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<br><br><br><br><br> in the past, as it has been extremely difficult to for an additional R11 million spread over five years<br> arrange liaison meetings with these departments. (commencing October 2014).<br> However the Programme Manager responsible for<br> The Committee has overseen the important role<br> cidb Procurement & Compliance has returned from<br> played by CESA in the ‘alignment of the Construction<br> her secondment to the NDPW and coupled by the<br> Charter’ with the new BBBEE Generic Code alluded<br> recent appointment of the CESA CEO to the Board<br> to earlier. A morning briefing of members by an expert<br> of the cidb, it is hoped matters will proceed smoothly<br> in the field of BBBEE Codes was held as well as two<br> again, with meetings taking place as scheduled and<br> follow-up workshops with ten representatives from<br> consideration given to the following matters requiring<br> member firms, resulting in a CESA Position Paper for<br> urgent cidb intervention:<br> the construction charter alignment process. The CESA<br> Amended cidb Professional Services Contract representatives actively participated in the formal<br> (PSC) alignment process for the Established Grouping,<br> managed by the Construction Sector Charter Council<br> Approval of the GCC 2014 as well as the JBCC<br> (CSCC). The outcome of the alignment process will<br> 2014 suite of contract documentation, for inclusion<br> only be known towards the end of 2014 or early in<br> in the cidb Standard for Uniformity (SFU).<br> 2015.<br> Approval of the CESA Model Professional Services<br> Members of the Committee participated again in<br> Agreement (2014), Short Form of Agreement<br> drafting and workshopping the ECSA 2015 Guideline<br> (2011) and Sub consultancy Agreement (2014)<br> Fees as required by the Engineering Professions<br> for inclusion in the cidb SFU<br> Act (EPA) and Council for the Built Environment.<br> With regard to the 2014 ECSA Fee Guideline the<br> Proposed cidb-BEP MoU<br> Committee oversaw the requests by the Structural<br> Reinstatement of cidb Method IV – where Quality Engineers as well as the Mechanical & Electrical<br> is included in the procurement points scoring Engineers for a revision of their fee structures. As<br> system usual CESA with the assistance of the Committee<br> and knowledgeable members dealt with numerous<br> Resurrection of the Procurement Integrity Pact<br> fee queries on behalf of ECSA.<br> Delayed Payment by Public Sector Clients<br> A major development within the sector was the<br> Work on CESA’s anti-corruption stance continued approval after many years of controversy and delay, of<br> under the auspices of the Committee. A good working the Identification of Engineering Work (IDoEW) by the<br> relationship was established with Corruption Watch Council for the Built Environment (CBE). This enabled<br> (CW), to which most complaints regarding corruption the ECSA application to the Competitions Commission<br> encountered by member firms were referred. CW for exemption of the IDoEW from the requirements of<br> is well resourced to deal with these complaints the Competitions Act. In this regard, ECSA had also<br> and is better able to deal with them than CESA. In previously made application to the exemption of the<br> the same vein, CESA is a member of, and actively ECSA Fee Guidelines from the requirements of the<br> participates in the National Business Initiative (NBI) Competitions Act. The Competitions Commission<br> anti-corruption task team, which is managed by NBI then polled the engineering professionals with the<br> on behalf of BUSA and is funded through the United assistance of ECSA and CESA for their views on<br> Nations Global Compact. these two applications. There has been no indication<br> as to when a ruling can be expected.<br> Through its previous involvement with a major<br> An unexpected proposal was promulgated by<br> forensic auditing firm and its current dealings with<br> the Department of Public Works during the year,<br> Corruption Watch and NBI, CESA has with the<br> advocating that the CBE be disbanded and its<br> approval of the Committee and the Board, redirected<br> functions assumed by the Department. Although<br> the adversarial focus of the CESA War Chest to that<br> some of the stakeholders supported the proposal,<br> of a Litigation Fund where the funds are used to<br> CESA voiced strong objection both in writing and<br> prevent unfair procurement practices that negatively<br> at a public meeting, leading to the withdrawal of the<br> affect the consulting engineering sector. The cost CESA Annual Review 2013 / 2014<br> proposal by the Department as well as an undertaking<br> of obtaining interdicts and other legal challenges in<br> to reconsider the matter.<br> the case of suspected corruption is too expensive<br> and beyond the means of CESA. This view has<br> After the dti’s rejection of CESA’s initial application<br> been supported by the rejection of CESA’s funding<br> for the services of the BEPG to be “Designated as<br> application submitted to the Siemens Integrity Fund<br> Local” in terms of Section 9 of the PPPFA, a revised<br> 17<br>
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