Question NW1250 to the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
06 August 2020 - NW1250
Hicklin, Ms MB to ask the Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure
(1) What (a) procurement procedures were employed by her department in the identification and selection of the private facilities later referred to the Department of Health to be used for the repatriation of South African citizens and (b) number of these identifications and selections were done through unsolicited bids; (2) whether her department considered the applications that numerous private facilities in Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal made to her department to have their facilities nominated for evaluation by the Department of Health to be used as quarantine sites; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure:
(1)(a) The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has informed me that all private facilities that the Department procured from the private sector were sourced from the Department of Tourism database and some individually submitted or offered their facilities to DPWI for use as quarantine facilities. Sites were then included into a Master Database pending inspection by the Department of Health. Only when DOH inspected and approved a site, is it then listed as compliant on the Master Database. Quotations were then invited from NDOH compliant sites and Letters of Activation (LOA’s) issued based on location, room availability according to the number of Persons Under Investigation (PUI’s) arriving and price. Rates offered were also verified against the FEDHASA rates as agreed with the National Treasury.
(b) Offers were received from the private sector availing their facilities for quarantine. The offered sites were included them into the Master Database as “potential” quarantine sites pending inspection by the Department of Health. Annexure A is a list of all sites contracted.
2. All offered facilities regardless of the province are incorporated into the national database. The Department of Health is provided with the latest updated version of the national database to ensure that the assessment and evaluation of facilities takes place. The latest version of the national database contains the following proposed number of facilities (some of which are private facilities);
- Limpopo (415)
- Mpumalanga (476)
- KwaZulu Natal (474)
LIST OF QUARANTINE SITES CONTRACTED BY DPWI ANNEXURE A
|
Serial No |
Name of Institution/Facility Procured as Quarantine Site |
Agreed Rate/Tariff as per FEDHASA letter dated 21 April 2020 (VAT inclusive) |
Comments |
|
1 |
Musina Hotel and Conference Facility |
R1050-00 |
Site not activated by Department of Health. Thus no PUI’s allocated for quarantine to date. |
|
2 |
Tsogo Sun - Garden Court Eastgate |
R1207-50 |
|
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3 |
Tsogo Sun - Garden Court Newlands Cape Town |
R1380-00 |
|
|
4 |
Tsogo Sun - Stay Easy Eastgate |
R1092-50 |
|
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5 |
Tsogo Sun Stay Easy EmnotweniMpumulanga |
R1092-50 |
|
|
6 |
Tsogo Sun Southern Sun Bloemfontein – Free State |
R1380-00 |
|
|
7 |
Tsogo Sun Garden Court Nelson Mandela Boulevard |
R1207-50 |
|
|
8 |
Centurion Lake Hotel |
R1050-00 |
|
|
9 |
City Lodge Grand West Cape Town |
R1050-00 |
|
|
10 |
City Lodge V & A Cape Town Lodge |
R1050-00 |
|
|
11 |
City Lodge Durban Hotel |
R1207-50 |
|
|
12 |
City Lodge Umhlanga Ridge Durban |
R1205-50 |
|
|
13 |
Capital on Park |
R1138-50 |
|
|
14 |
Capital Melrose |
R1138-50 |
|
|
15 |
Capital Bath |
R1138-50 |
|
|
16 |
Capital Ivy Villa Hotel |
R1138-50 |
|
|
17 |
Capital on Empire |
R1138-50 |
|
|
18 |
Capital Menlyn Maine |
R1138-50 |
Discontinued use. Multi-tenant facility |
|
19 |
Mercure Hotels South Africa –Midrand |
R1092-50 |
|
|
20 |
Mercure Hotels South Africa – Bedfordview |
R1207-50 |
|
|
21 |
Mercure Premier Hotel Nelspruit |
R1208-00 |
|
|
22 |
Peermont Emperors Palace Metcourt Hotel |
R1200-00 |
Advised that they no longer wish to be used due to staff becoming infected |
|
23 |
Peermont Emperors Palace Mondior Hotel |
R1380-00 |
Advised that they no longer wish to be used due to staff becoming infected |
|
24 |
Indaba Hotel and Spa - JHB |
R1207-50 |
|
|
25 |
Mannah Guest House - JHB |
R1120-00 |
|
|
26 |
Protea Hotel Balalaika - JHB |
R1200-00 |
|
|
27 |
Protea Hotel Durbanville - CPT |
R950-00 |
|
|
28 |
Radisson Blu - Gautrain |
R1000-00 |
Discontinued use. Multi-tenant facility |
|
29 |
Radisson Blu Park Inn Newlands – Cape Town |
R1200-00 |
|
|
30 |
Radisson Red V & A Waterfront |
R1350-00 |
|
|
31 |
Park Inn Radisson Foreshore |
R1233-00 |
|
|
32 |
Birchwood Hotel – Kempton park |
R1150-00 |
|
|
33 |
Centurion Legacy Hotel |
R1130-00 |
|
|
34 |
Signature Lux Hotel Foreshore - CPT |
R790-00 |
|
|
35 |
New Tulbagh Hotel |
R950-00 |
|
|
36 |
First Million Development CC T/A Black Mountain Hotel |
R1150-00 |
|
|
37 |
First Million Development CC T/A Windmill Casino Hotel |
R1050-00 |
|
|
38 |
President Hotel - Bloemfontein |
R1150-00 |
|
|
39 |
President Hotel - Cape Town |
R1035-00 |
|
|
40 |
Farm House – Free State |
R850-00 |
|
|
41 |
Tuscany Guest Lodge – Free State |
R850-00 |
|
|
42 |
Monte Bello Estate – Free State |
R1150-00 |
|
|
43 |
Badplaas Forever Resorts - Mpumulanga |
R1207-50 |
|
|
44 |
Kings Tide Boutique Hotel – Port Elizabeth |
R1050-00 |
|
|
45 |
Coastlands West Street Hotel - DBN |
R1000-00 |
|
|
46 |
Coastlands Umhlanga Hotel - DBN |
R1000-00 |
|
|
47 |
aHa Bloemfontein Hotel |
R1200-00 |
|
|
48 |
aHaKopanong Hotel |
R1200-00 |
|
|
49 |
Saint Georges Hotel |
R1150-00 |
|
|
50 |
Ehrlick Park Lodge |
R1000-00 |
|
|
51 |
MetsiMatso Lodge |
R1050-00 |
|
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52 |
Bon Hotel Bloemfontein |
R1000-00 |
|
|
53 |
Holiday Inn Cape Town |
R1350-00 |
|
|
54 |
Relekane Guest House |
R1000-00 |