2.7 Facilities 2.7.1 The construction of correctional facilities continues to pose major challenges. The main challenge being long delays in completion of projects which inevitably lead to increases in construction costs, under-spending and rollover of funds. The Committee is of the opinion, that better planning and more control by the DCS over projects managed by third parties is needed. 2.7.2 This programme was the major contributor to the DCS under-spending in 2011/12. This is mainly as a result of delays in the completion of construction programmes underway in the Western Cape. 2.7.3 In the first quarter of the 2012/13, a series of targets under the new sub-programme facilities could not be achieved owing to delays by the contractors involved. Others could not be achieved because of delays in the finalisation of business cases, slow procurement of audit facilities and the transferring of processes from the DPW to the DCS. Despite the persistent challenges in the working relationship between the DCS and Department of Public Works (DPW) the long overdue service level agreement had at the time of reporting not yet been concluded. 2.7.4 The Committee is concerned at the delays both in the finalisation of the facilities in Brandvlei, Ceres and Van Rhynsdrop, as well as in the development of an alternative procurement model for additional bed space.