Question NW2811 to the Minister of Police

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NW3331E

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(1)(a) The nature of the contract is the supply, printing and distribution of pńnted firearm licence and related cards.

(1)(b) The value of the contract, Wa9 R62 314 716,78. The contract was signed, on 10 November 2017 and expired, on 9 November 2020. It was extended, on 9

November 2020 to 9 May 2021 and further extended, until 9 November 2021.

Currently, there Is no valid contract in place. Approval was granted for the Government Printing Works (GPW) to continue printing firearm licence cards, on a once-off quotation basis, until 30 November 2021. An application, for an additional three month extension period, has been submitted and is awaiting approval. A contract will be in place, once the internal processes have been finalised.

(2) There have been no known contractual disputes between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the GPW, in the 2018/2020 financial year, which negatively affected the printing of licences. The GPW is printing firearm licence cards, on behalf of the SAPS.

(3)(a)(b)         The number of firearm licences, which were printed. in each month, since the 2019/2020 financial year, is reflected in the table below.

Month	2019/2020	2020/2021		2021/Z022 (1 April 2021 to 7 December 2021]
April	23 107	The GPW was closed, due to COVID-19. 29 170		7 468
May	12 723			24 124
June        July	13 030 14 334			35 830 8 852
August	17 616	12 652		26 962
September	11 959	11 557		13 340
October	13 557	8 826		20 246          6 403        ”
November	13 596	10 187        "
	8 369	15 579		29 196
January	13 382 _	_ 4 464
February
March	18 825	17 677
Total	171 393	132 230		172 421

 

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MINISTER F POLICE 
GENERALBHEKI CELE
SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE