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Annual Report 2022-2023

Resolution No. Subject Details Response by the department Resolved (Yes/No) 2 That the Department must submit a quarterly progress report on the The question is the same as questions (1) above. Kindly refer to response no. (1) above. Yes 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. The Department has implemented the following measures: Measures for Late Payments (a) Utilisation of the Electronic Invoicing System (EIS) system. (b) Supplier registration and submission of invoices through EIS. Yes finalisation of the lawsuits reported for the period to 31 March 2020 by 31 January 2022 and a quarterly progress continuing up until finalisation thereof.

(c) Direct payments by Client Department of Health of service provider invoices on EIS system. (d) Standard Operating Procedures drafted to streamline payments between DID and Client Departments. Measures to deal with Final Accounts (e) Training sessions have been held on Contract Management being: (f) 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; and - Late payments of contractors and sub-contractors. Measures to deal with delay in approval of CEs:

(g) Workshop was 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. (h) Integrated Construction Management workshop held was on 6 December 2021 with a focus on Construction law principles.

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