DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.: 1172
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 15 April 2011
1172. Mr M A Nhanha (Cope) to ask the Minister of Public Enterprises:
Whether his department will furnish information regarding the 32
locomotives that Transnet is in the process of acquiring from Mitsui in
Japan; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) how many
companies tendered for the contract to deliver the locomotives, (b) on what
grounds did Transnet select Mitsui, (c) what is the total value of the
transaction, (d) when will these locomotives be delivered and (e) what are
the further relevant details? NW1303E
REPLY
The information in respect of the 32 locomotives that Transnet is in the
process of acquiring from Mitsui in Japan is as follows:
(a) No company tendered for the contract to deliver the 32 locomotives from
Mitsui in Japan because the procurement of these additional 32 locomotives
was confined to Mitsui.
(b) Transnet selected Mitsui because it is already manufacturing 44 of this
specification of locomotives.
(c) The total value of the transaction cannot be made public because it is
commercially sensitive.
(d) The table below indicates the delivery schedule for the 32 locomotives:
| | |Â |
|2012 |2013 |TOTAL |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
TOTAL | |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
32 | |
(e) There is no further relevant information.