NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 140
DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 16/04/2010
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 8- 2010)
Mr K A Sinclair (COPE-NC) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether her department has a policy on the procurement of
printing of school books and learner material; if not, why not;
if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) whether she will make the policy available; if not, why not; if
so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what was the (a) budget expenditure for the (i) 2007-08, (ii)
2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10 financial years for the printing of
school books and learner material for each province and (b)
specific (i) allocation and (ii) expenditure for (aa) South
African-based, (bb) international printing companies or (cc)
entities for each province? CW171E
REPLY
1) In accordance with the National Treasury Regulations and the
Supply Chain Management Practice note 8 of 2007/08 and the
Department of Basic Educationâs own Supply Chain Management
Policy, printing of any material that is above R20000,
government printers will provide service for printing. For an
amount below R20000 and above R10000, three (3) quotes or more
are sourced.
2) The Supply Chain Management Policy of the Department of Basic
Education is available and readily accessible. It is used to
regulate the advertisement, evaluation of the tender bids and
the final award of the successful tender bids.
3(a)
|LEARNER TEACHER SUPPORT MATERAL |
|2007/08 FINANCIAL YEAR |
|Â |Adjusted Budget |Expenditure |% Spent |
|Â |R'000 |R'000 |% |
|Eastern Cape |Â |Â | |
|Free State |188 170 |178 315 |94.8% |
|Gauteng | | | |
|KwaZulu-Natal |828 437 |833 792 |100.6% |
|Limpopo |429 881 |390 273 |90.8% |
|Mpumalanga |360 207 |341 074 |94.7% |
|Northern Cape | |18 543 | |
| |18 543 | |100.0% |
|North West |279 410 |276 505 |99.0% |
|Western Cape |200 000 |200 101 |100.1% |
|TOTAL |2 304 648 |2 238 602 |97.1% |
|(ii)LEARNER TEACHER SUPPORT MATERAL |
|2008/09 FINANCIAL YEAR |
|Â |Adjusted Budget |Expenditure |% Spent |
|Â |R'000 |R'000 |% |
| | |Â |Â |
|Eastern Cape |509 628 |414 910 |81.4% |
|Free State |231 572 |164 577 |71.1% |
|Gauteng |1 175 203 |929 058 |79.1% |
|KwaZulu-Natal |927 779 |822 744 |88.7% |
|Limpopo |330 482 |338 216 |102.3% |
|Mpumalanga |409 579 |205 579 |50.2% |
|Northern Cape |50 117 |41 700 |83.2% |
|North West |222 999 |198 588 |89.1% |
|Western Cape |189 000 |188 292 |99.9% |
|TOTAL |4 046 359 |3 303 664 |81.6% |
| | | | |
|2009/10 FINANCIAL YEAR |
|Â |Adjusted Budget |Expenditure |% Spent |
|Â |R'000 |R'000 |% |
|Eastern Cape |886 165 |593 331 |67.0% |
|Free State |274 925 |254 983 |92.7% |
|Gauteng |1 129 358 |898 312 |79.5% |
|KwaZulu-Natal |983 718 |971 638 |98.8% |
|Limpopo |432 138 |459 200 |106.3% |
|Mpumalanga |269 762 |262 103 |97.2% |
|Northern Cape |21 729 |30 146 |138.7% |
|North West |315 541 |313 748 |99.4% |
|Western Cape |192 000 |190 630 |100.0% |
|TOTAL |4 505 336 |3 974 091 |88.2% |
| | | | |
| | | | |
3(i)(bb) As this procurement is done entirely by the provincial
education departments the information is not available in the
Department of Basic Education.
Mr E Mosuwe
Acting Deputy Director-General: Curriculum Policy, Support and Monitoring
Date:
Mr PB Soobrayan
DirectorâGeneral: Basic Education
Date:
QUESTION 140 APPROVED/NOT APPROVED/AMENDED
Mrs AM Motshekga, MP
Minister: Basic Education
Date: