Chapter 2 - P rogramme 1 - Department of Defence

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Command Bodies: The Departmental
Commercial Procurement Board continued to
experience challenges with regard to scheduled
meetings due to the non-availability of some of
the appointed members, despite the C SANDF’s
instruction that Services and Divisions treat
meetings as a priority. This is attributed to the
over-commitment of appointed members to
serve on various other departmental structures.
Defence-Related Industry BEE Charter:
Development of a Defence-Related Industry
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BEE Charter was initiated. However, progress
has completely slowed down on this project, as
the defence industry seems to be reviewing its
position on this matter.
Performance and Service Delivery
Improvement
Details of Acquisition Services’ performance and
service delivery improvement are reflected in Table
2.10.
Table 2.10 Performance and Service Delivery Improvement for FY 2007/08
Activities
Improve the
process for the
authorisation
of projects in
Acquisitions
Planned
Management
Intervention
Control of the
achievement of
time and cost
goals on all
projects
Anticipated
Benefit
Maximised
operational
capabilities
with extended
technological
life available to
Defence
Status
100% rollout by
31 December
2007
Actual
Achievement
All project milestone
documentation was
screened to confirm
its adherence
to applicable
acquisition and
statutory policies
The promulgated
acquisition policy
is used as the basis
for project officers’
courses and inservice
training
programmes
Risk management
programmes have
been implemented
in conjunction with
Armscor, clearly
delineated within
appropriate levels of
management
The management of
Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR) has
been initiated
in conjunction
with Armscor as
regulated custodian
of IPR for the
Department of
Defence
A review process
of the existing
Armscor Service-
Level Agreement
has been initiated to
address changes to
be implemented as
a result of a change
in the registration
status of Armscor
Comments
In line with DOD policy
prescripts, existing acquisition
policies and directives are
being reviewed in 2008 to
ensure conformance to
a Lifecycle Management
approach adopted by the
DOD.
In order to shorten the
authorisation process, special
authorisation committees
have been set up to ensure
the timeous authorisation that
will, in turn, ensure timeous
contracting and expenditure
to avoid unnecessary
underspending.