Question No. 140
Mr KA Sinclair (Congress of the People, Northern Cape) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:
(1) Whether her department has a policy on the procurement of printing of schoolbooks and learner material; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) Whether she will make the policy available; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) What was the (a) budget expenditure for the (i) 2007/08, (ii) 2008/09 and (iii)
2009/10 financial years for the printing of school books and learner material for each province and (b) specific (i) allocation and (ii) expenditure for (aa) South
African based, (bb) international printing companies or (cc) entities for each province?
Reply:
1. In accordance with the National Treasury regulations and the supply chainmanagement practice note 8 of 2007/08 and the Department of BasicEducation's own supply chain management policy, printing of any materialthat is above R20 000, government printers will provide service for printing. Foran amount below R20 000 and above R10 000, three quotes or more aresourced.
(2) The supply chain management policy of the Department of Basic Education isavailable and readily accessible. It is used to regulate the advertisement,evaluation of the tender bids and the final award of the successful tender bids.
3. (a)
| 2007/08 financial year | |||
| Province | Adjusted budget | Expenditure | Percentage spent |
| | R'000 | R'000 | % |
| Eastern Cape | | | |
| Free State | 188 170 | 178 315 | 94.8% |
| Gauteng | | | |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 828 437 | 833 792 | 100.6% |
| Limpopo | 429 881 | 390 273 | 90.8% |
| Mpumalanga | 360 207 | 341 074 | 94.7% |
| Northern Cape | 18 543 | 18 543 | 100.0% |
| North West | 279 410 | 276 505 | 99.0% |
| Western Cape | 200 000 | 200 101 | 100.1% |
| Total | 2 304 648 | 2 238 602 | 97.1% |
(i) Learner teacher support material
| 2008/09 financial year | |||
| Province | Adjusted budget | Expenditure | Percentage spent |
| | R'000 | R'000 | % |
| Eastern Cape | 509 628 | 414 910 | 81.4% |
| Free State | 231 572 | 164 577 | 71.1% |
| Gauteng | 1 175 203 | 929 058 | 79.1% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 927 779 | 822 744 | 88.7% |
| Limpopo | 330 482 | 338 216 | 102.3% |
| Mpumalanga | 409 579 | 205 579 | 50.2% |
| Northern Cape | 50 117 | 41 700 | 83.2% |
| North West | 222 999 | 198 588 | 89.1% |
| Western Cape | 189 000 | 188 292 | 99.9% |
| Total | 4 046 359 | 3 303 664 | 81.6% |
| 2009/10 financial year | |||
| Province | Adjusted budget | Expenditure | Percentage spent |
| | R'000 | R'000 | % |
| Eastern Cape | 886 165 | 593 331 | 67.0% |
| Free State | 274 925 | 254 983 | 92.7% |
| Gauteng | 1 129 358 | 898 312 | 79.5% |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 983 718 | 971 638 | 98.8% |
| Limpopo | 432 138 | 459 200 | 106.3% |
| Mpumalanga | 269 762 | 262 103 | 97.2% |
| Northern Cape | 21 729 | 30 146 | 138.7% |
| North West | 315 541 | 313 748 | 99.4% |
| Western Cape | 192 000 | 190 630 | 100.0% |
| Total | 4 505 336 | 3 974 091 | 88.2% |
(ii) Learner teacher support material
3. (i) (bb) As this procurement is done entirely by the provincial Education Departments the information is not available in the Department of Basic Education.
Source: Department of Education
