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Department: Health4 REPRIORITIZATION The department has reprioritized within its baseline to accommodate budget challenges. The department has reprioritized R259.955 million in 2025/26 and R80 million in 2026/27 to property payments for the payment of municipal services, maintenance of facilities, cleaning, laundry, gardening, and security services. As part of strengthening medico legal claims case management, a total of R143.376 million is reprioritised towards legal services in 2025/26 and R60 million in 2026/27 while a total reprioritization of R128.414 million in 2025/26 and R20 million in 2026/27 is made towards Inventory: Food and food supplies for patients%u2019 food. A total amount of R118.241 million in 2025/26 is further reprioritized towards Operating Leases for Fleet Services as part of dealing with patient transportation. In dealing with testing of blood samples, a total reprioritization of R111.185 million in R2025/26 is made towards laboratory services. 5 PROCUREMENT In 2025/26, Goods and Services required as per procurement plans to be sourced from the national contracts in respect of inventories (medicine and medical supplies) and the provisional transport trading entity for fleet services. National agreements are already in place with the National Health laboratory services (NHLS), South African National Blood Services (SANBS) and Telkom. The department will continue to improve the Local Economic Development (LED strategy) focusing on local procurement for services. The estimated value of procurement for 2025/26 is R7.419 billion, of which R6.335 billion is for Goods and Services while R1.084 billion relates to infrastructure. The department is anticipating procuring projects amounting to 170 at a cost of R7.419 billion, of which 127 projects at a cost R6.334 billion relates to Goods and Services whilst 43 projects at a cost of R1.084 billion relates to infrastructure. The top three highest ranking contracts are the following: %uf0b7 RT contract of R1.105 billion is allocated for the procurement of medicine, its advert is planned in April 2025 and contract award is anticipated in September 2025. %uf0b7 Procurement of Laboratory Services with an estimated budget of R1.039 billion, planned advert of April 2025 and anticipated award of September 2025. %uf0b7 A multiyear tender project of R804 million for provision of Security Services at O. R. Tambo District for 36 Months with an anticipated advert in April 2025 and a planned award in September 2025. %uf0b7 RT contract of R312.725 million is allocated for the procurement of medical supplies (blood, test kits, surgical, consumables, supplies, male & female condoms), its advert is planned in April 2025 and contract award is anticipated in September 2025. %uf0b7 A multiyear tender project of R130 million for provision of an appropriate configured air ambulance (helicopter) programme for a period of 36 months with an anticipated advert in October 2025 and a planned award in March 2026. 174