Question NW3064 to the Minister of Human Settlements
08 November 2022 - NW3064
Msane, Ms TP to ask the Minister of Human Settlements
(a) What is a total number of service providers that have been blacklisted for shoddy workmanship on Reconstruction and Development Programme houses in the past 10 years, (b) who are the directors of the companies that have been blacklisted and (c) what vetting process are in place to assess service providers who want to engage in work with the Government?
Reply:
The National Department is currently in the process of profiling service providers that have been blacklisted by the National Treasury and contractors who may be involved in illegal activities or defaulted in contracts in the conducting of business with all spheres of government.
a) There are no contractors that have been requested by the National Department of Human Settlements to be blacklisted.
b) Not applicable based on (a) above.
c) The process of vetting of service providers in the Department and Provincial Departments of Human Settlements must include the following aspects;
- Ensure all contractors are registered in the Central Supplier Database
- Ensure all contractors are tax compliant
- Ensure that contractors have a valid CIDB status
- Ensure that contractors have disclosed all interests in line with appropriate SBD forms
- Ensure that contractors are not previously blacklisted from doing business with the state
- Submission of relevant BBB-EE score cards to ensure calculation of points as per the relevant supply chain management prescripts
- In the case of construction of a house, the service provider has a National Home Builders Regulatory Council (NHBRC) certificate as proof of enrolment before any commencement of construction.
- All applicable and relevant processes and procedures as per SCM prescripts are followed, adhered and complied with.