The Department of Transport, following a detailed feasibility study recommendations, facilitated a fleet management Public Private Partnership(PPP) agreement, under Regulation 16 of the PFMA, the Public Private Partnership (PPP) practice note Number 02 of 2004 “South African Regulations for PPP’s” which applies to government departments, constitutional institutions, public entities listed or required to be listed in schedules 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D to the PFMA and subsidiaries of such public entities of the PFMA.
This Transversal Fleet PPP contract (DOT/34/2005/GMT) was awarded toPhakisaworld Fleet Solutions.
The contract is for the provision of full maintenance lease (long term vehicle rentals) and short term vehicle rental services. The Department of Transport with other 14 national departments is a participant to this PPP contract for both full maintenance lease and short term rentals of vehicles. Each participating department will place their own vehicle orders with the service provider based on their requirements. The participating departments are listed below:
Ministerial vehicles, including incidental vehicles are procured as per the prescripts of the Ministerial Handbook by each department. Departments participating in the Public Private Partnership for national vehicle fleets, makes use of the contract for the rental of incidental vehicles as and when required.
The provision of vehicles for Judges is prescribed by the Judges Handbook. All decisions related to these vehicles, the procurement thereof, including short term vehicle rentals falls under the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Office of the Chief Justice and not the Department of Transport.