Question NW1751 to the Minister of Tourism
31 May 2023 - NW1751
Matumba, Mr A to ask the Minister of Tourism
(a) How are the new Preferential Procurement Regulations different from the previous dispensation, (b) what issues have been flagged by the Internal Audit Committee on departmental performance thus far and (c) what engagements has her department had with the Office of the Auditor-General to minimise negative findings at the end of the financial year?
Reply:
(a) How are the new Preferential Procurement Regulations different from the previous dispensation?
I have been informed by the Department that the previous PPPFA regulations required the calculation of points to be based on the 80/20 principle for which 80 points were for price, 20 points for preferential points as prescribed by National Treasury.
The current PPPFA regulation calculation of points is still based on 80/20 principle however with the new regulations 80 points are still for price but 20 points will be the prerogative of the department to allocate points.
The department reviewed the SCM policy effective from 16 January 2023 to align with the new PPPFA.
The department amended the SCM policy based on the new PPPFA regulations that were issued in November 2022. The changes in the policy were done on the 80/20 principle for bids below R50m and 90/10 principle for bids above R50m respectively to align with the new regulations.
(b) What issues have been flagged by the Internal Audit Committee on departmental performance thus far?
The Q2 and Q3 performance reports were presented to the newly appointed Audit Committee on the 27 March 2023 and the matters that Internal Audit flagged related to:
- Payment of compliant invoices within 30 days.
- Impact of Technical Indicator Description related to the expenditure on women owned businesses which had intended transversal contracts.
- Impact of SCM processes and participants’ conduct on Service Delivery
- The links between changes at executive leadership level and performance on areas of work that require Executive Authority input e.g. Public Policy
(c) What engagements has her department had with the Office of the Auditor-General to minimise negative findings at the end of the financial year?
- Engagement to input in the audit implementation plan.
- Engagements on the audit strategy.
- Engagement on audit findings,
- Engagements on planning matters prior to the conclusion of Annual Performance Plan for 2023/24.