Community Safety
With regard to COVID-19 health and safety regulations:
(a) How many (i) litres of hand sanitiser have been made available at each police station in the province, (ii) bottles of hand sanitisers are available to the public at each police station and (iii) litres of hand sanitiser have been distributed to police officers in the province, (b) how many masks have been made available to police officers in the province and (c)(i) who is responsible for purchasing these supplies and (ii) what process must be followed when procuring these goods?
The South African Police Services informed me as follows:
(1) (a) (i) 334 401 litres.
(ii) 4073 (inclusive of 500ml and 1 litre bottles).
(iii) 334 401 litres.
(b) 5 117 636 masks (surgical masks and cloth masks).
(c) (i) Each Accounting Cost Centre and Provincial Supply Chain Management office.
(ii) PPE items such as masks and gloves are procured from National Treasury Transversal Contract. Other PPE items such as sanitiser, thermometers, wipes and spray bottles are procured via quotations from Central Supplier Database registered suppliers.
