1. (a) Azande Consulting CC
(b) The service contract was signed on 22 July 2016
(c) R392 725 988
(d) The contract will run for three (3) years with effect from 1 July 2016
(e) The tender received 23 bid proposals
(f) The highest bid received was R4 304 354 475.00
The lowest bid received was R 20 734 680.60. However, this bidder did not meet the minimum required score for the functionality score and was therefore not considered.
(g) The Service Provider must develop a detailed implementation plan for the project and:
2. Yes, the Service Level Agreement was signed after extensive consultation with different parties.
3. The Service Provider must conduct door-to-door surveys in all the identified wards and use following methods such as:
The benefits of this programme should not be under-estimated. In addition to taking services to communities, to ensure that all citizens who qualify for social grants actually are able to access services and receive the grants to which they are entitled, the project has also provided invaluable information on local communities through the profiling and door-to-door research. This enables the social development sector, and not only SASSA to provide services that are required. In addition, benefits of the programme are with the co-ordination of government services, in that other Departments are also included when ICROP services are brought to local communities. This includes services such as Home Affairs, for the provision of identity documents, social workers for services related to foster child grants and other social ills, South African Police Services for the commissioning of affidavits; Department of Health for medical assessments for social grant applications and other NGO’s active in the community being served, to ensure that their services are made known to community members.
Other benefits include the creation of job opportunities for unemployed youth from the areas being served and the transfer of skills, which will assist these young people to compete for employment after the conclusion of this contract.
4. The above details provide an overview of the specified actions required in terms of this contract. Additional detail which may be provided to the Honourable Member on request includes the list of wards already provided with ICROP services; details of the achievements realized during these engagements; as well as confirmation of the youth workers contracted.