NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 3201
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 15 NOVEMBER 2013
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 37)
Mr D A Kganare (Cope) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) (a) How many vehicles were bought by (i) his department and (ii) its
institutions for the 2010 Fifa Soccer World Cup tournament and (b)
what (i) amount was spent on these vehicles, (ii) happened to these
vehicles and (iii) amount is spent to maintain them;
(2) whether he will make a statement on whether this was value for money?
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REPLY:
1) (a) (i) A total of 450 ambulances were bought for the country.
(ii) A total of 50 ambulances were purchased by each province
through their procurement process.
(b) (i) Each ambulance was purchased at a cost of R300,000 and the
total amount spent on these ambulances was R135,000,000.
(ii) These vehicles were absorbed into the daily operational
fleet in the provinces for normal service delivery.
(iii) The fleet is managed through the normal equitable share
for fleet management of EMS.
2) Yes, the purchase of these ambulances was value for money as the
National Treasury tender for ambulances was used to procure these
vehicles. The vehicles were absorbed into the operational fleet post
2010 FIFA World Cup for normal service delivery.
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