Question NW1103 to the Minister of Communications

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05 July 2018 - NW1103

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Ndlozi, Dr MQ to ask the Minister of Communications

What (a) number of consulting firms or companies are currently contracted by (i) her department and (ii) the entities reporting to her 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:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

a) (i) The Department of Communication is not contracted to consulting firms/ companies.

(ii) Yes, the details are as follows:

BRAND SA

Number of consulting firms/companies currently contracted = 20

b) (i) Name of the company

b) (ii) Service provided

(iii) (aa) Start Date

(iii) (bb) Time Period

(iii) (cc)

Contract Value

(iii) (dd) Name of official :signed off and Position

1. Sanlam

Employee Benefit (Pension Fund)

19-Feb-14

6 years

R2 134.00 (Monthly Administration Fees) and R 5 091.00 (Consulting Fees)

Mr Miller Matola CEO

2. Emergence Human Capital Solutions (Pty) Ltd

To develop employees competency profiling and training plans.

26-Oct-15

3 years

R487 000.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela

CEO

3. AccTech Systems (Pty) Ltd

Consulting services for Pastel System

21- Nov 16

2 years

R855.00 Per Hour Per Consultant

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

4. iThemba Governance and Statutory Solutions (Pty) Ltd

Performance appraisal for the Board of Trustees

15-Nov-16

2 years

R227 460.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

5. Global Continuity (Pty) Ltd

Work Area & IT Recovery (DR)

1-Apr-16

3 years

R465 804.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

6. Careways Wellness (Pty) Ltd

Employees Wellness and Health Programme

1-May-17

3 years

R132 357.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

7. VOX Telecom

Wi-Fi service

9-Sep-13

5 years

R 851 681.36

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

8. Deloitte Consulting

Anti-fraud hotline

1-Aug-15

3 years

R 74,246.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

9. Ipsos (Pty) Ltd

International Investor Perceptions Research Study

1-Dec-15

5 years

R 13 827 470.40

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

10. Techno Brain (Pty) Ltd

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

1-Apr-16

3 years

R14 048 161.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

11. Brand Fusion (Pty) Ltd

Panel of Brand Agencies providing marketing services

1-Jun-16

3 years

R5 092.00 p/h

(Hourly rate 2016, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

12. Ebony and Ivory Advertising, Marketing & Promotions (Pty) Ltd

Panel of Brand Agencies providing marketing services

1-Jun-16

3 years

R5 364.00 p/h

(Hourly rate 2016, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

13. FCB Africa (Pty) Ltd

Panel of Brand Agencies providing marketing services

1-Jun-16

3 years

R5 871.00 p/h

(Hourly rate 2016, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

14. The Odd Number Advertising and Marketing CC

Panel of Brand Agencies providing marketing services

1-Jun-16

3 years

R6 464.00 p/h

(Hourly rate 2016, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

15. Litha-Lethu Management Solutions

Skills audit

24-Oct-16

2 years

R 840 000.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

16. Lateral Unison Insurance Brokers

Short term insurance

16-Nov-16

5 years

R 603 401.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

17. Basemedia (Pty) Ltd

Media monitoring and/or analysis

1-May-17

5 years

R 8 211 840.35

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

18. African Response (Pty) Ltd and Markdata (Pty) Ltd (JV)

Domestic perceptions requirements study

4-May-17

5 years

R 13 626 715.00

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

19. Grant Thornton PS Advisory (Pty) Ltd

Internal audit

16-Aug-17

3 years

R 518.99

(Hourly rate 2017, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

20. FTI South Africa Consulting (Pty) Ltd

Reputation management

30-Aug-17

3 years

R 2 400.00 p/h

(Hourly rate 2017, with CPI year on year)

Dr. Kingsley Makhubela - CEO

FILM AND PUBLICATIONS BOARD (FPB)

The FPB has signed contracts with the following eight (8) service providers:

b.(i) Name of company

ii)Services provided

iii) aa). Start date

bb). Time period

cc). Contract value

dd). Name of official: signed off

Position

Tharolla Software

Enhancements to the FPB ERMS System

14-Feb-17

24 months

R450 560,00

Mr. Regardt Gouws

Acting CEO

Kwen N Tee

General repairs and maintenance

18-May-17

12 months

R116 445,00

Mr. Mmbere Dzebu

Acting CEO

XL Nexus

Travel management services

21-Feb-18

36 months

R199 101,00

Mr. Sandile Nene

Acting CEO

Tourvest Travel Services

Travel management services

02-Mar-18

36 months

R448 561,50

Mr. Sandile Nene

Acting CEO

Emazweni Design and Projects

Graphic design services

01-Nov-17

24 months

R362 160,00

Ms. Lillian Phahla

Acting CEO

ARMS

Internal audit services (Co-sourced model)

29-Sep-15

36 months

 R455 606

Mr. Themba Wakashe

CEO

Professor K Govender

Legal services

01-Feb-16

36 months

 The fee is determined according to the nature of the assignment. No assignments have been undertaken to date.

