Department of Infrastructure Development Annual Report 2021-2022

ANNUAL REPORT 2021 | 2022

Resolved

(Yes/No)

Resolution No. Subject Details Response by the department

The Department has implemented the following measures: (a) Utilisation of the Electronic Invoicing System (EIS) system. (b) Supplier registration and submission of invoices through EIS. (c) Direct payments by Department of Health of service provider invoices on EIS system. (d) Standard operating procedures drafted to streamline payments between the DID and client departments. (e) Training sessions have been held on Contract Management as follows: (i) Project Management Webinar on Contracts held on 20 August 2021 dealing with: - The role of Contract Management in the successful delivery or failure of infrastructure projects. - Choice of contracts. - Contract disputes. - Performance monitoring and evaluation/poor contractor performance. - Management of poor contractor performance. - Project scope change or variation orders or Compensation Events management. - Late payments of contractors and sub-contractors.

(ii) Workshop held on 5 November 2021 for Project Managers on Procurement Processes and Variations, Financial Management Compliance, Contract Management and Project Management Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) related content. (iii) Integrated Construction Management workshop held on 6 December 2021 with a focus on Construction Law principles.

The Department has made a follow up with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform regarding Item 28 Certificates which confirm vesting of the immovable property in the name of the Department. To date only five Item 28 Certificate have been confirmed and received and are all vested in 2021/22 financial year, consequently these will not result in restatement of an opening balance. The Immovable Asset Register has been dully updated, including disclosure notes on the financial statements.

Please find attached letter regarding restorations of health care services at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.

3 That the Department must investigate alternative

measurers to reduce the

occurrence of lawsuits and submit the plan to the

Committee by 31 January 2022.

That the Department must implement

adequate processes to curb restatements of

corresponding figures and provide the Committee with a progress report

detailing the effectiveness of the processes by 31 January 2022 and a

quarterly progress report continuing up until the end of June 2022. That the Department submits a progress

report on completion of

repairing the fire damage at Charlotte Maxeke

Johannesburg Academic Hospital by 31 January

2022 and thereafter every quarter continuing until finalisation thereof.

4 Restatement

of prior year amounts

5 Subsequent event

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DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT