3-year Tshwane waste deal ‘near conclusion’
“All supply chain contracts that exceed R200 000 in the metro must have their details made publicly available,” says DA Tshwane mayoral candidate Randall Williams.
The Tshwane metro was nearing the conclusion of a process to appoint a service provider to ensure the continuation of services to residents.
Tshwane head administrator Mpho Nawa said in September, the fleet deal tender would be concluded in three weeks.
His statement came after the contract for the hiring of vehicles crucial for the provision of service delivery expired in August.
The tender was for the hiring of vehicles, yellow plant equipment and machinery largely used for day-to-day services such as waste removal, repairing of water leaks and patching of holes.
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However, metro spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said the deal was “nearing conclusion” and would ensure the metro services for 36 months.
This comes as the DA Tshwane mayoral candidate Randall Williams alleged that the metro was set to incur millions of rands in irregular expenditure after “unlawfully appointing waste collectors in a scramble to address the metro’s growing waste crisis”.
Williams said the waste collection contractors were currently clearing rubbish without any proper purchasing orders in place and no detailed terms of service.
“They are essentially operating with a blank cheque from the administrators who have failed to follow due process in ensuring that they are lawfully appointed through adequate supply chain processes.”
He said there were no mechanisms in place to assess the quality of service they were providing.
“The administrators had six weeks to ensure that a proper tender was in place, however, due to their botched management of the original tendering process they have unlawfully appointed contractors to step in,” said Williams.
“The metro had completely abandoned supply chain processes as it could be seen in the debacle surrounding the appointment of social relief providers who are trying to claim an estimated R20-million back from the metro.
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“All supply chain contracts that exceed R200 000 in the metro must have their details made publicly available,” said Williams.
The DA has since called on the administrators to release all the details that pertain to the waste management contracts in the metro.
“Failure to do so will lead us to file an application in terms of the promotion of access of information act to compel the administrators in Tshwane to release all the information that pertains to the appointment of waste contractors in the metro.”
However, Mashigo said currently, yellow plant equipment, including waste management vehicles, were appointed on a request for quotation.
Mashigo said at “this stage”, the weeks’ backlog had been addressed and waste collection services were on schedule.
He said the metro could not determine the actual costs until the end of the appointed month.
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