NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
QUESTION 1457
WRITTEN REPLY
1457. Mr S J Masango (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works
1) whether he has been informed of the deregistering of a certain company
(name furnished) by the Construction Industry Development Board
(CIDB),
2) Whether a company that is deregistered can still have contracts with
government departments; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant
details;
3) Whether such a company can re-register with the CIDB; if not, why not;
if so, what are the relevant details?
REPLY
1. The CIDB is not required to report to me the removal of names from the
Register on an individual basis.
In this specific case, Kaulani Civils (Pty) Ltd was registered and active
on grading designation 8CE (PE), the grading designation was valid until 22
December 2008. The CIDB allowed a grace period before the grading was
removed on 21 February 2009.
It should be noted that the CIDB administers the national Register of
Contractors currently consisting of approximately 100,000 registrations.
These are dealt with in terms of the requirements of the CIDB Act, Act 38
of 2000 and the Construction Industry Development Regulations 2004, as
amended and promulgated in terms of the Act. The registration and
deregistration (not due to fraud and corruption) of contractors is a daily
activity and is not static.
2. Only contractors that are registered with the CIDB may be awarded
construction works contracts by the public sector. If a contractorâs name
and particulars are removed from the CIDB register during the currency of a
public sector contract, that contractor may be permitted to complete the
construction works contract. It must be noted that registration is valid
for a three year period as per the CIDB Act and expires after that period.
Contractors are required to submit their renewal applications three months
before expiry of the existing registration in order to avoid registration
expiry.
3. Any company whose registration has expired may re-register with the CIDB
at any point in time.