Holdings or Ideco.
Land Bank has contracted the services of companies affiliated to Muvoni Technology group that are part of the same holding company which is under the umbrella of the EOH Group of companies.
These services are as follows:
- Bankserv
(a) Licensing for documentation management system
(b) User based license fee
(c) R5 303 326.92 (Excluding VAT) – Last payment made on 30 June 2019
(d) Renewable yearly
(e) Executive Manager: Legal Services & Executive Manager: Corporate Banking
(d) Yes
2. EOH Recruitment Solutions
(a) Recruitment Services
(b) Placement fee based on remuneration package.
(c) R151 200.00 (Excluding VAT) – Last payment made on 9 December 2015
(d) 3 years
(e) Executive Manager: HR & General Manager: HR
(f) Yes
3. Managed Integrity Services
(a) Background screening
(b) Service based fee depending on checks required.
(c) R366 237.27 (Excluding VAT) – Last payment made on 25 July 2019
(d) 3 years
(e) Executive Manager: HR & CFO
(f) Yes
4. Xpert Decision Systems
(a) Due Diligence Searches
(b) Service based fee depending on checks required.
(c) R140.00 (Excluding VAT) – Last payment made on 30 September 2018
(d) 3 years
(e) Head of Internal Audit & CFO
(f) Yes
5. EOH Abantu
(a) Recruitment Service
(b) Placement fee based on remuneration package.
(c) No payments made
(d) 3 years
(e) Executive Manager: HR & General Manager: HR
(f) Yes
Note: The Bank is in the process of determining whether to continue business with the EOH group of companies.
PFA
The Office of the Pension Funds Adjudicator did not contract t of these certain companies.
PIC
The PIC did not contract any of these certain companies. The rest of the question falls away.
SARS
The South African Revenue Service contracted service from one of the certain companies mentioned.
- The service rendered relates to biometric services and biometric equipment for vetting purposes.
The total monetary value, amount paid, and duration of each contract are as follow:
|
Contract Number |
|
|
|
|
4500116455 |
R 226 064.20 |
R 4 560.00 |
once-off |
|
4500141177 |
R 180 000.00 |
R 178 940.10 |
once-off |
|
4500147238 |
R 62 221.20 |
R 61 081.20 |
once-off |
|
4500148827 |
R 11 400.00 |
R 11 400.00 |
once-off |
|
4600001513 |
R 500 000.00 |
R 61 081.20 |
2 years |
|
4600001513 |
R 437 574.25 |
||
|
4600002084 |
R 502 345.56 |
R 315 854.10 |
1 year |
|
4400000285 |
R 19 710.60 |
||
|
4400000285 |
R 114 846.61 |
||
|
4400003006 |
R 498 807.00 |
R 484 739.15 |
3 years |
|
4400003548 |
R 497 070.36 |
R 4 564.35 |
3 years |
|
R 2 477 908.32 |
R 1 694 351.56 |
- These contracts were approved by the assigned delegated person in line with the Delegation of Authority at the time. Approvals per contract was done as follow:
|
Contract Number |
Approval per DOA |
|
4500116455 |
Executive Procurement |
|
4500141177 |
Acting Executive Procurement |
|
4500147238 |
Executive Procurement |
|
4500148827 |
Executive Procurement |
|
4600001513 |
Executive Procurement |
|
4600001513 |
|
|
4600002084 |
Executive Procurement |
|
4400000285 |
|
|
4400000285 |
|
|
4400003006 |
Acting Group Executive: Procurement |
|
4400003548 |
National Bid Adjudication Committee Chairperson Tier 1 |
- Yes, each contract was concluded in line with the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, and relevant departmental regulations.
SASRIA
Sasria SOC Ltd has, for the financial years ending 31 March 2018 and 2019 respectively, not contracted of these certain companies.
Whilst we took care and exercised the necessary diligence in preparing the requested information, it is pertinent that we highlight the fact that we completely relied on the stated service providers’ company names as stated above. Therefore, in cases where the service provider’s registered name differs with the trading name, there exists a slight possibility that the service provider may have not been picked up, depending on what may have been recorded on our database at transaction stage.
TAX OMBUD
the Office of the Tax Ombud (OTO) has not of these certain companies.