Question NW1387 to the Minister of Social Development
19 August 2020 - NW1387
van der Merwe, Ms LL to ask the Minister of Social Development
With reference to her reply to question 703 on 22 June 2020 regarding the value of the contracts awarded to service providers for the delivery and distribution of food parcels, what is the detailed breakdown of the products and services received according to each specified contract in each province?
Reply:
The content of the food parcels issued by SASSA in each province was standardised. The content of the food parcels is as follows:
|
Food item |
Brand Name |
Weight |
Quantity |
|
Maize Meal |
Ace, white Star, Iwisa, Impala, Pitsana or equivalent in nutritional value. |
12,5kg |
1 |
|
Nutritional Supplement |
Movite Porridge or approved substitute with equivalent in nutritional value. |
1 kg |
2 |
|
Cooking Oil |
Sunflower cooking oil or equivalent in nutritional value. |
750 ml |
2 |
|
Pilchards |
Glendryck, Saldhana, Lucky Star or equivalent in nutritional value. |
400 g tins |
6 |
|
Soya Mince |
Imana, Knorrox, Top Class, Vitamince, Mealtime, Trojan or equivalent in nutritional value. |
1 kg |
3 |
|
Sugar |
Huletts, Illovo, Selati or equivalent in nutritional value. |
2,5 kg |
1 |
|
Sugar Beans |
Econo, Imbo, Plaza, Olympic or equivalent in nutritional value. |
2 kg |
1 |
|
Bread Flour |
Golden Cloud, Sasko, Snowflake or equivalent in nutritional value. |
2,5 kg |
1 |
|
Tea Bags |
Five Roses, Glen, Teaspoon Tips, Joko, Trinco, Rooibos or equivalent in nutritional value. |
100 tea bags |
2 |
|
Yeast |
NCP, Anchor, Super bake or equivalent in nutritional value. |
10 g |
2 |
|
Peanut Butter |
Skippy, Black Cat, Yum Yum or equivalent nutritional value. |
800g |
1 |
|
Milk |
Full cream powder milk (must be “Real Diary” OR Full cream long life milk (1 box of 6 L). |
1 kg 1 Box |
1 6 L |
|
Toothpaste |
All brands acceptable (consider price). |
100 g |
2 |
|
Washing Soap(VI) |
Sunlight Bar Soap or equivalent. |
500g |
2 |
|
Sanitary towels |
All brands (consider price) 8 towels per pack. |
Pack of 8 |
3 |
The services rendered by the contracted suppliers was to deliver food parcels on receipt of an order from SASSA.
The attached Annexure confirms the amount paid to each service provider for the provision of food parcels in the period of April and May. Payments made in June are not yet available, as the BAS system is not yet closed for the month of June.