NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1050
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 March 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 9)
Ms E More (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether any tenders have been awarded for an audit of (a)
infrastructure, (b) technical capacity and (c) baseline inspection of
competency; if so, in each case, (i) when was the tender awarded, (ii)
what is the value of the tender, (iii) to whom was the tender awarded
and (iv) what is the scope of the tender;
(2) when will the reports on the tenders be (a) finalised and (b) made
public?
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REPLY:
1) The tender was awarded based on service package, human resources,
information systems, infrastructure including media (health
technology) and non-medical equipment, pharmaceutical supplies,
communications systems, compliance with six priority areas e.g.
cleanliness of facilities, waiting times, etc) referral patterns.
i) The tender was awarded on the 01 February 2011;
ii) The value amount was R25Â 712 503.00;
iii) It was awarded to Health Systems Trust (HST) Consortium
comprising of HST, ARUP, MRC and HISP;
iv) The scope on this tender is to conduct a facilities audit for
the public sector facilities for the next twelve months.
2) (a) The final report on the tender will be available in May
2012, since the tender period is over a 12 month period;
(b) The report will be made public once the Minister has approved
its release.
END.