Question NW1114 to the Minister of Tourism
14 May 2018 - NW1114
Rawula, Mr T to ask the Minister of Tourism
What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) his department and (ii) the entities reporting to him and (b)(i) is the name of each consultant, (ii) are the relevant details of the service provided in each case and (iii) is the (aa) start date, (bb) time period, (cc) monetary value in Rands of each contract and (dd) name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract?
Reply:
a) What is the total number of consulting firms or companies that are currently contracted by
|
No of consulting firms or companies |
|
|
(i) Department of Tourism |
2 |
|
(ii) South African Tourism |
9 |
(b) Details of the consulting firms or companies for Department of Tourism
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(i)Name of each consultant |
(ii) Details of service provided |
(iii)(aa) Start date of contract |
(iii)(bb) Time period |
(iii)(cc) Monetary value(Rands) |
(iii)(dd) Name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract |
|
Mott MacDonald Africa (Pty) Ltd |
Technical advisory services on solar photovoltaic projects in terms of preparing technical specifications, evaluation of technical proposals, monitoring project implementation and sign-off of implementation milestones. |
28 September 2015 |
Until 31 May 2018 |
R6 750 140.78 |
For the Department of Tourism: Mr Victor Tharage, Director-General For Mott MacDonald Africa (Pty) Ltd) (originally contracted as Phambili Merz (Pty) Ltd): Mr Denis Jason Rowan |
|
The Government Technical Advisory Centre (GTAC) |
Provision of technical and advisory services to assist with the review of the Social Responsibility Implementation Programme (SRI) projects and the processes to complete these projects as well as updating the SRI processes and guideline documents. |
01 October 2016 |
Until October 2018 |
R14 451 280.00 |
Mr Victor Tharage Director General of the Department of Tourism Mr Andrew Donaldson Acting Head, GTAC |
(b)Details of the consulting firms or companies for SA Tourism
|
(i)Name of each consultant |
(ii) Details of service provided |
(iii)(aa) Start date of contract |
(iii)(bb) Time period |
(iii)(cc) Monetary value(Rands) |
(iii)(dd) Name and position of each individual who signed off on each contract |
|
Hospitality Professionals South Africa Pty |
Grading Assessors Training |
31-May-17 |
31-May-18 |
R 376 200.00 |
Darryl Erasmus - Chief Quality Assurance Officer |
|
Grant Thornton |
Audit for Lilizela Awards |
19 June 2017 |
01 June 2018 |
R 228 000.00 |
Neil Nagooroo -GM Exhibition and Strategic Events |
|
Letsema Consulting |
Business planning facilitation |
05 March 2018 |
30 April 2018 |
R 493 374 .00 |
Bashni Muthanya - Chief Strategy Officer |
|
The Advertising Production Cost Consultancy Pty |
Cost Consultancy on advertising and production products |
01 March 2017 |
30 September 2018 |
R 100 320.00 |
Tom Bouwer - Chief Financial Officer |
|
Ernst & Young |
On-call Tax advisory for California business assessment |
01 February 2018 |
01 Feb-2019 |
USD 12 475.00 |
Bangu Masisi - Country Manager: North America |
|
Integreon Management Solutions Pty |
Compilation of 5 in 5 strategy document |
22 May 2017 |
31 August 2017 |
R551 200.00 |
Wavela Mthobeli - Head of Analytics |
|
Norton Rose |
Trademark infringement: Entrepreneur of the Year Award (ETEYA) |
Ongoing |
Ongoing |
R1 000 000.00 |
Marc Rabie- Head of Legal |
|
Bowmans |
Labour Related matter |
Ongoing |
Ongoing |
R1 550 000.00 |
Marc Rabie- Head of Legal |
|
Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr |
Labour Related Matter |
Ongoing |
Ongoing |
R4 500 000.00 |
Marc Rabie-Head of Legal |