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Department: Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs4 REPRIORITIZATION The Department acknowledges that due to constraints on the fiscus because of lower government revenue collection mainly attributable to low post-COVID19 economic performance, government ability to allocate more is constrained and that no additional resources are available for the 2025 MTEF budget, instead, Fiscal consolidation measures will continue to be implemented over the 2025 MTEF. The department, therefore, will continue to look for opportunities within the baseline to strive for a more efficient allocation of resources through reprioritization. Funds totalling to R85.154 million in 2025/26 and R55.263 million in 2026/27 were reprioritised between Programme and economic classifications to ensure that all contractual and legal obligations receive priority funding while efforts have been made not compromising on the commitment to the wage bill and funding of key departmental mandated support to municipalities and traditional leadership institutions. Obligations such as Audit Fees relating to the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA), Legal Fees for Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, telephone contract, Government Fleet Management Services (GFMS) for vehicle leases, leave gratuities for employees and Traditional Leaders, Bursaries for employees and Traditional Leaders, amongst others were topped up to keep up with inflation to the extent where this was possible. Projects catered for through the reprioritization process include funding for licensing, maintenance, and support for Disaster Management Integrated Information System (DMIIS), the top-up to the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF) review, provision for disaster relief materials, as well as infrastructural project in the Traditional Councils (TCs). 5 PROCUREMENT The key drivers of the procurement plan include amongst others the following projects: %uf0b7 Procurement of laptops with a budget of R8 million; %uf0b7 General building construction for Imingcangathelo Traditional Council with a budget R2.500 million and Review of the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF) with a budget of R2.100 million; %uf0b7 Procurement of a van body truck for disaster management with a budget of R2 million; %uf0b7 Procurement office furniture with a budget of R1.700 million; and %uf0b7 Appointment of a panel of service providers to provide professional infrastructure project management services, to conduct technical disaster assessments and preparation of technical reports towards the development of business plans for rapid implementation of the Department funded projects for 36 months with a budget of R1.500 million. The department%u2019s procurement will be aligned to the department procurement plans and the Supply Chain Management (SCM) policy with a view of implementing the cost containment measures and realise efficiency gains in the procurement value chain. The department will continue to ensure that the procurement of goods and services is done in a timely manner and in adherence to the provincial drive of supporting the local content. The department will continue to implement the Local Economic Development (LED) Strategy focusing on local procurement for almost all services on tenders so that bids will be awarded in a manner, which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive, and cost effective. There are quite a few projects planned in the new year and focus will be mainly on Procurement of Service provider that will assist in the review of the Provincial Spatial Development Framework (PSDF), Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure aimed at capacitation of the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) and Traditional Councils Infrastructure amongst others. Further details 498