South Africa: Western Cape Finance and Financial Prospects Releases Procurement Disclosure Report On Covid-19 Shelling out

We are happy to publish the fifth edition of the Procurement Disclosure Report by Provincial Treasury. This version of the Procurement Disclosure Report confirms that to date R1.7 billion has been fully commited toward Covid-19 associated expenditure throughout departments and community entities in 2020/21 monetary year in the Western Cape.

For the period 01 April 2020 to 31 Oct 2020, provincial departments’ whole Covid-19 expenditure is R1.703 billion, and provincial community entities’ overall Covid-19 expenditure is R2.914 million.

Of the overall put in on Covid-19 expenditure in the 2020/21 financial year, R731,73 million or 42.87% was used on SMMEs by division and public entities in the Western Cape. The nationwide goal necessitates that 30% of shell out goes to SMMEs by way of sub-contracting mechanisms, and so the Western Cape Government has exceeded this focus on by way of direct procurement for the period of time.

The Procurement Disclosure Report facts all personalized protecting equipment (PPE) procurement and expenditure in the Western Cape in reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic, in a standard and standardised report that is created accessible on a regular, quarterly and once-a-year basis to the general public.

Other professional-lively assistance and compliance measures carried out by Provincial Treasury to mitigate procurement pitfalls include things like the establishment of a Central Procurement Advisory Committee to support and suggest the key procuring departments and improved surveillance of disaster-connected procurement by interior audits of procurement transactions.

To entry the Procurement Disclosure Report, visit: www.westerncape.gov.za/provincial-treasury/procurement-disclosure-report

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