Ethekwini Municipality: Small
Medium and Micro Enterprise
(SMME) Fair: 03-05 September
2010
Business Opportunities Presentation: by
MEC for KZN Human Settlement and
Department of Public Works – Mrs. M.
Govender
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Content:
KZN Department of Public Works
core business
Business Opportunities
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KZN Department of Public Works
core business
Two core business for KZN DOPW:
– Delivery of Infrastructure
– And Property Management
The department is responsible for delivery
of its own infrastructure and Client
departments (DOE, DOH & Other),
Typical infrastructure delivered by DOPW:
– Capital projects i.e. New School, Clinics,
Hospitals etc
– Repairs & Rehabilitation i.e. Repair to
existing structure i.e. School, Clinics etc
– And Maintenance projects
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Cont…
The stakeholders/ partners involved
in the delivery of infrastructure:
– Contractors: emerging & established
contractors,
– Professional Built Environment
Consultants: Architects, Quantity
Surveyor, Engineers, Land Surveyor
ETC,
– Client Departments: DOE, DOH and
Other
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Construction Industry Development
Board (CIDB)
Partnerships cont’d…
The CIDB promotes best practice across
the industry.
The cidb promotes partnerships with
stakeholders and organisations to realise
the integral objectives of industry
development, namely growth, delivery,
performance, capability and
empowerment.
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Business Opportunities:
Masakhe Emerging Contractor
Development Programme (ECDP)
Professional Service Provider
Programme
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Masakhe Emerging Contractor
Development Programme (ECDP):
Masakhe Emerging Contractor Development
Programme (ECDP) for Emerging Contractors
CIDB grade 1 to 5,
Requirements for the database:
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Compliant with CIDB/ registration,
Registration with Provincial Suppliers Database,
Valid Tax Clearance,
Masakhe ECDP application,
And Company Founding statement/ CK document
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Masakhe ECDP Opportunities:
Bidding/ tendering opportunities,
Capacity Building: Training i.e. Filling of
tender documents, Contracts, OHSA, etc.
Mentorship Programme
Access to finance, through partnerships:
– DOPW/ DEDT
– DOPW/ NURCHA
Accredited training: Construction
Contractor Learnership Programme.
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Cont… Masakhe ECDP
Fixed Rate Period Contract
Programme
– Closed pre-approved database of
emerging contractors to deal with
Urgent/ emergency services, for work
under R 1million i.e. Storm damages
etc.
Contractor Forum to deal with issues
affecting Contractors and
Departmental Programmes
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Masakhe ECDP: Achievement
5662 Emerging Contractors registered on
the database and 3341 (59%) are
Women owned companies.
8 Contractors mentored in 2009/10 fy
Capacity building:
– 1053 Trained in 2008/09 fy
– 547 Trained in 2009/10 fy.
40 Contractors trained on NQF 2 training.
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Cont… Masakhe ECDP:
Achievement
132 Emerging contractors benefited
on the FRPC and 268 projects in
2009/10 fy,
Women 48% R222 million
Youth 22% R103 million
Contractor Forums were established
in 2008/09 fy:
– Provincial Contractor Forum
– District Contractor Forum
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Professional Service Provider
Programme:
Database of Professional services
provider has been developed:
– Professional Architect,
– Professional Quantity Surveying And
Engineers (Electrical, Civil, Structural
and Mechanical)
Currently we have 389 Registered
companies in PSP Database, which
70 (18%) companies are women
Companies.
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THANK YOU
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