Mr. Themba Wakashe

CEO

Pygma Consulting

Scribe for classification guidelines project

28-Nov-18

12 months

R432 000,00

Ms. Lillian Phahla

Acting CEO

 

MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY AGENCY (MDDA)

Two (2) consulting firms are currently contracted by the MDDA.

b.(i) Name of company

ii)Services provided

iii) aa). Start date

bb). Time period

cc). Contract value

dd). Name of official: signed off

Position

Bowman Gilfillan

Forensic Investigations

07-Feb-18

21 days

R25 678.50

Mr. William Baloyi

Acting CEO

Mahobolo Group

Company Secretary and Legal services

12-Mar-18

3 months

R389 500.00

Mr. William Baloyi

Acting CEO

SOUTH AFRICAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION (SABC)

SABC pays for all the costs that are related to running the foundation. Once off adjustment is processed to transfer costs out of SABC to the foundation as it is separately accounted for.

b.(i) Name of company

ii)Services provided

iii) aa). Start date

bb). Time period

cc). Contract value

dd). Name of official: signed off

Position

Auditor General

Annual Audit

1 April 2017

-31 March 2018

R26million

Audit Committee

Chief Financial Officer

Special Investigating Unit

Forensic Services

September 2017

To date

R7 million.

Appointed by President

Reporting to Board.

             

SABC Foundation (Note 1)

Full bursary scheme and other CSI related activities on behalf of SABC.

1 April

2017

31 March 2018

R17 million

CEO

CEO

Imagine Communications

Software Licences

1 January 2017

31 December 2019

R1,56million

GE Commercial Enterprises

GE Commercial Enterprises

Various Legal Firms-Legal Panel

Legal Services

1 January 2015

31 December 2017

R25 million

Head of Legal Services

Head of Legal Services

ICAS Employee and Organisation

Employee Wellness services

1 May

8 June 2018

R6 million

Group Executive HR

Group Executive HR

Various Real Estate Suppliers

Real Estate Services

Various Dates

Various Dates

R3 million

Head of Logistical Services.

Head of Logistical Services.

Various Suppliers

Management of Canteen Services

Various Dates

Various Dates

R 3 million

Head of Logistical Services.

Head of Logistical Services.

             

INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY

ICASA is contracted to 61 consulting firms/companies:

Supplier

Description of Contract

Division

Approved By

Bid amount (incl. VAT)

Contract duration

Effective Date

ABSA Vehicle Management

ABSA Vehicle Management to assist ICASA with fleet management and vehicle tracking service

FACILITIES

CEO

R7 500 000.00

36 months

1/Jun/16

Acctech

Install, implement and integration of computer software

IT

CEO

R 3 436 959.16

48 months

29/Aug/14

Analytical Risk Management Proprietary Limited

(2 RM)

Security Services Head office

FACILITIES

CEO

R 5 192 197.76

36 months

1/Nov/15

BousaamTrust

Provision of office accommodation for Mpumalanga Region

FACILITIES

CEO

R 2 045 602.20

60 months

1/Mar/16

Business Performance Solution (Pty) Ltd

BPS software license

FINANCE

CEO

R 177 076.20

Annually

15/Feb/10

Bytes Document Solutions

Xerox printers

FACILITIES

CEO

R1 076 504.04

36 months

3/May/16

Bytes managed solutions

Cabling solutions

IT

Executive

R132 398.46

36 months

18/Nov/15

Careways Wellness

Employee wellness

HUMAN RESOURCES

CEO

R317 593.65

36 months

1/May/16

ESRI South Africa

GIS analysis software for wireless network

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

CEO

R1 864 219.20

36 months

1/Mar/16

Factaprops 185 (Pty) Ltd

lease agreement( Bloemfontein)

FACILITIES

CEO

R5 698 111.90

5 years

1/Nov/15

First Technology National

Minecast Unified Email Solution

IT

CEO

R1 620 359.52

5 Years

1/Feb/15

FlowCentrics LTD

Support on JDE

FINANCE

Executive

R 554 807.51

3 Month Notice

2/Apr/15

GEW Technologies

ASMS

LICENSING

CEO

R19 566 903.00

36 months

16/Mar/16

Global Continuity

Disaster recovery & BCP

IT

CEO

R 4 733 280.00

60 months

1/Apr/14

Intervate Solutions (Pty) Ltd

KOFAX/EDRMS LICENCES

FACILITIES

Executive

R 277 579.90

36 months

1/Jun/16

Lyngose

Postal Monitoring equipment

COMPLIANCE

CEO

R994 452.00

60 months

30/Oct/14

Milestones Izigaba (Pty) Ltd

Cleaning services Mpumalanga Office

FACILITIES

Executive

R 232 926.64

36 months

1/Mar/16

nVision

Provision of CRM support services

IT

Executive

R 492 480.00

24 months

1/Aug/16

Redefine properties

Lease agreement

FACILITIES

CEO

R 5 523 547.80

60 months

1/Oct/14

Reotic

PE office accomodation

FACILITIES

CEO

R 4 928 682.37

60 months

1/Dec/16

3G

Biddulphs

Sky net

Transportation of Cargo anf Furniture Relocation

FACILITIES

CEO

R 4 900 000.00

26 months

1/Nov/17

Sky net

Provision of courier services

FACILITIES

CEO

R 250 000.00

21 months

11/Dec/17

Courier IT

Provision of courier services

FACILITIES

CEO

R 100 000.00

21 months

11/Dec/17

The Document Warehouse

Offsite storage for physical records of ICASA.

