Question NW1147 to the Minister of Employment and Labour
26 June 2020 - NW1147
Denner, Ms H to ask the Minister of Employment and Labour
(1)Whether his department purchased any goods and/or services below the amount of R500 000 connected to the Covid-19 pandemic; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (a) is the name of each company from which the specified goods and/or services were purchased, (b) is the amount of each transaction and (c) was the service and/or product that each company rendered; (2) whether there was any deviation from the standard supply chain management procedures in the specified transactions; if so, (a) why and (b) what are the relevant details in each case; (3) what were the reasons that the goods and/or services were purchased from the specified companies; (4) whether he will make a statement on the matter?
Reply:
1. Goods and services purchased with a value below R500 000.
(a) Names of Suppliers (b) Amounts awarded (c) Product supplied
(a) Names of Suppliers |
(b) Amounts awarded |
(c) Product supplied |
HEAD OFFICE |
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DA Elite SV |
R 3850.00 |
Waterless hand sanitizer |
Sivesethu Waste Management and Projects |
R 107 500.00 |
Waterless hand sanitizer |
Quantum Life Projects |
R 175 000.00 |
Waterless hand sanitizer |
Yalt General Trading |
R 15 050.00 |
Latex gloves |
Zans African Medical |
R 255 178.56 |
PPE Medical kits and N95 masks |
Kravisize Technologies |
R 107 500.00 |
Face shields |
Mpilonde Technologies |
R 171 913.50 |
Protective body suits/medical gowns for inspectors |
(2). All procurement stated above were done through the emergency procurement procedures as communicated by National Treasury, to avert the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and as such were reported to the National Treasury.
(a) Inspectors, essential and frontline staff dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic had to be geared and protected through the necessary PPE.
(b) Due to shortness of PPE stock at the beginning of the lockdown, all procurement had to happen quickly to ensure the spread of the virus is averted, hence the use of the emergency procedures. In most of the cases more than one quotation was sourced, but this was also mandated by National Treasury Instruction notes to assist Departments with this process.
(3) Although availability of stock was one of the deciding factors, all suppliers were sourced through the CSD and the prices were equal or lower than that on the list of suppliers provided by National Treasury.
(4) At the moment no.