Health and Wellness
With reference to the Gauteng Department of Health’s establishment of an internal Infrastructure Unit to develop its maintenance and refurbishment programme:
- Whether her Department has a similar internal Infrastructure Unit responsible for maintenance and refurbishment, if not, (a) why not and (b) what would be the benefits of establishing a dedicated internal Infrastructure Unit in the province; if so, what are the relevant details;
- (a) what is her Department’s budget allocated for the maintenance and refurbishment of health facilities and (b)(i) who are the implementing agents responsible for these projects in the province and (ii) what is the a breakdown of their BBBEE status?
(1) The Department established the Infrastructure Unit in 2012, it comprises the following sub-directorates:
1. Infrastructure Planning
2. Infrastructure Programme Delivery
3. Engineering and Technical Service
4. Health Technology
The Infrastructure Planning and Programme Delivery are responsible for the implementation of capital projects while the Engineering and Technical Service is responsible for the corrective and preventative maintenance.
(2)(a)
Programme – Level 5 | Current Budget |
1. ADMINISTRATION | R 225,000.00 |
2. DISTRICT HEALTH SERVICES | R 16,875,000.00 |
3. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES | R 3,037,000.00 |
4. PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL SERVICES | R 15,940,000.00 |
5. CENTRAL HOSPITAL SERVICES | R 22,200,000.00 |
6. HEALTH SCIENCES & TRAINING | R 1,129,000.00 |
7. HEALTH CARE SUPPORT SERVICES | R 719,000.00 |
8. HEALTH FACILITIES MANAGEMENT | R 340,408,000.00 |
Grand Total | R 400,633,000.00 |
(2)(b)(i) The Department of Health and Wellness: Engineering and Technical Service is the implementing agent.
(2)(b)(ii) The contractors utilised over the past few years have the following BBBEE ratings:
Row Labels | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | No info | Grand Total |
2020/2021 | 22 | 2 |
| 3 |
| 3 | 30 |
2021/2022 | 74 | 9 |
| 15 | 2 | 1 | 101 |
2022/2023 | 69 | 6 |
| 6 |
|
| 81 |
2023/2024 | 100 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
|
| 116 |
2024/2025 | 133 | 5 |
| 17 |
|
| 155 |
Grand Total | 398 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 483 |
Some of the contracts run over 3 years (middle FY figures for reporting purposes).
Row Labels | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | No info | Grand Total |
Corrective Maintenance | 157 | 12 |
| 6 |
| 3 | 178 |
2020/2021 | 16 | 2 |
| 1 |
| 3 | 22 |
2021/2022 | 38 |
|
| 3 |
|
| 41 |
2022/2023 | 37 | 3 |
| 1 |
|
| 41 |
2023/2024 | 35 | 7 |
|
|
|
| 42 |
2024/2025 | 31 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 32 |
Preventative Maintenance | 233 | 17 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 293 |
2020/2021 | 6 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 8 |
2021/2022 | 36 | 9 |
| 12 | 2 | 1 | 60 |
2022/2023 | 29 | 2 |
| 5 |
|
| 36 |
2023/2024 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
|
| 71 |
2024/2025 | 99 | 5 |
| 14 |
|
| 118 |
Scheduled Maintenance | 8 | 2 |
| 2 |
|
| 12 |
2022/2023 | 3 | 1 |
|
|
|
| 4 |
2023/2024 | 2 | 1 |
|
|
|
| 3 |
2024/2025 | 3 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 5 |
Grand Total | 398 | 31 | 1 | 47 | 2 | 4 | 483 |
