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04 November 2019 - NW898

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Mashabela, Ms N to ask the Minister of Basic Education

What (a) is the total number of contracts that have been issued for scholar transport in Limpopo, (b) is the total cost of the contracts and (c) are the details of the procedure that was followed in granting the contracts?

Reply:

a) Information received from the Limpopo Department of Education indicates that 107 contracts have been issued for scholar transport in Limpopo.

b) The financial implications for three years are as follows:

2019/20 Financial Year

2020/21 Financial Year

2021/22 Financial Year

307,245 m

324,143

341,970

c) The bid was evaluated on functionality, price and BBBEE Status. The Functionality evaluation was based on the following criteria and values illustrated below:

NO

CRITERIA

ALLOCATED POINTS

Total Weight of criterion

1

Capacity to deliver the service on tendered route :

Busses available registered in the name of a bidding company

20

20

2.

Back-up per route

Bidders are expected to show proof of backup vehicles in case of unavailabity of the contracted vehicles (Proof of backup in name of a bidding company or lease agreement in case the bidder does not have additional fleet)

  

15
 
  • Proof of vehicle ownership reserved for backup plan in the name of the bidding company. (Proof of ownership must be attached.) OR

15

  
 
  • In case the bidding company does not have substitute vehicle, a written agreement between service provider and third party which will only be utilised during unforeseen circumstances like breakdowns. This agreement will only be used for a maximum period of 30 days. The third party and his/her fleet must have a depot in Limpopo.

NB: Proof of ownership of busses for the third party must be attached.

5

  

3.

Proof of address for bus depot and business address documents issued by local municipality or traditional Authority.

  

15
 
  • Locality in a district were the depo is located within Limpopo Province

15

  
 
  • Locality Outside the district municipality but within Limpopo Province

10

  
 
  • Outside Limpopo province

5

  

4.

4.1.

4.2

Risk Management

  1. Describe possible risk that may arise when transporting learners.

 

  

20
 
  • Five and more Risks

10

  
 
  • Four risks

8

  
 
  • Three x risks

6

  
 
  • Two x risks

4

  
 
  • One x risk

2

  
 
  1. Explain the mitigation factors
    
 
  • Five and more mitigations

10

  
 
  • Four x mitigations

8

  
 
  • Three x mitigations

6

  
 
  • Two x mitigations

4

  
 
  • One x mitigation

2

  

5.

Operational plan

A detail operational plan that will be used to ensure that learners are always on time at school

  

25
 

5.1  Adherence to time schedule/s

5

  
 

5.2 Day to day operations

5.2.1 Daily Vehicle Maintenance

5.2.2 Inspection and services

5.2.3 Bus safety features (physical and electronic)

5.2.4 Safer driving techniques

3

3

2

2

  
 
  • Learner supervision in a bus, on pick up as well as drop off points

5

  
 
  • Standard operation procedure in an event of accident

5

  

6.

Proven track record on learner transport

 

5
 
  • 1-5 years’ experience with contactable reference

3

  
 
  • 6-10 years or more with contactable reference

5

  

TOTAL 100 

 

NB: Bidders that score less than 70 points out of 100 in respect of functionality will be regarded as non-responsive and will not be considered for further evaluation on Price and BBB-EE stages. Points scored for functionality will not be taken into consideration for price and BBB-EE evaluation

8.2. Price and BBBEE

PHASE 2

NO

CRITERIA

POINTS

1

Price

90

2

BBB-EE

10

Total

100

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