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<br><br><br> Quality vs Price<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> South Africa does not have sufficient capacity of consulting engineers, but the distortion brought about<br> by the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, which uses criteria other than quality in securing<br> goods and services, and erroneously for procuring this specialised professional service of consulting<br> engineering, in this similar manner has blinded the true picture for South Africa.<br><br> “Consulting engineers who are experts in their respective disciplines have to compete for work based on<br> price in a country that truly has a chronic shortage of engineers especially consulting engineers to assist<br> in the accelerated planning and design of infrastructure projects so that six million jobs can be unlocked in<br> the next five years as the electioneering manifesto of the ruling ANC Government goes,” says CESA CEO<br> Lefadi Makibinyane.<br><br> He states that it is imperative that the Government of South Africa realises and acknowledges the fact<br> that our country unlike many other developed countries of the world does not have the internal capacity<br> to plan and design for infrastructure projects and as a result the capability of the State in all three tiers<br> of government is severely curtailed in eliminating the backlog and building new infrastructure projects to<br> accelerate service delivery.<br><br><br> “To unlock the participation of private sector in the economy, one will have to start by appropriate planning<br> and design of both social and economic infrastructure. Realizing that you do not have this internal capacity<br> to perform this function as it is the case in South Africa, CESA which commands about 500 member firms<br> avails itself to assist Government,” states Makibinyane.<br><br><br><br><br><br> CESA calls for Investigation of the<br><br> Abuse of Section 32<br><br><br><br><br><br><br> Following complaints from member firms, CESA has noted with concern the blatant abuse of Section 32 of<br> the Municipal Finance Management Act and therefore calls on the Auditor General, National Treasury and<br> the Public Protector to investigate the deviations.<br><br> Section 32 deals with procurement of goods and service under contracts secured by other organs of<br> State. “Under no circumstances does the Section state that contracts secured by other organs of State are<br> transferrable, which may lead to the illegal by-passing of internal supply chain management processes<br> such as calling for tenders,” proclaims CESA CEO Lefadi Makibinyane.<br><br> He avers that CESA views this practice as irregular and says it may well lead to corruption and is to the<br> detriment of CESA members and the public at large. Makibinyane adds that what is happening is that<br> municipalities use this clause to illegally extend existing contracts that are coming to an end. “They use it<br> to avoid going out to tender for new projects, leaving it open to abuse as these contracts may be given to<br> their cronies or family members.”<br><br> He believes that as it provides a loophole for corruption this clause needs to be tightened up but in light<br> of the existence of Section 36, which provides for deviations from and ratification of minor breaches of<br> procurement processes, Section 32 is actually unnecessary.<br><br><br><br><br> 10<br>
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