FACILITIES

CEO

R 303 552.13

24 months

1/Nov/12

Tower Watson

Job evaluation system and subscription

HUMAN RESOURCES

Executive

R 11 000.00

36 months

1/Jul/15

VIP Softline

VIP Software Licence

IT

CEO

R 679 826.36

Renewed annually

27/Oct/09

Vodacom

ECNS (APN)

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

CEO

-

3 Month notice

12/Jun/12

Vodacom

S Gateway services for CRM.

IT

CEO

R 39 804.32

3 Month notice

28/Feb/14

Vox Telecom (Pty) Ltd

20 Mbps Data Link with Internet Access to ICASA

IT

CEO

R 987 999.24

36 months

21/Sep/15

Super Clean (Shanela cleaning services)

Cleaning services - Durban regional office

FACILITIES

Executive

R 342 519.84

36 months

1/Oct/16

Mzansi Fire

Security system -Durban Regional office

FACILITIES

Executive

R 403 605.61

60 months

27/Jul/16

Atlas Security

PE security system

FACILITIES

Executive

R 331 594.08

36 months

16/Oct/17

Sage VIP

Licence & Content update

IT

CEO

N/A

   

Vox Telecom (Pty) Ltd

MPLS

IT

CEO

R 7 325 166.90

60 months

1/Apr/17

MIE/KROLL

Verification of qualifications

HUMAN RESOURCES

CEO

pay as you use

Licence

19/Nov/07

EOH Mthombo

JDE support

FINANCE

CEO

R1 543 409.28

36 months

1/Apr/17

DKZEE

PE Cleaning services

FACILITIES

CEO

R360 039.54

36 months

1/Jul/17

datacentrics

SIEM

IT

CEO

R 2 092 464.55

24 Months

1/Jul/17

Mazars Aetha Africa analysis Consortium

Call termination

PRA

CEO

R 6 034 291.00

12 months

1/Jul/17

Delta Property Fund

Lease-Durban regional office

FACILITIES

CEO

R 4 465 583.95

60 months

1/Jun/16

Pureau Water co.

Water coolers

FACILITIES

Executive

R 324 470.45

24 months

1/Aug/17

Defensor

Alarm monitoring - Bloemfontein

FACILITIES

Executive

R9 932.00

24 months

1/Jul/17

Microsoft

Enterprise agreement

IT

CEO

R10 246 493.26

36 months

30/Jun/17

Red Alert

Cleaning services Bloemfontein

FACILITIES

CEO

R 292 288.52

36 months

1/Oct/17

TWSSA

Generator maintenance

FACILITIES

Executive

R 44 891.19

24 Months

2017/12/01

Kusile Hygiene Service

Cleaning Services CPT

FACILITIES

Executive

R 250 531.15

36 months

1/Nov/17

Whistle Blowers

Fraud Hotline

LEGAL, RISK & CCC

Executive

R129 378.60

36 months

13/Nov/17

Rentokil

Plant services

FACILITIES

Executive

R 28 974.24

36 months

2018/01/15

Travel with Flair

Travel Management

FINANCE

CEO

R402 938.68

36 months

2018/01/01

Cut to Black Media

Content design

CONSUMER AFFAIRS

CEO

R 931 400.00

12 months

15/Jan/18

Valozone 104

Limpopo office accomodation

FACILITIES

CEO

R 4 551 208.99

5 years

1/Mar/18

Radio Telecommunication

IMT

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

CEO

R 3 418 197.00

6 months

1/May/18

Meropa Communications

Eduaction Campaign

REGIONS

CEO

R8 670 817.98

12 months

14/Mar/18

MMM Advisory

IT Network Security Review

INTERNAL AUDIT

Executive

R 253 886.19

   

Sankofa Insurance Brokers

Insurance

FINANCE

CEO

R 851 442.00

36 months

2018/04/01

Staza Cleaning Services

   

CEO

     

ADT Security

Armed response

FACILITIES

Executive

R36 852.01

12 months

2017/12/16

Quintax

Limpopo office cleaning

FACILITIES

Executive

R 336 846.85

36 months

2018/03/01

Coral -Test

Autonomous Solution - test and benchmark QoS performance

ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

CEO

R 2 200 000.00

24 Months

 

ATIO

Spectrum maintenance

LICENSING

Executive

R 497 000.00

6 months

2018/03/01

SITA

SITA services

IT

CEO

R1 984 752.09

60 months

2018/04/01

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