NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY: QUESTION 1086

DATE OF PUBLICATION OF INTERNAL QUESTION: 04/05/2012

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 11/2012)

Mr E H Eloff (DA) to ask the Minister of Basic Education:

(1)        (a) What are the (i) yearly rental and (ii) floor space of the (aa) current and (bb) previous premises occupied by her department’s head office and (b) when (i) was the current building occupied and (ii) does the current lease expire;

(2)        whether her department publicly invited tenders prior to the leasing of the current premises; if not, why not; if so, (a) when, (b) where was it published and (c) which (i) companies and (ii) properties were shortlisted;

(3)        what (a) floor space was offered and (b) annual rental was tendered (i) by each shortlisted company and (ii) with regard to each shortlisted property?            NW1274E

REPLY

1.     (a)(i)(aa) Yearly Rental of current premises

The Department does not pay rent. The head office accommodation for the Department of Basic Education (DBE) was financed, designed, constructed and is currently being maintained as part of the Public Private Partnership Agreement (PPPA).

(a)(i)(bb): Yearly Rental of previous premises

The previous building was occupied by the former Department of Education of which the Department of Higher Education and Training is now the custodian.

(a)(ii)(aa): The Floor space of the current premises is 49 502 square meters.

(a)(ii)(bb): Not Applicable. The previous building was occupied by the former Department of Education, not the Department of Basic Education.

(b)(i): The current head office accommodation was occupied in February 2010.

(b)(ii): Not Applicable. The head office accommodation is not leased but forms part of a PPPA. The PPPA is for a period of 25 years.

2 (a); (b); (c)(i) and (c)(ii): Not Applicable. The head office accommodation of the DBE is not leased but forms part of a PPPA. The PPPA did comply with Regulation 16 of the Treasury Regulations and was approved accordingly.

3 (a)(i); 3 (a)(ii); 3 (b)(i), and 3(b)(ii): Not Applicable. The head office accommodation of the DBE is not leased but forms part of a PPPA, which is specified in Regulation 16 of the Treasury Regulations.